Starving Student's Survival Strategies

09/25/2007

Stop buying bottled water!

You have been brainwashed into believing that it’s okay to spend more (litre per litre) on the world’s most readily available natural resource than on heavily processed, harmful and environmentally detrimental products such as gasoline.

If the tap water in your community is considered potable, drink it! If this is too much for you, all you really need to do is filter it using a product such as a Brita filter jug (mostly to eliminate the chlorine residual and some of any remaining impurites). Don’t forget to change the filter every 2-3 months.

Get accustomed to carrying water around with you.

  1. If you are piss-poor: Use a clear plastic bottle from a previous purchase, wash it out and keep reusing it. ($1.50, or free from your or someone else’s recycling bin).
  2. Or if you are kinda’ poor: Pick up a bpa-free Nalgene bottle, and keep it with you throughout the day. (Approximately $9-15 a bottle).
  3. Or if you are doing okay: pick up a SIGG bottle which is the latest in technology and style, allowing you to safely drink water without the threat of any BPA (Bisphenol A) or any other estrogen increasing hormones leaching into your water from your Nalgene or clear plastic bottles. (Approximately $20-32 a bottle).

Again, get accustomed to carrying water around with you. Keeping hydrated (on FREE water), will allow you to keep your energy levels up (increased concentration, decreased irritability), prolong the gaps between hunger pangs, and will save you money from NOT having to have to purchase water, and save you money by keeping you from getting hungry in class when you’re away from home!

SiGG Classic water bottle

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