Halifax high school group joins 'Turn on the Taps and Ditch the Bottle' coalition
February 13, 2012 3:44 PM
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 13, 2012) - A group of Halifax high school students calling themselves Engaged Youth for Environmental Sustainability, or EYES for short, are joining the 'Turn on the Taps and Ditch the Bottle' coalition.
EYES is run by students at several high schools in the Halifax Regional School Board. The students have chosen to take on the bottled water issue as their first public campaign.
Turn on the Taps spokesperson Jocelyne Rankin says, "We are really excited to have this new group of environmentally conscious students join our coalition. This is going to bring lots of new energy and ideas to our provincial organization."
The coalition, meanwhile, is putting its support behind a couple of upcoming EYES events, including:
-- The Auburn Drive High Green Team is hosting a Community Water Rally on
February 17 from 1:00-4:00 pm at Auburn Drive High School. The rally
will be encouraging the use of reusable water bottles, providing
information to students and the public on the importance of safe, clean
water and calling for a ban on bottled water at Auburn.
-- On February 22, EYES will be making a presentation to the Halifax
Regional School Board where they will be asking the Board to look at
banning bottled water in all HRSB schools.
The 'Turn on the Taps, Ditch the Bottle' Coalition has been working together in Nova Scotia since 2008, with a goal of promoting the phase out of the sale and provision of bottled water in government facilities.
