AQUAMANTRA's Voice on Water, Recycling, Love

Join the Recycle-ution pick up the litter!

2009-11-09T20:01:00.000-08:00

What is a Recycle-ution? Sort of like a revolution of people moving from self-servidness to planet service, moving into an awareness of their impact. It's like the evoloution of recycling from a wierd logo on trash cans to a common place staple in communities known for taking action to improve their footprint, inspiring people to not trash it but recycle it. And why does AQUAMANTRA care about it? Because AQUAMANTRA is a bottled water company that launched to raise consciousness in Humanity and in the process, got sucked into the clash and collaboration of the movement of educating people about what happens to plastic bottles after you trash them, they end up in a landfill or the ocean. This became quite an issue for us because this was overshadowing our company's ability to carry out the message of creating one's own awareness through repetition of mantras, like I AM LOVED or I AM GRATEFUL. All people could think about was that we were contributing to the global mess and this was the catalyst for us to move in the direction of change. How lucky are we? How many opportunities do you get in a lifetime to be a catalyst for change? We scooped up the opportunity, honed our Law of Attraction skills and sought out to find the best solution for creating biodegradable bottles. All of this is documented on our website and in our recent press releases how we came to find ENSO Bottles and became the first company in the United States and possibly the world to release our bottles in the 100% Biodegradable and 100% Recycable plastic. That's right, 100% Recyclable. This plastic is genius and we are super grateful for the dedication of ENSO Bottles creators Danny and Teresa Clark for having the shared vision of less crap in the landfills.

A lot of places have questioned our motives, treating us like a typical corporation out for the end profit. Our motives our driven by the incentive to leave this planet a better place then when we arrived. BOTTOM LINE. So we started a movement,its just rolling along right now - but soon it will be more than just one company and one singer Gina Rene- it will be a school program, a television show, a parade or an event and maybe one day the Recycle-ution will have done its job to educate kids about how they make a difference.

So enjoy the beginning of our efforts to stop pollution. Please pass this page on to everyone you know! We can ALL be the change we want to see in the world, we kind of have to!

Social Media connections or overload? Which is it?

2009-09-29T22:38:00.000-07:00

All we hear these days is Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and its so amusing watching anyone over 40 try to figure out how to fit in, on this wide world of internet media. Tonight I had the priveledge of listening to expert Chris Brogan talk to people and students at Chapman University in Orange tonight about the value of Human Connection, he described through social media. His website is http://www.chrisbrogan.com/ and he wrote a book called Trust Agents. The term TRUST is crucial to my line of work and my mission in this human experience. TRUST, integrity and human connection. He spoke about brands and companies that are trying to gain market share but have forgotten all about the human element, which of course I was super excited when he shared that because AQUAMANTRA was founded on a mission to raise consciousness in humanity! HUMAN is even in my tag line. We started this water to remind people about themselves, and how to re-connect with themselves so listening to him talk made me all warm and fuzzy inside. He spoke more about the connection we have lost touch with and how social media can actually reconnect us, bringing us together to be more supportive of each other and while I agree, I also wonder how addicted we are to that connection and what mobile web casts are really doing for us? Even as he spoke, there were some phones ringing in the audience and at least 10 people around me on the phone, typing or sending texts to their friends, posting reminders or even twittering during a twitter talk. That's just human rudeness in my opinion, seriously, is that twit or text so important we can't just focus on one person on stage? And can we really have the human connection through our phone? Or is more an addiction to connecting something other than reality? By always being on the phone or twittering are we really being present or are we looking for a high of ego? As I type this, know that I too am a blackberry junket, so this is not coming from a space of judgement or a point of view, merely an observational question of the human connection thru media. And a lot of what Chris said was true, with people blogging such as myself, more and more people have the opportunity to be heard and for people to hear you, in a comfortable and welcomed way. I've always made myself available to anyone who wants to talk about AQUAMANTRA, or quantum phsyics, water or biodegradability, I am always open. He commented on the importance of always making room for others to listen and I love to listen. This weekend at the Abbot Kinney Festival a woman stopped me in the middle of 150K people festival to tell me how grateful she was I created this water... How does it get any better than that? If someone twitted me the same message would I have the same profound reaction and joy in my heart? I would have to say yes! Daily I get phone messages of people saying how much they love our water and how can they help... and with that media, I get immense gratification knowing our purpose is being fulfilled. Does my heart expand with each of those messages, in person, on the phone, in a tweet or on facebook? You bet. So why can't it be as Chris says? I believe it can and am grateful for his talk this evening sharing the message of just that, the human connection. Mother earth and all her inhabitants know, we all need more of it - human trust and human love. What a great message in a digital Era, thanks Chris and I hope you enjoyed the bottle of I AM LUCKY, I certainly was lucky to hear you tonight.

If anyone wants to get tweets from me :-) I usually post a daily mantra, or a question that if you ask it to yourself ( through the universe, it will open up a world of consciousness and allow the universe to answer for you) for example:

What generative energy, space and consciousenss can I be that will allow the universe to contribute and support me, AQUAMANTRA and my bank account?

If that seems rewarding for you, sign up for my tweets! http://twitter.com/AQUAMANTRA

To be conscious and aware or not to be? Albertsons is!

2009-09-07T13:02:00.000-07:00

AQUAMANTRA has gone green and is doing fantastically! The support in the community has been amazing. Just as it was important for us to change the way we produce our product - it seems as important to shoppers to support the planet. The trend towards being green is only a mask to a great league of support, moving us through the past of just consumerism into a future of conscious capitalism. Can you imagine that we now live in a soceity or partial society anyway, that is redefining how we make products, so that they support our planet instead of just consume it? And we don't need to change our ways so far that it will affect our lifestyle, just tweak it to support us and the planet we live on. Recently, I saw an episode of Wife Swap, where a 'fairy' lady swapped places with a dirt bike supporting mom. When they showed the lifestyle of the dirt bike mom, she was disgusted that the fairy family composted, and separated trash. She didn't understand why everything couldn't just go in the trash and take it out like normal people... I guess your POV about what's normal and what is not, and thank goodness for the route we're going... if you don't start separating at least your recyclables from trash, you are not normal. When you actually make the effort to do it, it becomes habbit just like anything else. I used to just put recyclables; paper, plastic and cardboard, which is 90% of our consumables we buy in the market, in a little garbage bag. It was always overflowing, so I went to the store and bought 3 plastic tall trash cans. Labeled one for bottles we recycle for cash back, the second as anything paper, plastic for the city recycling and one for trash. Most of you who recycle know that - more times my recycle trash is bigger than my regular trash, and consciously at trash day I feel great about me doing my part to support not littering the landfills with things that won't breakdown. It's all about awareness, and moving towards the light. Its time now for us to stop acting like we live in our personal caves with no responsibility towards our environment. We are 100% responsible for our environment and the more we own that and work towards solutions the quicker we'll be to creating that heaven on earth, clean, healthy and supportive for itself, not just us. Which is why AQUAMANTRA's goals are to be part of a clean solution. I will say it didn't come without it's questions from the public. Big company's question us, how come such a tiny little company with a small region of distribution can come up with the first 100% biodegradable and 100% recyclable plastic bottle? Why not Nestle? or Coke or Pepsi? That should matter to them too right? It should, it should matter to all of us. And I do believe it will turn into a mandatory at some point that all plastic should be made out of the eco-pure additive. We as a company just wanted it as part of our formula, our mission is to raise consciousness in humanity. Whether that's through our mantras or our green bottles, awareness is the key to it all... when you are aware you have the space to receive so much more. We said we wanted to be the first company to do this, and with the right contacts and intent we were able to make that happen. We had the ability to be flexible and adapt to the needs of the category. Plastic was becoming a toxic word and it didn't earn its fowl reputation because of what it does but because of what we do with it. Funny, we litter, we trash the planet, the landfills; we the people, then the poor bottle manufactures of great products and bottled water itself get trashed because of it. As I put my finger to my head and wait for the three dots to float up with a thought.... huh?! Backwards is right! It was Al Gore and the movement towards shifting the probability of global warming that brought the awareness to light in 2006, another thank goodness. It was through this awareness that we all got captured in the green dream, yeah, why not make products that support instead of thwart! I guess all solutions come out of a frustration, however, if we can be open to the awareness then have the ability to just observe this as an interesting fact, and move towards solutions without so much judgement, blame and anger. What I've learned through it all is to not align with the anger... find solutions that can appease everyone and you'll have a road to travel on. That is why we chose our ENSO bottles, because they can biodegrade and they can be recycled. People can keep recycling as usual, and continue to support the planet. However, in the case that they are uneducated about the pitfalls of littering or they are anti-consciousness and just don't give a damn, WE are not contributing to the pollution and that eases our conscious and those of the people who do care. It really all begins with us. We are the only person that matters, our choices, and the irony is our choices feed us and energetically fuel the planet. Leading the way with love and awareness, is the high road- and until we are all running around on a prestine mother earth, AQUAMANTRA will continue its pursuit of reminding people how awesome they are! So pick up your bottle of I AM LOVED or I AM GRATEFUL in Albertsons stores in CA, or one of each I AM LOVED, I AM GRATEFUL, I AM LUCKY or I AM HEALTHY in any Albertsons in AZ, NM, TX or CO.

Peace and blessings!

AQUAMANTRA Goes Green! We're so excited!

2009-05-09T13:15:00.000-07:00

AQUAMANTRA® PREMIUM BOTTLED WATER ADDRESSES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND INTRODUCES WORLD’S FIRST 100% BIODEGRADABLE-REYCLABLE BOTTLE

Watch Videos to learn about the bottles or read the Press Release below:

Video - Learn from the Creator of AQUAMANTRA® why she's excited to introduce AQUAMANTRA's news about the ENSO Biodegradable Bottle.

Learn from the Creator of AQUAMANTRA® why she's excited to introduce AQUAMANTRA's news about the ENSO Biodegradable Bottle. 2. Part One - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on how is the new PET made? And what makes it biodegradable?
Video - Part One - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on how is the new PET made? And what makes it biodegradable?

Part Two - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on the science behind the plastic leaching situation? What kind of landfills do the biodegradable bottles break down in? Where does it break down, what kind of environment?
Video - Part Two - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on the science behind the plastic leaching situation? What kind of landfills do the biodegradable bottles break down in? Where does it break down, what kind of environment?

Part Three - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on what does the term Biodegradable really mean? is it PLA? is it Oxo-Degradable? And what do those mean?
Video - Part Three - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on what does the term Biodegradable really mean? is it PLA? is it Oxo-Degradable? And what do those mean?

Video/Song - Part Four - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on why she was inspired to create ENSO Bottles and how AQUAMANTRA fits into the equation. This video ends with a special version of Gina Rene's Single Recycle-ution a song co-created to remind people how important it is to recycle and be a part of the solution. It's worth a listen!

Part Four - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on why she was inspired to create ENSO Bottles and how AQUAMANTRA fits into the equation. This video ends with a special version of Gina Rene's Single Recycle-ution a song co-created to remind people how important it is to recycle and be a part of the solution. It's worth a listen!

AQUAMANTRA® PREMIUM BOTTLED WATER ADDRESSES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND INTRODUCES WORLD’S FIRST 100% BIODEGRADABLE-REYCLABLE BOTTLE AT NATURAL PRODUCTS EXPO WEST SHOW 2009
NEW AQUAMANTRA® GREEN BOTTLES AVAILABLE MAY 2009 ANAHEIM CA - March 6, 2009. AQUAMANTRA Award Winning Premium Bottled Water launches the world’s first 100% biodegradable-recyclable bottle at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA in booth 4561.The AQUAMANTRA ENSO™ bottle will be available for shipment to store shelves in May 2009 and that is welcomed news to both retailers and consumers who have felt the pressure from environmental groups and consumers who are concerned about exploding landfills bulging with non-recyclable-compostable plastics. Research done by analysts at Morgan Stanley found that “23 percent [of consumers] say they are cutting back on bottled beverages in favor of tap water or beverages in containers that create less waste.”
AQUAMANTRA Founder and President, Alexandra Teklak has been on a comprehensive search since her company’s inception to find a bottle that compliments her Gold Award winning LOHAS brand and meets the needs of conscious consumers and retail partners who want creative solutions for the environmental crisis. “AQUAMANTRA strongly believes that consumers are entitled to choices as to what water they want to drink, which should include easy opportunities to be earth-friendly. I didn’t want to find just any solution, I wanted to find a solution that worked for everyone,” said Teklak.AQUAMANTRA consultants and advisors investigated many alternatives including a PLA (cornstarch) bottles and found that it wasn’t a viable solution for the public; not easy to dispose of and not necessarily the best solution to erasing carbon footprints. The reality is that water has to be packaged in a bottle that will not disintegrate on the store shelf in 1-2 years, and that is an issue with the PLA bottle. We investigated the “Oxy- degradables”, but there were “big ifs” surrounding it such as an adequate amount of exposure to sunlight for degradation which is not likely in a landfill. Finally, after searching for the right company we found ENSO™, who was developing a form of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which could be recycled and biodegrades within 1-5 years, essentially a form of plastic that enables microbes to eat the bottle as dinner,” stated Teklak.
The AQUAMANTRA ENSO™ bottles do not leach plastic, are not PLA, are not oxo-degradable, and is a FDA approved “food grade” PET 1 bottle. These bottles maintain the same properties as traditional PET and can be intermingled with standard PET in recycling streams and programs. When the bottles end up in a microbial landfill, (80% of them are) the bottle will break down within 1-5 years into inert biomass and biogas through either an anaerobic (no oxygen, no light) or aerobic decomposition. ENSO™ bottles used by AQUAMANTRA are validated through third party ASTM (Associated Standards and Testing Materials) standard tests, an international standards organization. “At ENSO™ Bottles, we are excited to work with AQUAMANTRA. Their awareness and concern for the environment aligns very well with ENSO’s environmental mission and provides their customers with not only water with a purpose, but also earth friendly packaging.” said Danny Clark, founder of ENSO Bottles. “This is the product that consumers have been waiting for. Now everyone can feel good about drinking refreshingly convenient bottled water again,” said Teklak.

Bottled Water can you really say its a wasteful habit? Truthfully.

2008-07-08T18:21:00.000-07:00

Part of my job is to scan the internet for feedback, especially on bottled water and what people are saying about us. Now we know from this blog that I am PRO the environment and that we are often requested to do events for ECO-Friendly Events, because you can recycle our bottles. It takes the consumer to do that. What makes me just shake my head however, is people who think that all bottled waters are the same. I read on a diet-health-fitness-weight site (here's the stinging irony), that she says,

" In the past chefs and restaurateurs have used their celebrity and promoted bottled water. I hope in the future more will take a leadership role in weaning people off this unnecessary and wasteful habit. Why did drinking water out of a bottle become a status symbol?"

Then she goes on to name Aquamantra an "OUTRAGEOUS Bottled Water Product". I find that fascinating. First, I'd like to comment on her saying "weaning people of unnecessary and wasteful habit?" um.... Wasteful habit, cigarettes comes to mind, chewing gum, comes to mind, painting your nails ( a bit of a stretch) but could be considered wasteful, but drinking a healthy beverage that is not filled with pharmeceuticals? Maybe to keep your body clean and get a delicious tasting water instead of a nasty tasting water?

Like this headline?

Prescription drugs found in drinking water across U.S.

Here's the link on CNN for your own personal reading.

2nd. I don't know about the author of that Blog, but even if I didn't own a water company I'd be drinking bottled water, Natural Spring Water that is, not Aquafina or Dasani, there is where I would agree with her. Coke/Pepsi mask themselves as a healthy option, and the not so smart consumers drink it thinking they are healthy. Yet, when are the companies that are trying to do a good thing going to get a break in this arena? Why does it have to be an either or mentality? Can the good guys really be doing good? or is blanketing "all bottled waters" really helping the people trying to make a difference. If she bothered to read the labels on our bottles or check out the testimonials on our website, she might expand her mind to read into what our water offers. We are aligned with the highest principles of the universe, sharing the belief that everything is energy. Dr. Masaru Emoto, our personal hero showed us that in his research and books ( visit www.hado.net ). Our mission is to bring people back to the truth of who they are, remind them of who they are. That is no marketing gimmick. I am not rolling in the dough or am driving a yacht around from the proceeds of my business, I am focusing my efforts on creating this company to impact people everywhere and the fastest way to do that is thru a message that inspires, and stimulates their soul.

3rd. Water became fashionable when it crossed the boundaries into the new paradigm, combining and overlapping life and what we consume. Enough are the days of duality and one dimensional thinking, why wouldn't you want to drink a Natural Spring Water derived from Mother Earth with some gorgeous artwork on it and a mantra that inspires you to remember how special you are? This is why I created it. It makes me feel better to remember that I am Loved above all, that being said so is the author of ... http://diet-fitness-health-weightloss.blogspot.com/ she's got some great recipes on there.

Sending out LOVE~

It is easy to recycle plastic bottles

2008-05-29T16:56:00.000-07:00

As part of my purpose in raising consciousness, AQUAMANTRA is also under the umbrella backlash of people saying that Bottled Water is bad. Why is it bad? Well, among the thousands of reasons people are banning the beautiful elixir of life, the one that is prevelant in my perspective is recycling. The Bottle Water industry is $500B and going strong, regardless of what the press says. So instead of banning bottled water, why don't we just recylce our bottles? Californians RULE because they recycled 14.7 BILLION containers last year! Its the rest of the states I'm concerned about. How valuable is our planet? When will it be too much trash? Too much plastic on the ground? There are only 11 out of our 50 states that mandate refundable deposits for PET bottles. I'm only one person, and how could I possibly make a difference? Source told me to make a video. I tried to blow it off, because again what difference can I make, as the kids from the local high school continue to litter on my street and those beautiful streets of Dana Point. I got a strong nudge, that I needed to get a message out. I put a post on Craig's List, and a handful of amazing people responded to help me in this message.

I set out to do some research and called upon California's Department of Recycling and what I found out is beautiful and easy! Please be part of the solution and spread the word.

By visiting www.bottlesandcans.com you can learn all about recycling. You will learn that by recycling PET bottles, you can save enough energy to run a television for almost 3 hours (teenagers!) Another of my beefs with my city is that everywhere I go there's no recycling containers, the beach, the mall, the local Starbucks, the local Ralph's Supermarket, and I could seriously go on for a long time. There is a solution! You can order a FREE recycle kit from California's Department of Recycling, and set it up in any office or store or school. You can make a difference, by just talking to local stores and asking them to get involved.

PLEASE LEARN MORE at www.bottlesandcans.com or www.conservation.ca.gov or call 1-800-RECYCLE

As for my video, stay tuned. We'll get a message out soon. We're even having Regina Rene, an amazing Hip-Hop Extradordaire create lyrics for our video. Its going to be awesome. Thanks for caring!

Recycle Away and Give the Mother Earth Another Day!

All Bottled Water is NOT BAD... take a closer look.

2008-05-22T10:57:00.001-07:00

The Bottled Water Industry: When It Pours, It ReignsPosted May 20, 2008 12:12 PM (EST) Kerry Trueman writes an article about Elizabeth Royte book titled, Bottlemania. She says, " At a time when there's less water to go around and more people demanding it, Bottlemania makes the case that it's not in our interests to let private multinational corporations float their boats on our nation's water. That's not democracy, it's dam-ocracy, and it could damn us all if we let their unquenchable thirst for profit take precedence over our right to clean, safe, free drinking water."

Her article, speaks of the lack thereof and the dwindling resources of our country, with which I tend to agree. The hottest commodity in the future is water. I think its a respect, or lack thereof respect of our resources, but this is not a new concept for our nation. We are a suck it dry nation of consumerism, taking, taking and taking without any reprocussions, like spoiled children who just hold their hand out for more, not even knowing where more comes from. With all due respect to Kerry Truemen, she's not speaking fairly about the company's that are making a difference with respect to water. As we share, water is the most exquisite elixir of life, which is why company's who educate consumers and are responding in a positive aspect like Give Water or Charity Water or AQUAMANTRA, we are providing an altruistic opportunity to a beverage you most likely will buy from Coke or Pepsi, but we are smaller companies with an intention of improvement and good for the planet.

I would like to remind her that for every person who has positive intentions and good will, they will cancel out 50 negative people. So if we inspire thousands of people with our water, how can that be bad? And how is it also bad making a living off a commodity that people need? It's the oldest profession in the book is it not, to take something and reinvent it to make it available to people? AQUAMANTRA, for example, happens to be an amazing tasting water, people take a sip and are shocked, at how delicious it is. That is because we use quantum physics to make it taste that way. All of these articles about how drinking tap water is better, are false idiology, because tap water is gross! Its like trying to tell me that 2 buck chuck is really just as good for you as a 1984 Cabernet, its simply not true. People buy bottled water because its a healthy beverage, that tastes fabulous. That is not wrong! That is our constitutional choice. We can try and say we are in control, banning people from bringing water to schools and encouraging people to drink tap water, but at the end of the day, the choice is ours. We live in America for a reason, let's not make people bad for drinking a beverage that is good for you, and for letting them choose which one and how much they want tto spend.

In Terry's article, she might be referencing "corporations" which most people do, but before all these editors and authors cast stones on bottled water companies as a whole, I encourage them to do their homework. Some of us are trying to do a good thing, with respect to our environment. And while I agree with some aspects to her article, I do encourage an equal opportunity for water manufacturers, we're not all scoundrels out for the money. Some of us are trying to clean up the mess, using water's beauty and message to make a difference in the world. There's always two sides to every coin. I'm here to be the otherside. Bless you!

Lawmakers Can't Seem to Get it Right!

2008-05-19T15:43:00.000-07:00

I use google headlines to keep up on bottled water news, and unfortunately why my voice needs to be heard on this issue is because lawmakers are making news with nonsense.

Read this below: Lawmaker to make green arguments hold water By Brian LockhartStaff WriterArticle Launched: 05/14/2008 01:00:00 AM EDT

State Rep. Beth Bye was unable to persuade lawmakers to ban bottled water from the Capitol, but the West Hartford Democrat now is in charge of finding ways to conserve. House Speaker James Amann, D-Milford, asked Bye to head a new task force charged with suggesting ways state employees can consume less water, paper and electricity. "I think you have to lead by example," Amann said. "The only way we're going to make other people 'go green' is to have them see leadership starting from the state."

I think this is quite humorous. Leading by example. Hmmmm? Do I really want to follow this idiocracy? What planet am I on? Once again we have lawmakers working on the intent to ban water, ohhhhhhh and save 250 bottles of water, yeah! What are we saving bottles for? Why don't these lawmakers get a clue and just recycle? Save the hassle, save the headache and oh, here's an idea? put a recycling container there and make some money for your state. Lead by example by creating more resources, rather than just banning the beverage all together.

At the end of this article it says, Bye said she did not win a bottled-water ban (THANK GOD) but succeeded in persuading House Democrats to drink from the tap. She bought a portable water cooler with a spigot for the capitol basement and volunteered to refill it. "I had to go a couple of times a day during the session, up and down," Bye said. "People aren't used to seeing legislators with carts doing physical labor. But in two days, we saved over 250 water bottles."

Well, that sure seems like a good use of our tax paying dollars doesn't it? Once again, it just points our where the brilliance is in our government is, ABSENT! I'm sure I've stated it before but there's a 114 Million dollar fund, or at least there was last year in California and each city can utilize those funds for recycling in their own city. FREE MONEY for a BIG PROBLEM. FREE MONEY, to make the consumers the heros and not the bad guys. So if our officials are so smart, why are they wasting our money trying to find a solution, which STINKS; drinking crappy, pharmaceutical filled, large moleculed, chlorinated and florinated TAP WATER? Hmmmm. Or I can pick up a beautiful bottle of my favorite choice of water, because it's healthy for me and I love the yummy crisp clear flavor of AQUAMANTRA, but as conscious consumer I recycle it. Easy as 1-2-3. Am I missing something here? Why is this so hard? I am an AQUARIUS and a Humanitarian and a Visionary. I'm not sorry for speaking my voice. I am here to ruffle the feathers and make people think. We are not drones and we are not living in a communist society, or at least we don't think so. So why does our government think its okay to ban the beautiful elixir of life, water because its in a plastic bottle? MMMMMMMMMMM> would Coke have a problem if you banned Coke from the Federal building? Do we need to build a lobby for saving the planet to help get this message to them? Do we need to pay them to think the right way?

This is me scratching my head. I thought we were moving to the smarter aspect of our humanity.

Why is the word RECYCLE SO HARD???

2008-05-19T15:19:00.000-07:00

Seriously! I am trying to send love and peace to the solution of why plastic bottles have become an issue. Not soda bottles, not shampoo bottles, but the beloved Water Bottle. The one that is the healthiest solution for everyone. I just learned today that there is an upscale high school in LA that is banning the kids from bringing plastic bottles of water to school... SERIOUSLY! Is this for real? Now the constitution doesn't matter, you can't bring water with you? Is it really that? I was told it was because they are trying to go green? Black is more like it! Green? Try recycling? Do you know how many products can be made out of recycled products? Do you know how many people recycle? Why is that? Because the stores, the government, the schools, and eVeryone don't want to spend the money to buy recycling containers! Seriously! So that sounds good, a ban, let's just ban it. Instead of teaching the children a way to be sustainable and help the environment, let's just make their life difficult, make'em drink tap water, so they get giardia, yeah! That's green. Seriously! Someone HELP! DOES ANYONE know anyone in the press who I can speak to? Anyone know the Governor? Anyone know a solution? Its as if the obvious is not so obvious... So sad... who's unconscious now...

Natural PLA (Plastic) Waste of Time

2008-05-19T14:59:00.000-07:00

Along with being a conscious consumer and the creator of conscious water, I am always seeking new ways to make our "plastic" better. The number one complaint we get from people is about the plastic. But why is it our fault that the average consumer can't recycle their own plastic? For one, there's no recepticles that easy to find and number two the average consumer is not as conscious as we'd like to believe. I heard about PRIMO launching its new natural Bottle made of PLA, plants they say. So I called the manufacturer and spoke with a representative of the PLA Preforms. I asked him how we could use the preforms for our products and here's what I was told: 1. Your company isn't big enough to use the Natural Product, which is by the way Corn. This is no different than BIOTA water. 2. Unless we purchase 2 Million preforms a month, we are in no way allowed to use this natural resource. Why? Because a regular recycler cannot recycle these PRIMO bottles. They have to have set up special recycling programs specifically for these bottles, because they are compostable. So now, the inspiration to use non-plastic bottles creates more upheaval on our planet, as if the poor corn isn't ruining our environment with the excess of ethenol, its now not recyclable either. Which is great for the unconscious consumer right? 3. How can we solve this problem? RECYCLE? Why is it the government isn't getting involved in providing more recycling cannisters? More systems? Do you know how much we can do if we recycle? So don't be hate'n the plastic people, be part of the solution and not the problem. Create your own recycling programs, its a great way to fundraise and create a more sustainable planet. Until then, we will continue to search for the best possible solution for your water, AQUAMANTRA, inside and out! Peace!

Tap water sucks! You can't make me.

2008-05-19T14:20:00.000-07:00

I LOVE MY AQUAMANTRA , is all I can say. Mostly, we drink spring water with the labels of Aquamantra I AM LOVED, LUCKY or HEALTHY on it. Our water cooler broke. We have to drink water even though drinking from the tap is something not even my dogs can do. A friend of mine gave me a filter to put on the faucet that is supposed to clear chlorine, etc. Which I'm sure it does, but the taste of it? Well, I might as well go lick my tires! Even cold. I thought, I'd give this a try. I mean environmentalist and bottle-haters make a stink of it, so what if I couldn't have my Aquamantra? I put the tap water in the Aquamantra bottles and refridgerated them. Still ick. Then I added some hydrating drops I got at a show, to give it a more micro-cluster. Still ick. Then I added ph additives, for a different batch. And all the while... my mouth is feeling fuzzy. Almost like I was growing fuzz on the inside of my mouth, the sides of my tongue are hurting and it feels disgusting! Is this what they want us to do? Its not merely a matter of sacrificing, its a matter of f'n hygeine! SORRY, but ... I'd rather pay high for delicious natural spring water than have a fuzzy mouth for trying to stay hydrated. Just my 2 cents.