Join the Recycle-ution pick up the litter!

What is a Recycle-ution? Sort of like a revolution of people moving from self-servidness to planet service, moving into an awareness of their impact. It's like the evoloution of recycling from a wierd logo on trash cans to a common place staple in communities known for taking action to improve their footprint, inspiring people to not trash it but recycle it. And why does AQUAMANTRA care about it?  Because AQUAMANTRA is a bottled water company that launched to raise consciousness in Humanity and in the process, got sucked into the clash and collaboration of the movement of educating people about what happens to plastic bottles after you trash them, they end up in a landfill or the ocean.  This became quite an issue for us because this was overshadowing our company's ability to carry out the message of creating one's own awareness through repetition of mantras, like I AM LOVED or I AM GRATEFUL.  All people could think about was that we were contributing to the global mess and this was the catalyst for us to move in the direction of change. How lucky are we? How many opportunities do you get in a lifetime to be a catalyst for change? We scooped up the opportunity, honed our Law of Attraction skills and sought out to find the best solution for creating biodegradable bottles.  All of this is documented on our website and in our recent press releases how we came to find ENSO Bottles and became the first company in the United States and possibly the world to release our bottles in the 100% Biodegradable and 100% Recycable plastic.  That's right, 100% Recyclable. This plastic is genius and we are super grateful for the dedication of ENSO Bottles creators Danny and Teresa Clark for having the shared vision of less crap in the landfills. 

A lot of places have questioned our motives, treating us like a typical corporation out for the end profit. Our motives our driven by the incentive to leave this planet a better place then when we arrived. BOTTOM LINE.  So we started a movement,its just rolling along right now - but soon it will be more than just one company and one singer Gina Rene- it will be a school program, a television show,  a parade or an event and maybe one day the Recycle-ution will have done its job to educate kids about how they make a difference. 

So enjoy the beginning of our efforts to stop pollution. Please pass this page on to everyone you know! We can ALL be the change we want to see in the world, we kind of have to!

Social Media connections or overload? Which is it?

All we hear these days is Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and its so amusing watching anyone over 40 try to figure out how to fit in, on this wide world of internet media.  Tonight I had the priveledge of listening to expert Chris Brogan talk to people and students at Chapman University in Orange tonight about the value of Human Connection, he described through social media.  His website is http://www.chrisbrogan.com/ and he wrote a book called Trust Agents.  The term TRUST is crucial to my line of work and my mission in this human experience.  TRUST, integrity and human connection. He spoke about brands and companies that are trying to gain market share but have forgotten all about the human element, which of course I was super excited when he shared that because AQUAMANTRA was founded on a mission to raise consciousness in humanity! HUMAN is even in my tag line. We started this water to remind people about themselves, and how to re-connect with themselves so listening to him talk made me all warm and fuzzy inside.  He spoke more about the connection we have lost touch with and how social media can actually reconnect us, bringing us together to be more supportive of each other and while I agree, I also wonder how addicted we are to that connection and what mobile web casts are really doing for us?  Even as he spoke, there were some phones ringing in the audience and at least 10 people around me on the phone, typing or sending texts to their friends, posting reminders or even twittering during a twitter talk. That's just human rudeness in my opinion, seriously, is that twit or text so important we can't just focus on one person on stage? And can we really have the human connection through our phone? Or is more an addiction to connecting something other than reality? By always being on the phone or twittering are we really being present or are we looking for a high of ego? As I type this, know that I too am a blackberry junket, so this is not coming from a space of judgement or a point of view, merely an observational question of the human connection thru media.  And a lot of what Chris said was true, with people blogging such as myself, more and more people have the opportunity to be heard and for people to hear you, in a comfortable and welcomed way.  I've always made myself available to anyone who wants to talk about AQUAMANTRA, or quantum phsyics, water or biodegradability, I am always open. He commented on the importance of always making room for others to listen and I love to listen.  This weekend at the Abbot Kinney Festival a woman stopped me in the middle of 150K people festival to tell me how grateful she was I created this water... How does it get any better than that?  If someone twitted me the same message would I have the same profound reaction and joy in my heart? I would have to say yes! Daily I get phone messages of people saying how much they love our water and how can they help... and with that media, I get immense gratification knowing our purpose is being fulfilled.  Does my heart expand with each of those messages, in person, on the phone, in a tweet or on facebook? You bet.  So why can't it be as Chris says? I believe it can and am grateful for his talk this evening sharing the message of just that, the human connection.  Mother earth and all her inhabitants know, we all need more of it - human trust and human love.  What a great message in a digital Era, thanks Chris and I hope you enjoyed the bottle of I AM LUCKY, I certainly was lucky to hear you tonight.

If anyone wants to get tweets from me :-) I usually post a daily mantra, or a question that if you ask it to yourself ( through the universe, it will open up a world of consciousness and allow the universe to answer for you) for example:

What generative energy, space and consciousenss can I be that will allow the universe to contribute and support me, AQUAMANTRA and my bank account?

If that seems rewarding for you, sign up for my tweets! http://twitter.com/AQUAMANTRA

To be conscious and aware or not to be? Albertsons is!

AQUAMANTRA has gone green and is doing fantastically! The support in the community has been amazing. Just as it was important for us to change the way we produce our product - it seems as important to shoppers to support the planet. The trend towards being green is only a mask to a great league of support, moving us through the past of just consumerism into a future of conscious capitalism. Can you imagine that we now live in a soceity or partial society anyway, that is redefining how we make products, so that they support our planet instead of just consume it? And we don't need to change our ways so far that it will affect our lifestyle, just tweak it to support us and the planet we live on. Recently, I saw an episode of Wife Swap, where a 'fairy' lady swapped places with a dirt bike supporting mom. When they showed the lifestyle of the dirt bike mom, she was disgusted that the fairy family composted, and separated trash. She didn't understand why everything couldn't just go in the trash and take it out like normal people... I guess your POV about what's normal and what is not, and thank goodness for the route we're going... if you don't start separating at least your recyclables from trash, you are not normal. When you actually make the effort to do it, it becomes habbit just like anything else. I used to just put recyclables; paper, plastic and cardboard, which is 90% of our consumables we buy in the market, in a little garbage bag. It was always overflowing, so I went to the store and bought 3 plastic tall trash cans. Labeled one for bottles we recycle for cash back, the second as anything paper, plastic for the city recycling and one for trash. Most of you who recycle know that - more times my recycle trash is bigger than my regular trash, and consciously at trash day I feel great about me doing my part to support not littering the landfills with things that won't breakdown. It's all about awareness, and moving towards the light. Its time now for us to stop acting like we live in our personal caves with no responsibility towards our environment. We are 100% responsible for our environment and the more we own that and work towards solutions the quicker we'll be to creating that heaven on earth, clean, healthy and supportive for itself, not just us. Which is why AQUAMANTRA's goals are to be part of a clean solution. I will say it didn't come without it's questions from the public. Big company's question us, how come such a tiny little company with a small region of distribution can come up with the first 100% biodegradable and 100% recyclable plastic bottle? Why not Nestle? or Coke or Pepsi? That should matter to them too right? It should, it should matter to all of us. And I do believe it will turn into a mandatory at some point that all plastic should be made out of the eco-pure additive. We as a company just wanted it as part of our formula, our mission is to raise consciousness in humanity. Whether that's through our mantras or our green bottles, awareness is the key to it all... when you are aware you have the space to receive so much more. We said we wanted to be the first company to do this, and with the right contacts and intent we were able to make that happen. We had the ability to be flexible and adapt to the needs of the category. Plastic was becoming a toxic word and it didn't earn its fowl reputation because of what it does but because of what we do with it. Funny, we litter, we trash the planet, the landfills; we the people, then the poor bottle manufactures of great products and bottled water itself get trashed because of it. As I put my finger to my head and wait for the three dots to float up with a thought.... huh?! Backwards is right! It was Al Gore and the movement towards shifting the probability of global warming that brought the awareness to light in 2006, another thank goodness. It was through this awareness that we all got captured in the green dream, yeah, why not make products that support instead of thwart! I guess all solutions come out of a frustration, however, if we can be open to the awareness then have the ability to just observe this as an interesting fact, and move towards solutions without so much judgement, blame and anger. What I've learned through it all is to not align with the anger... find solutions that can appease everyone and you'll have a road to travel on. That is why we chose our ENSO bottles, because they can biodegrade and they can be recycled. People can keep recycling as usual, and continue to support the planet. However, in the case that they are uneducated about the pitfalls of littering or they are anti-consciousness and just don't give a damn, WE are not contributing to the pollution and that eases our conscious and those of the people who do care. It really all begins with us. We are the only person that matters, our choices, and the irony is our choices feed us and energetically fuel the planet. Leading the way with love and awareness, is the high road- and until we are all running around on a prestine mother earth, AQUAMANTRA will continue its pursuit of reminding people how awesome they are! So pick up your bottle of I AM LOVED or I AM GRATEFUL in Albertsons stores in CA, or one of each I AM LOVED, I AM GRATEFUL, I AM LUCKY or I AM HEALTHY in any Albertsons in AZ, NM, TX or CO.

Peace and blessings!

AQUAMANTRA Goes Green! We're so excited!

AQUAMANTRA® PREMIUM BOTTLED WATER ADDRESSES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND INTRODUCES WORLD’S FIRST 100% BIODEGRADABLE-REYCLABLE BOTTLE

Watch Videos to learn about the bottles or read the Press Release below:

Video - Learn from the Creator of AQUAMANTRA® why she's excited to introduce AQUAMANTRA's news about the ENSO Biodegradable Bottle.

Learn from the Creator of AQUAMANTRA® why she's excited to introduce AQUAMANTRA's news about the ENSO Biodegradable Bottle. 2. Part One - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on how is the new PET made? And what makes it biodegradable?
Video - Part One - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on how is the new PET made? And what makes it biodegradable?

Part Two - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on the science behind the plastic leaching situation? What kind of landfills do the biodegradable bottles break down in? Where does it break down, what kind of environment?
Video - Part Two - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on the science behind the plastic leaching situation? What kind of landfills do the biodegradable bottles break down in? Where does it break down, what kind of environment?

Part Three - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on what does the term Biodegradable really mean? is it PLA? is it Oxo-Degradable? And what do those mean?
Video - Part Three - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on what does the term Biodegradable really mean? is it PLA? is it Oxo-Degradable? And what do those mean?

Video/Song - Part Four - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on why she was inspired to create ENSO Bottles and how AQUAMANTRA fits into the equation. This video ends with a special version of Gina Rene's Single Recycle-ution a song co-created to remind people how important it is to recycle and be a part of the solution. It's worth a listen!

Part Four - AQUAMANTRA® interviews Teresa Clark, Founder of ENSO Bottles on why she was inspired to create ENSO Bottles and how AQUAMANTRA fits into the equation. This video ends with a special version of Gina Rene's Single Recycle-ution a song co-created to remind people how important it is to recycle and be a part of the solution. It's worth a listen!

AQUAMANTRA® PREMIUM BOTTLED WATER ADDRESSES ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND INTRODUCES WORLD’S FIRST 100% BIODEGRADABLE-REYCLABLE BOTTLE AT NATURAL PRODUCTS EXPO WEST SHOW 2009
NEW AQUAMANTRA® GREEN BOTTLES AVAILABLE MAY 2009 ANAHEIM CA - March 6, 2009. AQUAMANTRA Award Winning Premium Bottled Water launches the world’s first 100% biodegradable-recyclable bottle at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA in booth 4561.The AQUAMANTRA ENSO™ bottle will be available for shipment to store shelves in May 2009 and that is welcomed news to both retailers and consumers who have felt the pressure from environmental groups and consumers who are concerned about exploding landfills bulging with non-recyclable-compostable plastics. Research done by analysts at Morgan Stanley found that “23 percent [of consumers] say they are cutting back on bottled beverages in favor of tap water or beverages in containers that create less waste.”
AQUAMANTRA Founder and President, Alexandra Teklak has been on a comprehensive search since her company’s inception to find a bottle that compliments her Gold Award winning LOHAS brand and meets the needs of conscious consumers and retail partners who want creative solutions for the environmental crisis. “AQUAMANTRA strongly believes that consumers are entitled to choices as to what water they want to drink, which should include easy opportunities to be earth-friendly. I didn’t want to find just any solution, I wanted to find a solution that worked for everyone,” said Teklak.AQUAMANTRA consultants and advisors investigated many alternatives including a PLA (cornstarch) bottles and found that it wasn’t a viable solution for the public; not easy to dispose of and not necessarily the best solution to erasing carbon footprints. The reality is that water has to be packaged in a bottle that will not disintegrate on the store shelf in 1-2 years, and that is an issue with the PLA bottle. We investigated the “Oxy- degradables”, but there were “big ifs” surrounding it such as an adequate amount of exposure to sunlight for degradation which is not likely in a landfill. Finally, after searching for the right company we found ENSO™, who was developing a form of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which could be recycled and biodegrades within 1-5 years, essentially a form of plastic that enables microbes to eat the bottle as dinner,” stated Teklak.
The AQUAMANTRA ENSO™ bottles do not leach plastic, are not PLA, are not oxo-degradable, and is a FDA approved “food grade” PET 1 bottle. These bottles maintain the same properties as traditional PET and can be intermingled with standard PET in recycling streams and programs. When the bottles end up in a microbial landfill, (80% of them are) the bottle will break down within 1-5 years into inert biomass and biogas through either an anaerobic (no oxygen, no light) or aerobic decomposition. ENSO™ bottles used by AQUAMANTRA are validated through third party ASTM (Associated Standards and Testing Materials) standard tests, an international standards organization. “At ENSO™ Bottles, we are excited to work with AQUAMANTRA. Their awareness and concern for the environment aligns very well with ENSO’s environmental mission and provides their customers with not only water with a purpose, but also earth friendly packaging.” said Danny Clark, founder of ENSO Bottles. “This is the product that consumers have been waiting for. Now everyone can feel good about drinking refreshingly convenient bottled water again,” said Teklak.

Bottled Water can you really say its a wasteful habit? Truthfully.

Part of my job is to scan the internet for feedback, especially on bottled water and what people are saying about us. Now we know from this blog that I am PRO the environment and that we are often requested to do events for ECO-Friendly Events, because you can recycle our bottles. It takes the consumer to do that. What makes me just shake my head however, is people who think that all bottled waters are the same. I read on a diet-health-fitness-weight site (here's the stinging irony), that she says,

" In the past chefs and restaurateurs have used their celebrity and promoted bottled water. I hope in the future more will take a leadership role in weaning people off this unnecessary and wasteful habit. Why did drinking water out of a bottle become a status symbol?"

Then she goes on to name Aquamantra an "OUTRAGEOUS Bottled Water Product". I find that fascinating. First, I'd like to comment on her saying "weaning people of unnecessary and wasteful habit?" um.... Wasteful habit, cigarettes comes to mind, chewing gum, comes to mind, painting your nails ( a bit of a stretch) but could be considered wasteful, but drinking a healthy beverage that is not filled with pharmeceuticals? Maybe to keep your body clean and get a delicious tasting water instead of a nasty tasting water?

Like this headline?

Prescription drugs found in drinking water across U.S.

Here's the link on CNN for your own personal reading.

2nd. I don't know about the author of that Blog, but even if I didn't own a water company I'd be drinking bottled water, Natural Spring Water that is, not Aquafina or Dasani, there is where I would agree with her. Coke/Pepsi mask themselves as a healthy option, and the not so smart consumers drink it thinking they are healthy. Yet, when are the companies that are trying to do a good thing going to get a break in this arena? Why does it have to be an either or mentality? Can the good guys really be doing good? or is blanketing "all bottled waters" really helping the people trying to make a difference. If she bothered to read the labels on our bottles or check out the testimonials on our website, she might expand her mind to read into what our water offers. We are aligned with the highest principles of the universe, sharing the belief that everything is energy. Dr. Masaru Emoto, our personal hero showed us that in his research and books ( visit www.hado.net ). Our mission is to bring people back to the truth of who they are, remind them of who they are. That is no marketing gimmick. I am not rolling in the dough or am driving a yacht around from the proceeds of my business, I am focusing my efforts on creating this company to impact people everywhere and the fastest way to do that is thru a message that inspires, and stimulates their soul.

3rd. Water became fashionable when it crossed the boundaries into the new paradigm, combining and overlapping life and what we consume. Enough are the days of duality and one dimensional thinking, why wouldn't you want to drink a Natural Spring Water derived from Mother Earth with some gorgeous artwork on it and a mantra that inspires you to remember how special you are? This is why I created it. It makes me feel better to remember that I am Loved above all, that being said so is the author of ... http://diet-fitness-health-weightloss.blogspot.com/ she's got some great recipes on there.

Sending out LOVE~