These water bottle stations are so cool! Not only do they quickly fill up your water bottle with cold, filtered water, but they have a panel on the top that shows you how many plastic water bottles you are saving by using a reusable bottle!
The fillers look like this:
We are putting these in at 6 of the 7 water fountains in Jackson Hole High School.
Though these stations can be expensive, our goal seems to be accomplishable. We are applying for a grant through the Forest Service, who has funding for our club. Earlier in the year we did a project called "Green Schools" which basically taught our club how to monitor use in our school. This project is how we were connected with the Forest Service. The money we receive from them will cover about half of the total cost, and we will be working with JHHS principle Scott Crisp in order to fund the second half of the project.
Be on the lookout for updates about this project! We are hoping to have these installed by the end of 2013.
-Karli
Picture credit: http://prairiestate.edu/sustainability/initiatives.html
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