By Erin Hansen

Ever wished you could keep cold water ice cold and your morning tea hot ‘til the end of the day, all while saving the planet? Now this dream has become a reality with the launch of S’well bottles. The S’well bottle is a superior stainless steel bottle that utilizes a new advancement in insulation that keeps drinks cold or hot much longer than its counterparts ~ and the best part is that S’well has teamed up with WaterAid, a non-profit organization that for the past 30 years has been working to deliver water solutions to world’s poorest communities. Every bottle sold provides a year’s supply of water for someone in need, and every five bottles sold provide a lifetime supply. Water is essential for life, but one billion people, one sixth of the world’s population, do not have safe access to it. To address this crisis, for every S’well bottle sold, 10% percent of the proceeds are donated to this charity.

Sarah Kauss, originator of S’well, says, “Just imagine! 40 billion working hours are spent carrying water each year in Africa. 443 million school days are lost each year to water related diseases. This year, WaterAid will reach 1.2 million people with safe water and 1.7 million people with sanitation.” What a difference purchasing a S’well bottle can make in the world!

S’well has been designed as a fashion accessory (available in 7 hot colors!), a stylish and useful bottle that is considered functionally fashionable with an eco-conscious twist. Not only that, but the bottles are virtually unbreakable, they’re made of the highest quality stainless steel, drinks taste great with no absorbed flavor from the inside of the bottle itself, the opening of the bottle is big enough to fit ice cubes, and these bottles, unlike some plastic bottles, are toxin-free. The bottle holds 17 ounces of liquid and fits perfectly into any handbag.

Everyone knows that it’s healthy to drink a lot of water during the day ~ and it is definitely healthy for the planet to reduce consumption of plastic bottles, and S’well users can feel good about helping improve the environment. Disposable plastic bottles are a huge problem since an estimated 50 billion plastic bottles of water are consumed each year in the US and over 200 billion bottles globally, not for purity’s sake, but for convenience and portability. Even in this era of conservation of resources, less than 20% of these plastic, disposable water bottles are recycled. Now would be a S’well time to start helping the planet!!

For more information, please visit www.swellbottle.com.

Photo: Founder Sarah Kauss shows the variety of available colors