tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42004114052233569462024-02-06T21:19:18.228-08:00Bundy On TapNews from Bundanoon, Australia's First Bottled Water Free TownBundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-38603415463202790982010-11-30T03:19:00.000-08:002010-11-30T04:17:11.658-08:00Bundy On Tap at the Powerhouse Museum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKQKsTA6ipfr7WpngmI51r3_-X0ycwnFxgpCSaCNrxuwih65CwuwWVmRjiEH26hJnAQmgFee0JUnBMPqWdnIuCVZlNJJr-2nf0JWKxxYP7rqQfPQhSNEmEy9MMzCCvPtULBJU6e-P_RqI/s1600/powerhouse-ecologic-bundyontap.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKQKsTA6ipfr7WpngmI51r3_-X0ycwnFxgpCSaCNrxuwih65CwuwWVmRjiEH26hJnAQmgFee0JUnBMPqWdnIuCVZlNJJr-2nf0JWKxxYP7rqQfPQhSNEmEy9MMzCCvPtULBJU6e-P_RqI/s320/powerhouse-ecologic-bundyontap.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545309398731322386" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Australia's largest and most popular museum, The Powerhouse Museum, in Sydney, has just revamped one of its permanent exhibitions — </span></span><a href="http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/exhibitions/ecologic.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">EcoLogic</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> : creating a sustainable future. Bundy on Tap is a key exhibit in the section called "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(26, 26, 24); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Redesigning our world," where the BoT Premium reusable Camelbak bottles are on display with a water bubbler, alongside handwritten letters from school kids praising Bundanoon endeavours. </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(26, 26, 24); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(26, 26, 24); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">With the Powerhouse attracting over 700,000 visitors annually inclusion in this permanent exhibit is a yet another way the small village of Bundanoon has been able to leverage the message about the environmental travesty that is the single serve bottled water industry.</span></span></span></div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-33293083386115818152010-11-06T17:39:00.000-07:002010-11-07T21:35:19.065-08:00Bundy on Tap wins<div>Bundanoon has taken out this year’s "Waste Management and Litter Reductions" category at the 2011 Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards for the 'Bundy on Tap' initiative . Bundanoon also came second in the overall Category C award.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bundy on Tap was praised for being "one of the most well-thought-out, well-orchestrated and delivered projects" that Tidy Towns assessor Phil Bryant had ever seen.</div><div><br /></div><div>“Not only has this project been a very worthwhile environmental undertaking, but its acceptance and support by the community as a whole has been outstanding,” Bryant said.</div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations to a town that came together to take action. This is further recognition of the positive nature of what Bundanoon has done and the continuing attention Bundy on Tap and bottled water reduction receives over a year since the ban was put in place.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.kab.org.au/">Click here for more information on the Tidy Town Awards.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Ben Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18223992222679783871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-18137013842336453122010-10-29T15:10:00.000-07:002010-11-07T21:35:41.557-08:00Summer Bay follows Bundy’s Lead<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGl6XPjbbT3bkGNXQuTBf4f1r1OfuwUSIds-ebBYzsLbIdaIrVNsqpDThG72ueHxzs6Jd0iEm8ZToSFV7qTR18_wrOiNHAARRwzWfdtsN4tmhMr4PJ5yWzuN1DnYoLkf94VQK4hmgL2Uo/s1600/John+has+a+change+of+heart+at+the+council+meeting.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGl6XPjbbT3bkGNXQuTBf4f1r1OfuwUSIds-ebBYzsLbIdaIrVNsqpDThG72ueHxzs6Jd0iEm8ZToSFV7qTR18_wrOiNHAARRwzWfdtsN4tmhMr4PJ5yWzuN1DnYoLkf94VQK4hmgL2Uo/s400/John+has+a+change+of+heart+at+the+council+meeting.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533595306893793490" /></a><a href="http://au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/galleries/article/-/article/8166799/image/11/home-and-away-25-october-29-october-2010/">Image Courtesy Channel 7</a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It may be fictional, but in a recent episode of Channel 7’s Home and Away the town’s kids got together to lobby the local council to ban bottled water. The council voted 4 to 1 to go bottled-water-free.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is just another sign that mainstream media continues to rate this as an issue. Although this is of course a fictional story, there are a number of other towns across the globe who are taking similar steps to curb the sale of bottled water.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.keenforgreen.com/b/concord-massachusetts-first-us-town-ban-bottled-water">Concord, Massachusetts are due to ban bottled water in 2011</a> and <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8016115/Italy-bans-the-plastic-water-bottle-along-heritage-coastline.html">Italy’s heritage coastline has also banned the plastic water bottle</a> in an attempt to protect the World Heritage environment and the amenity of the region (in August over 400,000 were discarded along the coastline).</div><div><br /></div><div>As with Bundanoon, the success of any of these (real-life) initiatives relies on providing access to fresh, clean, readily available water, through such initiatives as the Culligan Water and Street Furniture Australia bubblers</div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations Summer Bay, can’t wait for Ramsay Street to do the same!</div><div><br /></div>Ben Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18223992222679783871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-13112933982774842752010-10-29T15:06:00.000-07:002010-11-07T21:38:19.593-08:00Bottled Water Free: The 2010 Garden Ramble and Highland Fling<div>Bundy on Tap celebrated the annual <a href="http://www.bundanoon.nsw.au/bundanoon-events-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2010/10/23/1291/-/ODI5Y2Y2MmM0MDk0YTJkZjU3MmQ3ZDYwZDc3MWNmMTc=/bundanoon-garden-ramble-2010.html">Bundanoon Garden Ramble</a> with a stall selling BOT re-usable water bottles and providing free filtered water to the 700 visitors.</div><div><br /></div><div>The event always draws a large number of visitors to the town and being out and about means they need plenty of water, so BOT was on hand to help out.</div><div><br /></div><div>The BOT crew will also be out in force for the upcoming <a href="http://www.wildhorizons.com.au/highland-fling">Highland Fling</a> – one of Australia’s biggest gatherings of mountain bike riders – with Water Stations at the event including one from Culligan Water.</div><div><br /></div><div>As Huw Kingston (founder of the Fling and the man behind BOT) explains: “The Fling has always been bottled water free – that and Brigadoon are the 2 big Bundy events that are bottled water free.”</div><div><br /></div><div>You can <a href="http://www.wildhorizons.com.au/highland-fling">read more about the Highalnd Fling and its commitment to the environment here</a>.</div>Ben Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18223992222679783871noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-38607225125293985142010-06-27T07:34:00.000-07:002010-06-27T07:35:56.850-07:00Bundy On Tap Community Party<div><b>When: Tuesday 6th July, 6.30pm</b></div><div><b>Where: Bundanoon Memorial Hall</b></div><div><br /></div><div>It’s time to celebrate Bundy on Tap </div><div>1 year on!</div><div><br /></div><div>Our village campaign to go bottled water free had an amazing worldwide ripple effect – come & hear some stories</div><div><br /></div><div>Celebrate with your fellow Bundanoonians over a drink & heart-warming food</div><div><br /></div><div>Be uplifted once again by the Bundy on Tap “anthem” sung by Serendipity – The Choir & the Bundanoon schoolchildren</div><div><br /></div><div>Win a lucky door prize & a special prize for the person best expressing the “Bundy on Tap” theme</div><div><br /></div><div>For further information contact Sandra Menteith 0403 790777 sandra@bundyontap.com.au </div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-17775083468905641002010-02-04T15:28:00.000-08:002010-02-04T15:53:42.526-08:00New History Timeline For Bundy On Tap Website<div>The <a href="http://www.bundyontap.com.au/home.html">Bundy on Tap website</a> has undergone a grease and oil change and now sports a few new extras. </div><div><br /></div><div>These include the earlier mentioned page on the Bundy On Tap <a href="http://www.bundyontap.com.au/waterbottles.html">Reusable Bottles</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>But also of interest may be the new <a href="http://www.bundyontap.com.au/history.html">History Timeline</a>, that charts the order of events and tasks that led to the successful launch of Australia's First Bottled Water Free Town.</div><div><br /></div><div>The <a href="http://www.bundyontap.com.au/gallery.html">Gallery</a> page also has more photos, as well as letters from enthusiastic school children. </div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy. </div><div><br /></div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-29668240269593279062010-02-04T15:12:00.000-08:002010-02-04T15:24:30.359-08:00Australian EcoDesigned Reusable Water Bottle Has Built-in FilterThe Victorian company <a href="http://www.halfateaspoon.com/Products.html">Half a Teaspoon</a> is in the process of commercialising a new upmarket reusable drink bottle. The bottle called the <a href="http://www.321-water.com/">321</a>, and designed by <a href="http://www.charlwood.com.au/sustainability/water-bottle.aspx">Charlwood Design</a>, integrates a plunger-style carbon filter. The product has received financial support from <a href="http://www.designvic.com/Knowledge/CaseStudies/HalfaTeaspoon.aspx">Design Victoria</a> to help it through the design phase. <div><br /></div><div>The product name 321 refers to the ratio of three litres water used to process one litre of bottled water. The company name Half a Teaspoon refers to the ratio of fresh potable water available on the planet. (If the earth's total water supply is equal to one litre, only half a teaspoon is accessible drinking quality water.)</div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-28295869861723450672010-01-26T16:23:00.000-08:002010-01-26T16:35:33.963-08:00Highland Fling 2009 Was Bottled Water Free<div>The <a href="http://www.wildhorizons.com.au/highland-fling">Wild Horizons Highlands Fling</a> is a challenging mountain bike event, for all levels of cycling enthusiasts, as it winds through farmland and forest. The weekend of cycling events attracts over 1,800 riders, plus friends and family. Local community groups often raise over $40,000 by participating in the weekend event.</div><div><br /></div><div>As a supporter of the <a href="http://www.bundyontap.com.au/">Bundy On Tap initiative</a>, the 2009 Highlands Fling went <a href="http://www.wildhorizons.com.au/highland-fling/about#bundy-on-tap">Bottled Water Fre</a>e. (and will again in November 2010.)</div><div><br /></div><div>At the 2009 event <a href="http://www.culliganwater.com.au/bundanoon/">Culligan Water</a> set up a mobile water refill station, supplying filtered tap water for riders to top up their reusable drink bottles. </div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-47600410156908491582010-01-26T16:02:00.000-08:002010-01-26T16:16:24.464-08:00Bundanoon Is Brigadoon. And Brigadoon is Bottled Water Free<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The famed <a href="http://www.highlandsnsw.com.au/brigadoon/index.html">Bundanoon Highland Gathering</a>, known affectionately as Brigadoon, is going bottled water free for 2010. One of the world's largest highland gatherings (over 20,000 visitors) Brigadoon will again show a reverence for all things Scottish, on Saturday, 17 April 2010.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 17.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Bundanoon Highland Gathering Committee have taken the step of advising visitors of their bottled water free actions via the event's website:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>"• WATER - PLEASE NOTE: The Bundanoon Highland Gathering fully supports the "Bundy on Tap" proposal for stopping the sale of bottled water in Bundanoon, and therefore there will be NO bottled water for sale at the gathering.</i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>• Water Bottles will be available for sale at the Village or the Gathering</i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>• There are FREE water stations in town and facilities at the oval to fill reusable water bottles.</i></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>Either bring you own Water bottle or purchase a Bundy on Tap bottle in the Village or a reusable water bottle at the oval."</i></span></span></p></span>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-43259171625755881162010-01-26T15:54:00.000-08:002010-01-26T16:14:31.403-08:002010 Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival To Be Bottled Water Free<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The stall application form for the popular </span></span><a href="http://www.kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.com.au/index.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> informs </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">stallholders that, <i>"All packaging and utensils must be recyclable or compostible. Bottled water is not to be sold, in accordance with the Kangaroo Valley sustainability program. Chilled water is available for free at the bar." </i></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Festival will be held 22 to 24 October 2010 and </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">supports the Kangaroo Valley Carbon Neutral Program, an initiative of Kangaroo Valley Tourist Association</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></b></p>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-4864690383566019822010-01-26T15:36:00.000-08:002010-01-26T15:47:29.645-08:00Huw Kingston Nominated for Wingecarribee Shire Citizen of the Year<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;font-size:13px;"><p></p><h1 style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -1px; margin-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px; font-size:19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The </span></span><a href="http://bowral.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/wingecarribee-shire-citizen-of-the-year-nominees/1733118.aspx?storypage=0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Southern Highland News</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> summarised Huw's nomination as:</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 17.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Huw Kingston actively promotes the Highlands as a destination for cycling. He organises the annual Highland Fling mountain bike event, attracting thousands of competitors and spectators to the southern villages.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 17.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mr Kingston instigated the “Bottle-free Bundanoon” campaign, encouraging visitors and residents of Bundanoon to drink tap water instead of bottled water."</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 17.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">However, at an Australia Day ceremony held at Berrima, it was announced that Gordon Lewis was to be named Wingecarribee Shire Citizen of the Year. Congratulations Gordon.</span></span></p></span></h1></span>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-61689707055975381782010-01-21T20:10:00.000-08:002010-01-21T20:38:31.499-08:00Sundance Film Festival Offers Bottled Water Alternative<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Robert Redford's </span></span><a href="http://festival.sundance.org/2010/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Sundance Film Festival</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">, 21 -31 January 2010, is again teaming up with Brita Filters and Nalgene water bottles in the </span></span><a href="http://www.filterforgood.com/sundance.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">FilterForGood</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> campaign to reduce bottled water use and waste at the festival.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A </span></span><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/FestivalGoers-to-Filter-for-iw-1190793610.html?x=0&.v=1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">media release</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> for the project quotes Sarah Pearce, Director of Festival Operations, "The Sundance Film Festival is committed to reducing our carbon footprint, and reducing bottled water is one of the simplest ways to do that."</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">When the campaign was run in 2009 festival </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">attendees could purchase FilterForGood reusable Nalgene bottles for $10 USD, which they could then fill at Brita Hydration Stations. This reduced the need for 50,000 bottles of water that Sundance had distributed at previous Film Festivals. </span></span></span></span></div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-59715036704959382792010-01-19T12:09:00.000-08:002010-01-21T20:35:12.654-08:00British Pubs to Provide Free Tap Water to Patrons<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The news service </span></span><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60I3Z920100119"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Reuters</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> reports, that new legislation being introduced in the United Kingdom, aimed at curbing a culture of heavy drinking, requires that, "</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">publicans will have to ensure free tap water is made available to revelers."</span></span></span>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-5805235202295724322010-01-12T18:33:00.000-08:002010-01-21T20:39:24.198-08:00New Refillable Bottle Info at Bundy On TapMany friends and supporters on the <a href="http://www.bundyontap.com.au/">Bundy On Tap</a> campaign have asked for detailed information about the two refillable water bottles that BOT selected. In order to better answer those questions we've put up a new <a href="http://www.bundyontap.com.au/waterbottles.html">Bottles page</a> up on the website.<div><br /></div><div>Hopefully we've covered most of the queries people had about our bottles. </div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-13036796145889938632010-01-12T18:17:00.000-08:002010-01-12T18:27:04.213-08:00London Follows Bundanoon's LeadThe <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/04/london-drinking-fountains-water-industry">Guardian Newspaper</a> reports that London is looking to follow the <a href="http://www.bundyontap.com.au">Bundy On Tap</a> model and install water fountains and refill stations in the British capital. <div><br /></div><div>Thames Water will install refill stations (capable of refilling a 500ml bottle for 20p) in two high traffic locations that are frequented by about 4.4 million people annually.</div><div><br /></div><div>If successful the refill units will appear at public transport stations across London in time for the 2012 Olympics. </div><div><br /></div><div>The article also notes that Hyde Park also scored its first drinking fountain in 30 years. </div><div><br /></div><div>Momentum is gathering. </div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-73706330855086090582010-01-12T17:51:00.001-08:002010-01-12T18:10:59.818-08:00Congrats Jon Dee, NSW Australian of the YearJon Dee, co-founder of environmental advocacy groups Planet Ark, and more recently <a href="http://www.dosomething.net.au/">Do Something!</a> was in mid November 2009 named <a href="http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=jon-dee-2010">NSW Australian of the Year</a>.<div><br /></div><div>Bundy on Tap publicly, and belatedly, congratulates Jon on this recognition of his achievements, over almost twenty years of active campaigning for a better world. </div><div><br /></div><div>Jon Dee, through Do Something's <a href="http://www.bottledwateralliance.com.au/">Bottled Water Alliance</a> project, worked very closely the Bundy On Tap committee to help bring our project to realisation. His industry contacts and media savvy were a significant part of the success of Bundy on Tap. Thank You, Jon. </div><div><br /></div><div>And all the best on chances of now being named Australian of Year, on Australia Day, 26 January 2010.</div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4200411405223356946.post-84845708552741551532010-01-12T15:52:00.000-08:002010-01-12T17:48:57.883-08:00BundyOnTap BlogsWell, here we are. On the blogsphere. <div><br /></div><div>The <a href="http://www.bundyontap.com.au/">Bundy On Tap website</a> will remain our central repository of information about Bundanoon, Australia's First Bottled Water Free Town, but we will use this blog to add news as it comes to hand. </div><div><br /></div><div>Welcome.</div>Bundy On Taphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09418242980704256840noreply@blogger.com0