Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney banned bottled water and installed the same bottle refill posts and drinking fountains that enabled the town of Bundanoon to "Ban the Bottle" a year ago. Jon Dee and Plastiki expedition lead David de Rothschild were on hand to help Monte Enrvironment Captain Claudia Suanders launch the new water stations. Read more here
Here is a selection of the most recent media releases from each of our campaigns. For more media releases and media coverage, please go to each individual campaign site.
- 28 July 2010 - Major school bans bottled water, 'does a Bundanoon'
In a first for an Australian school, Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney will today ban bottled water and launch the water stations that helped Bundanoon, NSW, ban bottled water in a world-first exactly one year ago. - 6th July 2010 - Public called on to "do a Bundanoon" and ban bottled water in their daily lives
It's now one year since the township of Bundanoon stopped the sale of bottled water in its retail outlets. To celebrate this, the action group Do Something! is calling on Australians to drink tap water instead of bottled water. It's also calling on Councils to put more water bubblers back on our streets. - 3rd July 2010 - Are consumers being ripped off by the bottled water industry?
The action group Do Something! is launching a public campaign to find Australia's most expensive bottled water. The organisation's spot-check of bottled water prices found one brand that was ten times more expensive than petrol. - 1st June 2010 - Feed Sydney Launched
Do Something and food rescue charity OzHarvest have teamed up to launch Feed Sydney, a month long campaign running 1-30 June. Feed Sydney aims to provide an extra 250,000 meals this winter to vulnerable people who may otherwise go without. - 16th April 2010 - Brigadoon Festival goes bottled water free
Best known as the town that banned bottled water, Bundanoon establish another first. Bottled water goes out the window again, as the 15,000 people who attend the Brigadoon festival experience what it's like to drink free water at a major event. - 19th March 2010 - Research shows many Australians flunk the Food Facts test
Do Something launches a new campaign that's designed to boost the 'food IQ' of everyday Australians. The aim? To get everyone to become 'FoodWise' and reduce the environmental impact of the food that they eat. - 24th December 2009 - Inaugural ‘National Leftovers Day’ highlights massive food waste at Christmas
Last December, Australians spent $7.6 billion on food. To prevent that food being wasted, Do Something launches its inaugural 'National Leftovers Day'. Our aim? To encourage a wonderful, money saving Christmas. - 4th November 2009 - Retailers and government fail the test on plastic bags
Do Something exposes the fact that retailers and government have grossly underestimated the number of plastic bags being used every year in Australia. Our research shows that we're using billions more plastic bags than was previously reported. - 26th September 2009 - Bundanoon officially goes Bottled Water Free TODAY
Do Something has helped to establish a world first, by assisting the town of Bundanoon to become bottled water free in all their retail outlets. The bottled water has been replaced by refillable bottles and free of charge filtered tap water on their streets and in their shops. - 30th July 2009 - New campaign calls on government and business to slash paper use
Do Something launches an alliance to reduce the 1.6 million tonnes of printing and writing paper that Australia uses every year. Our goal? To save trees and help people save money. - 4th May 2009 - Call for national rollout of South Australian plastic bag ban
We played a key role in promoting the banning of plastic bags and today Do Something's Jon Dee helps South Australia launch its plastic bag ban. As the State moves to reduce plastic bag usage by 400 million bags, we call on Australia to make the South Australian bag ban a national one.