The Story of Bottled Water

Annie Leonard is an expert in international trade and sustainable development, who is more known for her documentary The Story of Stuff (The Story of Stuff), where she talks about the life cycle of goods and services in a very didactic and fun way. However, I just stumbled upon this other documentary of hers, called The Story of Bottled Water, where she basically explains the cycle of bottled water and the unnecesary pollution and waste of money and resources that the industry of bottled water means. I really think you should see both.



The Story of Bottled Water with Annie Leonard from kompozit on Vimeo.

Venezuela has achieved environmental sustainability: True or false?

This post was originally written for Th!nk About It: Developing World.

 In Venezuela, we have the cheapest gas prices in the world. We pay $0.12 per gallon, when the same amount of water costs around $2.5 (and I'm talking about controlled dollar, not even real black-market one). We have 5.218.942 automotor  vehicles in circulation, from which a 5th is located in Caracas, and we consumme over 827 tonnels of oil a day.

Tap water doesn't mean drinking water: Interview with the Movement for Water Quality

(This article was originally written for Th!nk about it: Developing world)

Venezuelan government states that 92% of the population has access to drinking water. Meanwhile, the consequences of a long drought strike Venezuela and the inhabitants of Valencia are affected by polluted water coming from their taps.