The Story of Stuff project is created by Annie Leonard who has partnered with a wide range of activist organizations to address the state of consumerism today. Her focus and intent is to educate individuals on how to move closer to a more sustainable way of life, and in our view, she's on the right track.

One of this recent series films focuses on bottled water (shown below). In just 6 minutes, it quickly runs through the many downsides to bottled water use. Some of these include the substantial environmental impacts, the contaminants in bottled water, the high out of pocket costs, and the stark reality of where bottled water often comes from.

Last year when we covered the documentary "Tapped", we were very excited to share a film with our site visitors that we thought was long overdue in exposing the bottled water industry. If you find the Story of Bottled water clip below interesting and would like to learn more, we highly recommend seeing this documentary. It's only an hour long, but will open your eyes and most likely change your attitude towards bottled water completely.

We believe a berkey water filter is a great way to reduce your use of bottled water, and save money while doing so. If you've got any questions about our water filter systems, please check out our Berkey Help section of the site, or contacts us here.