Man Creates Flood of Media Attention Using Plastic Bottle Boat
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British environmentalist David de Rothschild is planning to sail the Pacific on a boat made of 12,500 drinks bottles.
Mr de Rothschild, 31, the youngest son of renowned financier Sir Evelyn de Rothschild and part of the de Rothschild banking dynasty, will sail his 60-foot catamaran Plastiki from San Francisco to Australia in March.
Mr de Rothschild, a keen explorer and renewable energy campaigner, will use the voyage as a bold publicity stunt to drawn attention to the waste that plastic creates and how little it is recycled.
An active environmentalist, Mr de Rothschild founded Adventure Ecology in 2005, an eco-charity intended to raise awareness of the plight of the environment.
He plans to sail down toward Mexico and across the Pacific, stopping off at the island of Kiritimati, formerly known as Christmas Island.
The twin hulls of the boat are made from 12, 500 soft drink and water bottles, filled with dry ice.
Mr de Rothschild spent months collecting empty drinks bottles while building the boat in San Francisco, before it first set sail for a test run in early December 2009.
He will sail along with fellow Brit Jo Royle, who will be the ship’s captain, and six other crew members.
Source [thejc.com]
This is great! Take the time to watch this really interesting, quite funny, video from Penn & Teller about Bottled Water.
It’s not new news that we all need to drink a lot of water each day just to sustain and invigorate our bodies and minds. But there is new ways you can help remind yourself to drink the water this year! 
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With the New Year quickly approaching, people are going to start making and implementing their grand 2010 New Year’s Resolutions. Ultimately a lot of people will choose to “be healthier”, which is a great resolution but people tend to fall off the “healthy” wagon (hence why so many make new commitments each year to it). But being healthy can be super easy if you make your number one health goal to DRINK LOTS OF WATER!
Recently several groups have called the governement out on the carpet about their frivilous spending on bottled water. Corporate Accountability International cited that in 2008 state agencies spent over $525,000 on bottled water 5-gallon jugs. While smaller cities and towns service fewer people, their cost could be less than $100. But it still begs the question – how are we supposed to feel good about our water if the government doesn’t even drink the tap water?!? Leading by example is always the first step when trying to help initiate Ban the Bottle campagins. Take San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago, St. Louis and Seattle – all have lead by example and made it illegal to spend government money on bottled water. Support your public water system – ban the bottle!
