Building A Bottled Water Free Campus!
Building a Bottled Water Free Campus (attached below) is hot off the press! A collaborative effort by Polaris Institute, Sierra Youth Coalition and the Canadian Federation of Students, this toolkit serves to assist you in your organizing efforts.
The toolkit includes:
• Why a bottled-water free campus? Campaign Vision Statement
• Take Action: Become a Bottled Water Free Zone!
• Campaign News and Highlights: Fall 2008
• What Next? Building the momentum by engaging key stakeholders
• World Water Day 2009: Bye, Bye Bottled Water!
• Additional Resources and Information
Attached below:
• Building a Bottled Water Free Campus: Toolkit
• Water Fountain Methodology (from Green Campus, University of Ottawa)
• Letter to University Board of Governors: Become a Bottled Water Free Campus
Resources
Re-Fresh Action!
Champlain Region High School Students Gear Up for National Bottled Water Free Day
Posted: March 12, 2010 Polaris Institute, Press Release, March 9, 2010— High school students from twenty high schools across the Champlain Region are gathering to examine...Read More
Media Advisory: Students Speak Out On Water Justice
Posted: March 12, 2010 March 8, 2010 MEDIA ADVISORY: Students Speak Out On Water Justice Over 100 students will be drawing attention to the harmful environmental,...Read More
TEACHERS/PROFESSEURS ET PROFESSEURES: YOUTH WATER SYMPOSIUM/COLLOQUE RÉGIONAL POUR LA JEUNESSE>> MARCH 9, 2010, OTTAWA
Posted: January 22, 2010 --Please Note, Registration Is Now Closed/ Inscription fermée -- We would like to invite you and a delegation of students from your school to...Read More
STUDENTS: COME TO THE YOUTH WATER SYMPOSIUM/ COLLOQUE REGIONAL POUR LA JEUNESSE DE L’EAU>>MARCH 9 2010, OTTAWA
Posted: January 22, 2010 --Please Note: Registration Is Now Closed // Inscription fermée-- It’s time to get ready for the Water Symposium coming up on Tuesday March...Read More
Local Water Matters....Six Featured Ontario Communities
Posted: January 20, 2010 Check out these bilingual profiles on your community, local watershed concerns and actions you can take to contribute to water justice and a greener,...Read More
How to contact us! // Comment nous contacter!
Posted: November 18, 2009 If you have any questions or comments about the Re-Fresh Campaign, please email us at: refresh@polarisinstitute.org. Our team is more than happy to...Read More
Regional Youth Water Symposium // Le Colloque sur l’eau pour la jeunesse régionale!
Posted: November 18, 2009 You are invited to join the movement and celebrate the first annual Bottle Water Free Day in Canada! On Tuesday March 9th youth from across the...Read More
Re-Fresh! Ottawa Event
Posted: November 5, 2009 Ban the Bottle—Ottawa High School Callout! ****(Un message en français suit l’anglais)**** Are you trying to get your school to ban bottled...Read More
2nd Annual Sustainable High Schools Conference--Ottawa
Posted: October 5, 2009 On Friday, October 16th, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School (SWL), in partnership with the Sierra Youth Coalition, will be host to the 2nd Annual...Read More
Kick-off the 2009-2010 school year, by kicking-out the bottle!
Posted: August 17, 2009 If you are ready to standout as a leader in your school and community, Polaris can help support your efforts! You can be a part of changing the way...Read More
