Slow Food Nation '08

Civic Center and Fort Mason Center | Friday, August 29 – Sunday, August 31 | 9am – 6pm

To highlight issues concerning urban and global water use, Slow Food Nation is partnering with Food & Water Watch and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to develop accessible and visible water stations at Fort Mason Center, Civic Center Plaza and the Great Meadows. Water stations will serve filtered municipal tap water using state of the art technology from US Pure Water/The Water Store and will include visual materials to educate attendees about San Francisco’s watershed and the campaign to promote tap water consumption. Signature Slow Food Nation and Food and Water Watch stainless steel water bottles will be available for sale at all sites. All water will be free of charge.

As Slow Food Nation strives to be a plastic-free event, we encourage you to bring your own reusable water bottle. FWW estimates that by serving 1,000 gallons of municipal tap water each day, the Slow Food Nation Water Stations will prevent 25,600 bottles from going into landfills.

Food & Water Watch is a non-profit consumer organization that works to ensure clean water and safe food. It works with grassroots organizations around the world to create an economically and environmentally viable future. Through research, public and policymaker education, media, and lobbying, they advocate policies that guarantee safe, wholesome food produced in a humane and sustainable manner and public, rather than private, control of water resources including oceans, rivers and groundwater.

www.foodandwaterwatch.org