Ryerson Soon to be Ontario's 1st Bottle-Water Free Campus

I recently read a mini article in the Now Magazine (March 18-24) that Ryerson University's President has signed a declaration pledging more money for fountains and a water bottle phase-out by the year 2013. As a dedicated reusable bottle water user, I think this decision is definately a positive thing for the environment and our health as a community. Hopefully this decision will renew people's trust in the fountain water system currently present, and make it much more accessible to the community as a whole.

I find it is an expression of how much we have become a convience-based society that we willingly support a million dollar industry when the product they sell is free for us to begin with. Well not exactly free... part of the taxes we pay maintains it so really we pay for it in the end.

It is an extremely important step in the process for the President to sign this declaration because Ryerson seems to be in the middle of a building boom and I hope this pledge will ensure that water access is a priority in the design of any new buildings. When I heard this I felt some pride in knowing that the community I am a part of (feel more a part of because of this) would pledge itself to such a noble cause.