The Big Berkey water filter and the Royal Berkey water filter are two of the most popular Berkey models, and they’re both widely used in residential and backcountry settings to provide clean, healthy, filtered water. Which of these two is right for your household largely depends on your space constraints and how many people are […]
Conscious Water Blog
Do Berkey Water Filters remove pharmaceuticals?
From health-conscious homeowners concerned about the city’s water supply to backpackers, hikers, and cyclists who need to find sources of drinking water on the go, water filtration systems have become an increasingly important component of modern living. Beyond common pollutants and contaminants, pharmaceuticals are making their way into more and more water sources leading to […]
The Why, What, Where of Boil Water Advisories
We need water for many aspects of daily life. We especially need clean water for drinking, cooking and cleaning. Health Canada has estimated in 2013 that 90,000 illnesses and 90 deaths occurred each year due to unsafe water in the country. There may be 1000 boil water advisories on a given day to warn locals […]
LOVE YOURSELF – WHEREVER YOU’RE AT.
Author: Kiki Athanassoulias “YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH IN THE RIGHT THINGS FIRST OF ALL, AND THEN YOU JUST NEED TO CHILL OUT.” If you’re anything like me, you likely think of Giddy Yo products as being “superfood” or health food goodies that are unique, trustworthy, and downright real. Is it their fabulous upscale – […]
Atlantic Canada’s Model for a First Nations-led Water Authority
Article by Katherine Balpataky Whale painting by Mi’kmaq artist, Alan Syliboy from his People of the Dawn series. As First Nations are more actively deploying their own governance locally, regionally, and nationally, a growing body of Canadian leaders are advocating for the federal government to get out of the way. This is equally true when […]
How to Survive Without Water
By: mental_floss (Image Credit: Thinkstock) Stuck in the wilderness with nary a drop of water in your canteen? Don’t worry. You can survive this situation and live to tell an incredibly interesting tale. 1. GET MOTIVATED You can survive without water, but not for long. The average human can hold out for three to […]
Fluoride in drinking water health effects
Israel soon to ban “the most damaging environmental pollutant of the cold war” – Will the U.S. follow suit? Sunday, August 25, 2013 by: Carolanne Wright, Natural News Unlike the United States, which continues to poison its population with fluoridated water, the Supreme Court of Israel has ordered the country to stop adding the toxin […]
Water as a human right and water has rights too
A living entity, water should have some rights of its own VIDYA KAURI, The Globe and Mail Maude Barlow, national chair of the Council of Canadians and the country’s leading water activist, is expecting the release of her latest book next month. Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever is the final in a trilogy […]
Alkaline Water Filter
Combine Your Berkey With Alkalizing Mineral Stones Berkey water purifiers are the world’s most powerful and economical personal water purification filter for everyday at home and emergency use. But can they alkalize water? Yes! Adding alkalizing minerals (Maifan stones) and bio-ceramic energy balls to the bottom reservoir of your Berkey unit will turn it into an […]
Fluoride in Water
Fluoride in Water – Fluoride in Drinking Water Remove Fluoride From Water There are justified reasons 97% of Western Europe has chosen to remove fluoride in water. For example, the problematic nature of compulsory medicating of the population for one. And since the 1990’s there have been animal and human studies done by the […]
