Tag: water bottle

Recycling station dispenses food for stray animals
This one is short but awfully sweet. In Istanbul, Turkey, they’re giving new meaning to “puppy love.” The city is home to 14 million people and an astonishing 150,000 stray dogs and cats. They’ve come up with an ingenious way to support the four-legged population while encouraging the two-legged population to make more earth-friendly choices. […]

Bonnaroo music festival aims for sustainability
Held over four days in June, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival attracts up to 100,000 revelers to Manchester Tennessee each year. That many music fans in one place can generate a whole lot of garbage. That’s why Bonnaroo organizers are making a concerted effort to promote sustainability at this year’s festival. In order to […]

A Kickstarter campaign re-thinks bottled water
Bottled water has an pretty bad rap from an environmental perspective, but that hasn’t stopped us from guzzling it like it’s the fountain of youth. In 2012, Americans drank an average of 30.8 gallons of bottled water per person. That adds up to a whole lot of bottles — and a whole lot of concern about […]