The fresh water used to manufacture and fill bottles is a renewable resource, however the fuel used to manufacture and deliver the bottles of water is not a renewable resource, and it is a fossil fuel. ... In order to conserve the water and fuel, it is important that people take an initiative to drink the tap water or buy home water filtration systems. ... Americans preferring bottled water than the tap water because they believe bottled water is much cleaner than tap water, but this is a myth. ... Although many people aware the tap water is the same water that gets bottled and shelved to crea...

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Collect Pond Park is one of them that I am particularly interested in as it is historically known as the location of a spring fed fresh water pond that was a great source for water in the 17th to the early 19th century and later on was polluted by waste from "noxious industry" (Alyssa Loorya, Archaeologist)2. ... In my research all sources (cited at the end of the paper) with reference to Collect Pond, indicate that it was a large body of water, approximately sixty feet deep and fed by an underground fresh water spring. ... Collect Pond, being a good source of fresh water, allowed f...

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By a decision to eat locally grown or locally produced products as much as possible, locavore advocates claim that buying local products consist of fresh seasonal food with a higher nutritional value that leads to a healthier life, reduces pollution that transportation creates, and helps grow the local economy. ... It's sad and scary that the average teen in America has never experienced eating something fresh, organic. ... By eating within the season people are guaranteed freshness, and this is also the time when food is least expensive. ... People with balconies can grow their plants i...

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During the 1760's and 1770's, the British undermined the success of American colonists with high taxation and a strong military presence. Economic growth was deterred and the majority of profits were used to fund Britain's wars with feuding European nations. The years following 1783, welcomed an Am...

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Furthermore, while most of the United States enjoyed the fresh fruits and vegetables on their tables, they paid little attention to where this food was actually coming from, who was responsible for the difficult task of harvesting it, and how it got from fields to their dining rooms. ...

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