No Bottle No Problem

More and more great actions and initiatives are on the rise! The following attracted our interest most. The Raw Foundation This foundation is a consumer-facing organisation that targets plastic from environmental life-cycle perspective and their aim is to reduce the amount of plastic (i.e. bottles) and promote sustainable re-use solutions. Just like us! They are championing tap water Just like us! What they do.  Next to raising awareness, making preventive education materials and setting up award schemes, they make plastic free festival guides for organizers and goers! Their biggest campaign.  They led the world's first expedition to explore the length of Africa from Cape Town to Cairo to shine a global spotlight on the scale and peril of plastic pollution, to raise awareness about the true extent of 'transboundery' plastic pollution and to inspire action worldwide. What they found. Over 17,000km bush camping they found plastic everywhere of which 18% were bottles. ...

" By 2050, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish". Estimates like these make me cringe, and make me wonder, why people are so reluctant to change their habits only a little. Why is it so difficult for many to give up plastic bags or bottles for the greater good? And how can people not see that giving up plastic will also benefit their own health? Thinking about this I often get very frustrated.  Luckily, there are many young and motivated people which know which consequences our current behaviour will pose for our ecosystems. This great video gives impressions on the current state of our oceans! It's time to become active and be part of positive change. Leave your mark here: Take the Parley AIR pledge - Avoid, Intercept and Redesign. You have great ideas and are eager to collaborate with those that share the passion of saving the oceans? Join the movement, become part of the Parley Team and make your mark for the oceans: https://a...

Some of single use water bottles' most damaging effects occur before they actually exist - while they are still being made. They require an enormous amount of resources to product, and their byproducts are harmful for mother earth. Plastic bottles are made from a petroleum product known as a polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and they require terrifying amounts of fossil fuels to both make and transport them, including oil.  The amount of oil that is required to make one plastic bottle is as much as 25% of a plastic bottle filled with it. The cost of this oil is 90% of the total cost of the production of a water bottle. To provide the world's supply of bottled water 17 million barrels with oil are required. With this amount of oil we can fuel 1.3 million cars for a year or provide 190,000 homes with power. By burning this amount of oil, 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide will be emitted... How easy is it to contribute to a cleaner planet? Very easy. Just stop buying pla...