Tapped Film Series Postponed to Dec. 13th

The weather is striking again with icy roads and a wintery storm approaching this week, so we are postponing our Tapped film series event to December 13th. Thank you to everyone who has been enthusiastic about coming out to see this remarkable film with an incredible panel, but we will be doing it all again in a few weeks.

Mark your calendar for Thursday, December 13th for Tapped and our panel of distinguished guests talking about the privatization of water and the water industry.

Tapped looks into the bottled water industry and its long-term effects socially, economically and ecologically. The filmmakers focused on industry giants such as PepsiCo and Nestlé Waters, visiting a town containing a Nestlé factory as well as running tests on the bottles the company uses for its products. Their results came back showing "several potentially harmful chemicals, some known carcinogens". The documentary also focused on the amount of bottles that are recycled, noting that "Forty percent of bottled water is really just filtered tap water, and every day we throw away 30 million single-served bottles of water as plastic waste."

Doors will open at 6 p.m. on Thursday, December 13th for a community potluck dinner. We encourage you to bring your favorite dish to share as well as plates and silverware to cut down on waste.

Shortly after dinner, we will start the film and then have a panel discussion with our distinguished guests: Gary Crouch; a retired engineer and expert on Floyd water issues, Teresa Sweeney; education and training coordinator of Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority, and Lydeana Martin; Floyd County Community and Economic Development Director.

For any questions, please email info@sustainfloyd.org or call 540-745-7333.