Ottawa community forum: Is bottled water safe?

Who:
• The Polaris Institute sponsors in collaboration
with the Ottawa River Keeper, Environment Working
Group (First Unitarian Congregation), OTESHA
Project, CUPE District Council (Ottawa) and the
Social Planning Council of Ottawa


What:
• Community Forum: Is Bottled Water Safe?


Where:
• Jack Purcell Community Centre, 320 Jack Purcell
Lane, Ottawa Ontario


When:
• September 29th, 1 to 5 pm


Why:
• Bottled water is the number one growing segment
of the beverage industry in North America
• The bottled water trend has social, environmental
and health impacts that can be avoided by
drinking tap water
• There is a need to unpack the purity myth of
bottled water that undermines trust in tap water
• We need to support and reinvest in public tap
water systems


How:
• This forum will feature three knowledgeable
panellists discussing the social, health and
environmental impacts of the bottled water trend
as well as the importance of supporting public
tap water systems. Panellists are: Tony Clarke,
Director of Polaris Institute and author of
'Inside the Bottle: Exposing the Bottled Water
Industry,' Aaron Freeman, Policy and Campaigns
Director of Environmental Defence, and a CUPE
Ontario speaker.
• Two community action workshops aimed at
developing one to two practical steps that can be
taken by community members to help curb the
growing bottled water trend.


For more Information:
Zoe Maggio, Bottled Water Campaigner zoe@polarisinstitute.org [1]
Tel: (613) 237-1717 ext 104
Fax: (613) 237-3359