EARTH WATER
Water that kills hunger and not the environment! Have you heard of it?
Together with Terra Incógnita, in 2020, we embraced the challenge of reducing plastic consumption in our activity. It was this year that we adopted Earth Water and reduced our plastic consumption, which amounted to 5000 bottles of water per year.
And on this side, do they still use plastic bottles?
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT IS IT?
Earth Water is a brand created by Earth Group that aims to provide an ecological alternative to conventional plastic bottles and support the United Nations World Food Program.
In 2019, Earth Water became the first brand in Portugal to be sold using Tetra Pak cardboard packaging.
Cardboard is a renewable natural resource that, if well managed, is not exhausted in nature, and Earth Water uses cardboard approved by the Forest Stewardship Council (guarantee of responsible and sustainable management) in the production of its packaging in Portugal . This means that the life cycle of this bottle never ends if it is recycled in the yellow recycling bin.
In addition to the ecological component, Earth Group is committed to donating 100% of the profits generated from the sale of water bottles to the UN World Food Program, which fights hunger worldwide and prevents future situations of financial strain anywhere in the world. .
WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THIS ACTION?
By adopting Earth Water as BBDouro’s official water, we prevent around 65 kg of plastic from ending up in the oceans and contribute around 300 meals to the UN World Food Program.
we protect what we love
Earth Water
315 Meals
Food Program
ONU World
IS THIS EXPERIENCE NOT WHAT YOU WERE HOPING FOR?
We can go sailing in another direction…
SEABIN
The Seabin Project is a global initiative aimed at cleaning up our oceans by installing cleaning devices in marinas.
BEACH CLEAN-UP
The monthly Beach Clean-Up is a BBDouro project that aims to clean the beach at the Douro Estuary Nature Reserve.
SOLIDARY SAILING
Solidary Sailing is a social project by BBDouro ForALL dedicated to children and youth living in institutions or involved in social integration projects.
SAILING WITHOUT BARRIERS
The “Sailing Without Barriers” project aims to provide access to sailing for all people with motor and/or cognitive disabilities, as well as their caregivers or family members.
MOVEMBER
Since 2013, BBDouro has supported this cause by growing a moustache and donating roughly $1,300 to the Movember Foundation in an effort to combat diseases that yearly impact thousands of men.
ECOWORKS
We made the decision to stop using non-sustainable detergents in 2020 and search for non-polluting, biodegradable alternatives.
