(Not a very) Bottled Water Free Day at the University of Ottawa

I'll personally start by saying that I stopped drinking bottled water awhile back after having read many different sources stating that the composition of the plastic, in the long-term, is harmful to your health (but what isn't these day, right?). I am also personally in favour of the winding down of bottled water as a commercialized product.

What I'd be curious to know is who exactly paid for the posters that are plastered everywhere on campus. I wouldn't be too impressed if I were to find out that the SFUO spent (our money) on useless posters that promotes the day. Whoevers money was spent, it didn't seem to have much of an impact because I can tell you that it certainly didn't stop people from being spotted all over the U of O campus drinking water from those clear plastic bottles that were supposed to be boycotted for the day. It'd be interesting to see how much money was spent on promoting today's symbolic boycott.

I visisted the Canadian Federation of Student's (CFS) website to see what efforts were put into promoting Bottled Water Free Day. Possibly some information, some suggestions on encouraging students to participate, etc. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any such information on the website (other than 2 press releases).

This is an interesting campaign... but the publicity shouldn't be funded (if it in fact is) with student's money!