Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other product on the market?
Bottled water is the greatest advertising and marketing trick of all time – an 11.5 billion dollar business in 2007 alone.
Tapped is an 81-minute American documentary from the same folks who brought you Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A. Directed and produced by Stephanie Soechtig, the film gives a behind-the-scenes peek into the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.
Saturday, October 16, 2010 is Projecting Change Film Festival’s next installation in an ongoing series of film and speaker events, to be held at Fifth Avenue Burrard Cinemas (at 2110 Burrard Street).
The event kicks off with a breakfast featuring Fair Trade coffee. LUSH Cosmetics will giving away prizes as well. Simply bring your own reusable coffee mug to be entered into their draw.
Councillor Tim Stevenson from the Greater Vancouver Regional District Water Committee (Metro Vancouver) will be discussing the issues involving this industry after the film.
Event Breakdown
Breakfast: 9 am
Movie: 10 am
Speaker session to follow
Projecting Change is a sustainable and environmental film festival that focuses on promoting green and sustainable living through film. This film is part of an ongoing series of Saturday morning events that began this past summer.
Your $15 ticket purchase includes breakfast, the film, and Councillor Stevenson’s talk.
