Declaration of Independence from Bottled Water

Head of School, Mike Henriques, officially signed PEA's Declaration of Independence from Bottled Water today. This is the crowning achievement of last year's hard work.

We, the students and faculty of Proctor Academy, hereby declare the end to the purchase and distribution of bottled water. We believe that water is a basic human right and should not be bought and sold for profit. We believe that the manufacture, distribution, and disposal of plastic bottles is responsible for the unnecessary and wasteful use of precious fossil fuel resources, the destruction of natural habitats, and the pollution of our air, which in turn contributes unnecessarily to global climate change. We believe that it is more important to spend our time, money, and energy on securing clean, safe, and dependable public water systems than it is to support companies who take advantage of these same public water systems to sell us our own water for a profit. In short, we believe that buying bottled water is unwise, and that Proctor Academy, as a forward-thinking educational institution, has an obligation to choose tap water over bottled water on campus and in all school-sanctioned activities.