A nice cheesy introduction…

It’s been a long day at uni, you’re totally parched after trekking up the mountain of stairs that connect the lower and upper campuses, there’s not a bubbler in sight along any of the main walkways… so what do you do? Buy a bottle of water. It’s easy, bottled water is everywhere, and I personally cannot be bothered to bring in a bottle every day and fill it up at the manky bathroom taps. I don’t know about you, but by the end of the week, I often have to purge my bag of all the empty Mount Franklin bottles I have accumulated.

If I’m honest with myself, it’s a big waste of money, spending $3 on a bottle of water which I could get free from the tap. It’s also pretty selfish, and sickening to think that I’m paying for something that is essentially free, when in other parts of the world, access to clean water is a luxury. So what to do about this dilemma?   

Our campaign aims to reduce (and eventually completely eradicate) the consumption of bottled water on our UNSW uni campus. We are campaigning for the uni management to firstly install 15 bubblers along the main campus walkways, and secondly to ban the retail of bottled water on campus. This will reduce the levels of plastic waste at the uni, as well as give individuals the means to be more environmentally friendly in a simple everyday way.

Here on our campaign website is everything you need to become more aware about the environmental issues around bottled water, and how you can take positive action to reduce the use of bottled water on the UNSW uni campus.

Cheers!