1. DIY: Edible Water Bottles AND WHY WE NEED THEM

2. Did You Know?  Making water bottles for America alone uses more than 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year  Last year in America, only 1.8% of water bottles used were recycled  One water filter pitcher can replace up to 300 standard water bottles  Plastic water bottles take over 1,000 years to bio-degrade and if incinerated, they produce toxic fumes  90% of the cost of bottled water is just the bottle  38 million water bottles go to the dump per year in America http://www.banthebottle.net/bottled-water-facts / http://thewaterproject.org/bottled_water_wasteful http://greenupgrader.com/3258/plastic-bottle-facts-make-you-think-before-you-drink/

3. What You’ll Need  1g of sodium alginate  5g of calcium lactate  3 bowls  1 with 4 cups of water  1 with 1 cup of drinking water  1 with 1 cup of water  A hand mixer  A curved spoon (small measuring spoon works best)  A slotted spoon Both easily found online

4. Steps  Add the sodium alginate to your bowl of drinking water and mix with the hand mixer. Set it aside for 15 minutes to make sure there are no air bubbles.  Add the calcium lactate to the 4 cups of water. Stir well.  With the curved spoon, scoop up some of the sodium alginate solution and add it to the calcium lactate solution. Stir gently for 3 minutes.  Carefully remove the water bubbles from the calcium lactate solution with the slotted spoon.  Rinse them in the final bowl of water and enjoy

5. Video Example  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLjzsfgk198 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLjzsfgk198