United Church Thinking Of Boycotting Bottled Water in Protest Of The Privatization Of Water
Posted by Tyler Kinch on August 17th, 2006
The United Church of Canada may ask its members to stop buying bottled water.
The request is part of a resolution against the privatization of water supplies that has been put before delegates at the church’s general council this week in Thunder Bay.
Richard Chambers, the social policy co-ordinator with the national office of the church, said that water is a human right, and no one should profit from it.
Let’s hear it for Richard Chambers! Water is a human right! Why should anyone have control over our water besides the people? It belongs to the people. And when corporations sink their hands into it, people will suffer.
And the privatization of water is a real threat.
August 31st, 2006 at 7:36 pm
I give the church credit for standing up for a basic human right. Man cannot live by bread alone. Water is the most basic yet important neccessity of mankind.
I am not sure at what point mankind starting laying claims to owning water for profit. I am not sure where the municipalities fit into this picture of charging and staking claims to water either? (landlords I guess) Someone to sue if things go wrong? Another trend I see taking over. I guess mankind has come to a point that everything revolves around profit. We seem to need more and more rules and regulations.
I cannot say that the companies that sell bottled water are any different than any profit driven company. Everything revolves around money and I can probably count of both hands the things which are free these days. We are seeing the results or wrong priorities (money driven) children raising themselves.
It is a sad picture of the state of things to come.
God bless you and the church
Regards,
Deborah McCormick
July 29th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
[...] I posted last year about the United Church thinking of banning bottled water, as water is a human right, and should not be privatized into a commodity. This is not the only controversy surrounding bottled water. The environmental impact of the waste produced by the bottled water industry is huge. Water bottles clog the landfills every year. [...]