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The problem with owning a good water bottle…

May 21, 2011

Is that you don’t always notice the best new (and super cool) reusable water bottles as they arrive on the scene. Take, for instance, the Klean Kanteen Reflect Stainless Steel Water Bottle with Bamboo Cap. BEAUTIFUL! This is for sure my new wish list bottle. The Reflect bottle actually came out last November. I’ve been [...]

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Green New Year’s Goal – No More Bottled Water

January 4, 2011

Today we’re going to look a little closer at one of this year’s green challenges for eco-families – stop buying bottled water. WHY TAKE ON THIS GOAL? There are dozens of great reasons why you should quit buying bottled water. However, since we’ve already gone over that at Growing a Green Family, I won’t bore [...]

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Bottled Water Causes Blindness in Puppies!

June 28, 2010

Oh. My. Tappening has got to be the best flipping anti-bottled water campaign ever created. Tappening was covered at the New York Times last year but I just learned about them today at elephant. Tappening targets bottled water companies with a simple tactic – they lie about them. One of their posters claims “Bottled Water: [...]

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Important Green Book: Bottled & Sold

June 17, 2010

Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water was released in April, but being me, I’m just now hearing about it. Good golly. IF I only had the time to read all the books I wanted to read. Basically this book looks like everything I’ve known for a long time – there’s [...]

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Some eco-minded numbers to consider today

June 3, 2010

I posted this a while back at another blog of mine. The client I was writing for shut down their network, but this post I really liked because it reminds me to be more conscious. That said, I’m re-posting it here with some extra numbers added… As you go about your daily routines today and [...]

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Ditch plastic disposable water bottles and save $6,000

May 28, 2010

Currently I’m running an experiment here at Growing a Green Family. Can the average family of four save $50,000 in five years simply by living green? I’m hoping yes, but $50,000 does seem a little high. In any case the first green money saver we’ll look at is bottle water vs. water in reusable water [...]

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Ten cool BPA-free reusable water bottles for kids + bonus art bottle

May 24, 2010

Read other popular Growing a Green Family posts! Subscribe to Growing a Green Family to see even more green family tips. We just looked at ten fab BPA-free reusable water bottles for adults but kids have different needs. Reusable water bottles for kids need to be absolutely chemical and BPA-free, easy to hold, unbreakable, light-weight, [...]

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Ten BPA-free reusable water bottles for adults

May 24, 2010

Summer is smack upon us and now, more then ever it’s a great time to just say NO to toss-away plastic bottled water. With this in mind here are ten awesome BPA-free reusable water bottles perfect for summer and all year round. Oh, and soon I’ll post ten more just for the kiddos so stay [...]

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Green Product Review: uscanteen Stainless Steel Canteen & Como Carrier

May 23, 2010

Review summary: Total water bottle bling made for folks who want to be eco-savvy and stylish. Last year I got a uscanteen to try out and it offered style for sure (but a price tag to match), good usability and a few cons. Read on to see what I thought. Product: Each uscanteen is comprised [...]

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Time to stop buying bottled water!

May 18, 2010

Last year or so I saw a study that looked at how many people buy bottled water for drinking at home, and what it costs them. The results were insane. There are folks paying up to $8 per gallon for water! Are you guilty of spending far too much on bottle water? If you’re only [...]

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