News

We have up to the minute iStraw news and selected some useful links on low impact environmentally green products, carbon footprint emission reduction and contaminated drinking water issues.

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iStraw News

August 2008
iStraw joins the helpthirst.com initiative, play their online game and they will donate 1 cup of water to the World Vision Water Campaign (see Water & Environmental Issues opposite). Find the link in the footer throughout the site!
May 2008
www.istraw.co.uk relaunches with version three of the online site. With new and improved resources covering water contimaination, environmental issues and the opportunity to buy direct from iStraw.
2008
iStraw is awarded a product endorsement from Carbon Footprint Ltd, as part of their independently verified 'Carbon Footprint Approved' programme.

Water & Environmental Issues

World Vision UK - Water Campaign
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Water on Tap - join the campaign here, Evening Standard
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Banksy joins plastic bag campaign, www.ananova.com
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Land full of bottles, Ann Geracimos, The Washington Times, May 24 2007
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The Unintended Consequences of Hyperhydration, Jon Mooallem, The New York Times May 27 2007
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Drinking Water: Bottled or From the Tap? Catherine Clarke Fox, nationalgeographic.com
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Twenty-First Century Waterfall, Doug James, Cornell University, www.cs.cornell.edu
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Britons begin to lose thirst for bottled water, Jamie Doward, The Observer, Sunday April 13 2008
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Carbon footprint - Useful Links
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