Spring 2015
Committee:
Regional Affairs Committee
Whereas, the state of California is experiencing one of the most severe droughts on record, yet California-based water bottle companies continue to extract water from unregulated groundwater resources and municipal supplies for next to nothing and sell it back to us for profit;[ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Whereas, 1,500 plastic water bottles are used every second in the US alone, and only 1 in 5 plastic bottles are recycled;[ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Whereas, institutions of higher learning have a responsibility to set an example in environmental sustainability and lessen our collective carbon footprint;
Whereas, campus hydration stations encourage eco-friendly reusable containers and provide clean, filtered, water essential to our health;
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourage and support local ASOs in exploring ways to install hydration stations/water filtration systems on their respective campuses;
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourage local ASOs to provide their respective students with information on our state water resources, the on-going drought, and how they can do their part to conserve.
Whereas Citations:
Julia Laurie, Drought Water Comes From The Most Drought-Ridden Places In The Country, MotherJones.com, August 11, 2014, http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/08/bottled-water-california-drought
Hanna Ellscury, 10 Startling Facts About Bottled Water, Banthebottle.net, October 25, 2012, http://www.banthebottle.net/articles/10-startling-facts-about-bottled-water/
Steve Scauzillo, California Has Entered Fourth Year of Drought, Water Experts Say, cadrought.com, February 26, 2015, http://www.cadrought.com/california-entered-fourth-year-drought-water-experts-say/
Petz Scholtoz, The US Consumes 1500 Water Bottles Every Second, a fact by Watershed, Treehugger.com, October 15, 2009, http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/the-us-consumes-1500-plastic-water-bottles-every-second-a-fact-by-watershed.html
Whereas, 1,500 plastic water bottles are used every second in the US alone, and only 1 in 5 plastic bottles are recycled;[ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Whereas, institutions of higher learning have a responsibility to set an example in environmental sustainability and lessen our collective carbon footprint;
Whereas, campus hydration stations encourage eco-friendly reusable containers and provide clean, filtered, water essential to our health;
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourage and support local ASOs in exploring ways to install hydration stations/water filtration systems on their respective campuses;
Resolved, that the Student Senate for California Community Colleges encourage local ASOs to provide their respective students with information on our state water resources, the on-going drought, and how they can do their part to conserve.
Whereas Citations:
Julia Laurie, Drought Water Comes From The Most Drought-Ridden Places In The Country, MotherJones.com, August 11, 2014, http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/08/bottled-water-california-drought
Hanna Ellscury, 10 Startling Facts About Bottled Water, Banthebottle.net, October 25, 2012, http://www.banthebottle.net/articles/10-startling-facts-about-bottled-water/
Steve Scauzillo, California Has Entered Fourth Year of Drought, Water Experts Say, cadrought.com, February 26, 2015, http://www.cadrought.com/california-entered-fourth-year-drought-water-experts-say/
Petz Scholtoz, The US Consumes 1500 Water Bottles Every Second, a fact by Watershed, Treehugger.com, October 15, 2009, http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/the-us-consumes-1500-plastic-water-bottles-every-second-a-fact-by-watershed.html