London Mayor Ken Livingstone has joined the anti-bottle brigade, exhorting Londoners to drink from the sink and declaring that bottled water served to restaurant patrons costs 500 times more than tap water and is 300 times more damaging to the environment.
source: Reuters, Agence France-Presse
see also, in Grist:Campaign will let restaurant patrons donate to drinking-water project
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javaearth Posted 3:19 am
21 Feb 2008
Meeting with Livingstone -
I grew up in London. In 1988, I met Ken Livingstone. He was interviewed for my primary school news paper. At the time he was the council reprehensive of Kilburn and Queens Park.
I remember he was a very concerned council man. Even at the age of 11 I thought he had very good ideas about changing the local community. And its great to see he is still fighting for good ideas, even 20 years later! Gosh, I am sooooo old 31! - Better go get my walker! hehe.
Good on ya Ken! You can do it!
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javaearth Posted 3:22 am
21 Feb 2008
Meeting with Livingstone -
I grew up in London. In 1988, I met Ken Livingstone. He was interviewed for my primary school news paper. At the time he was the council ----- "REPRESENTATIVE" ----- of Kilburn and Queens Park.
I remember he was a very concerned council man. Even at the age of 11 I thought he had very good ideas about changing the local community. And its great to see he is still fighting for good ideas, even 20 years later! Gosh, I am sooooo old 31! - Better go get my walker! hehe.
Good on ya Ken! You can do it!
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Wolverine Posted 4:56 am
21 Feb 2008
I'll Vote For Him (Often & Early)
This guy's gotta be the coolest mayor on the planet. Why can't supposedly progressive places like San Francisco get mayors like this, instead of phony environmentalist ones like Gavin Newsom?
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