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Challenge Corporate Control of Water

{Why} Challenge Corporate Control of Water?

"There is enough water for human need, but not for human greed." ~Mahatma Gandhi

Water in Zambia

Clean drinking water is the basis for life, but soon two in three people will not have enough of it to survive. Private corporations, often with the help of the World Bank, are increasingly determining who gets water, for what purpose and at what price. It is now our choice – will we manage water democratically so everyone has clean, safe water, or will we let corporate interests control this precious common resource at an overwhelming human cost? Download the Water factsheet.


{How to} Challenge Corporate Control of Water

Think Outside the Bottle

Think Outside the Bottle
Corporations like Coke, Nestlé, and Pepsi have manufactured demand for bottled water through years of misleading advertising – building a market by eroding confidence in public tap water. In reality, the tap is more highly regulated and doesn’t generate billions of pounds of plastic waste.
Click here to learn how cities, congregations, campuses and individuals can Think Outside the Bottle.


Coca Cola Quit India

Support Indian Communities
Coke promotes its Dasani brand with the slogan “can’t live without it.” Ironically in India, Coke continues to pump millions of gallons in drought stricken areas, where agriculture and people’s lives depend on local water resources – resources that are now drying up.
Click here to learn more and support Indian communities who are challenging Coke’s abuses.

 
 
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In the News 

Marketplace - Pepsi and the bottled water activists

Center for Applied Legal Studies - Prepayment water system unconstitutional; free basic water to be increased

Christian Science Monitor - Hope that the wells won't run dry in Vermont

Challenge City Spending on Bottled Water

Take the Think Outside the Bottle Pledge

Tap Water Challenge Organizing Kit

World Water Challenge Organizing Kit