A.M. Greenlist: Water films, labels, and other watery news
>> Enter the I Heart Tap Water student video contest. Make a 1-2 minute video that encourages college students and campuses to kick the bottled water habit and take back the tap. The winner gets $1,500. Deadline: April 14.
>> Collect your bottled water labels. Environmental Working Group wants them, because they're studying how much information these labels actually reveal. Send in a label, and you'll get a Shopper's Guide magnet and get entered into a drawing to win an organic cotton shopping bag and a Klean Kanteen reusable water bottle.
>> World Water Day happens March 22. Mark it in your calendar; fun watery events to come.
>> Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa paddled down the restored Lower Owens River near Independence, Calif., yesterday.
>> Meanwhile, Lake Mead has a 50 percent chance of going dry by 2021. Lake Mead, located in Nevada and Arizona, was created by the Hoover Dam's blockage of the Colorado River and is the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the U.S.
>> Earlier: Water fights.
Image courtesy of Food & Water Watch
