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[potofsoup]

You know something that I'm really hopeful about?

- my school is giving a serious look at their trips program re: the amount of carbon emissions involved in the plane flights, and whether the value gained from said trips are worth the environmental cost
- everywhere I go I see people with water bottles and reusable bags and compostable cups
- San Francisco airport no longer sells bottled water
- there's actually a lot of investment funds out there that are light on fossil-fuels
- my personal rule of "only buy a boba if you remember to bring a cup, only get take-out if you show up with a tupperware" has been surprisingly doable and has basically eliminated single-use plastics from my life

Comments

[minoanmiss]

Does SF Airport have water fountains, though? I think reducing overall access to water might have some undesirable effects.

[potofsoup]

There's a lot of water fountains and places to fill up water bottles

[minoanmiss]

Oh, good!

makes a note to bring my bottle to SF

[potofsoup]

haha. it's definitely forced me to remember my bottle, although between water fountains and ... well, not staying in an airport for >2 hours, you can get by without a water bottle.

[kawherp]

I'm very fussy about my water and would not be happy about not begin able buy water I'm willing to drink after passing through security. I agree we need to reduce plastic as much as possible, but there is a place for it. I use a thermos and keep a Put pitcher in the fridge at work, for example, and have a fridge filter at home. At the airport, I can't take my own thermos through security. So that's a short sighed fail on their part. I agree we need to all do what we can. Reducing trips if a skype call will suffice is a good thing.

[potofsoup]

San Francisco has very good municipal water, so I usually just fill up my bottle after I go through and it's not something I personally worry about, but I see how that's an issue if you have specific water needs and are in unfamiliar territory. I think they still sell water in cans, though, if you prefer your water to be purified. And they don't, like, take away your water bottle from another airport if you're just transiting through.