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DESCRIPTION:Tuesday, February 6, 2007 -- 7pm \n"Thirst" documentary \nConscientious 
 Projector series \nDiscussion follows with producers Alan Snitow, Deborah 
 Kaufman and community activists \nBerkeley Fellowship of Unitarian 
 Universalists Hall \n1924 Cedar St. at Bonita, a block above MLK Way 
 \nBerkeley, CA 94709 \n\n$5-10 donation, no one turned away \nwheelchair 
 access \n\n(510) 644-4956 Office \n(707) 391-8208 Cell \n\nProducers Alan 
 Snitow and Deborah Kaufman, Corporate Accountability International 
 Organizer Ashley Schaeffer, students and community activists will discuss 
 the politics of the bottled water industry, of concern internationally and 
 for Americans. Our city offers some of the best drinking water in the 
 nation, yet Californians drink more than twice as much bottled water per 
 person as the rest of the country.  Tap water is safe, reliable and can be 
 had for pennies to the gallon.  So why do we pay more for bottled water 
 than for gas?  \n  \nCorporations like Coke, Pepsi and Nestle spend tens of 
 millions of dollars each year on misleading advertising to convince the 
 public to drink bottled water. Public drinking water is more heavily 
 regulated, and often safer than bottled water!  Bay Area students and 
 community members are working to challenge the irresponsible practices of 
 these corporations through the Think Outside the Bottle campaign.   Water 
 should be protected as a fundamental human right, not a commodity bought 
 and sold for corporate profit at the public's expense.  Corporations profit 
 from the global water crisis by privatizing water systems and resources.  
 Take part in our first community meeting. We'll discuss how to challenge 
 corporate control of water. \n\nAfter this film highlighting local 
 resistance to corporate control of water resources and systems in the U.S., 
 Bolivia and India, we'll discuss the bottled water industry as the most 
 visible attempt of corporations to control one of our planet's most 
 precious resources.  We'll pass a hat for Corporate Accountability 
 International, a member-based organization challenging irresponsible and 
 dangerous corporate actions around the world. \n\nCo-sponsors: BFUU Social 
 Justice Committee and Cal Students Against Water Privatization \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/29/18353958.php
SUMMARY:Film "Thirst" on the business and politics of water
LOCATION:Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall \n1924 Cedar St. at 
 Bonita, a block above MLK Way \nBerkeley, CA 94709 \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/29/18353958.php
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