Is your mayor thinking outside the bottle yet?

Mayor of Minneapolis R.T. Rybak accepts a Think Outside the Bottle Award for his work supporting the Think Outside the Bottle Pledge

Mayor of Albuquerque halts city spending on bottled water, joining a growing list of cities that are bucking the bottled water trend.

Connecticut legislator proposes to stop using taxpayer dollars to buy bottled water:  Representative Bye’s statement • Press conference (Feb. 20, 2008) •  News coverage

Your city and local government can be next!

Corporate Accountability International has prepared an easy-to-use, downloadable

Activist's Guide to Thinking Outside the Bottle

so that you can get your city, town or county to take similar action or click here to see the web version of the guide.

In Minneapolis, the mayor has pledged to significantly increase spending on public water systems. The mayors of New York and Salt Lake City have launched major educational efforts to restore confidence in tap water. San Francisco and the state of Illinois have cancelled major bottled water contracts. Cities have taken these actions at the urging of their residents.

CAI has assembled the lessons learned from these grassroots efforts, to save you a step, and to give you the resources you need to get your city to Think Outside the Bottle. The kit provides you sample letters to elected officials, fact sheets on bottled water, and a list of steps you can take to move your mayor and legislators.