Eduardo Srur Water Bottles

Socially-minded Brazilian artist Eduardo Srur is at again with his latest PET (polyethylene terephthalate) awareness project. For the rest of the month, vistors Sao Paulo may encounter a surreal scene at the Tiete River -- several 40-foot-long inflatable plastic bottles arranged in two rows along the banks of the river.

The giant art pieces, which light up in brilliant colors at night, is intended to raise awareness of the need to recycle and the importance of cleaning up the water in the river. Considering the wastefulness and damage to our environment from drinking commercial bottled water, I strongly encourage people to get into the habit of drinking clean tap water from their own reusable water bottle.