Jointhepipe.org wins first prize for sustainability

The Friesch-Dagblad sustainability prize is awarded to

Jointhepipe.org and was handed at the four-dayexhibition

sustainability fair EventGroen2012!

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Our partner FairWater in action!

Here is a short video of FairWater placing its blue

pumps and building wells!

Click here to watch the short movie!

Our tap stations in wintertime; no problem!

All Jointhepipe.org tapstations are inspected
by Douwe our handyman. After 3 weeks of frost
there is no damage, so there will be tapwater in
the streets for 365 days a year; thanks to our
members, sponsors and of course The
Industrial Designer Mark Schulte of DWARS Ontwerp!

Tap water back in fashion!

The Jointhepipe.org family has a new member,
we like to welcome the small pink bottle!



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Gouda is also going to be a proud owner of a Jointhepipe tapstation

Members of the PvdA and GroenLinks have decided
to place a tapstation in Gouda. After Amsterdam,
Alkmaar and Utrecht, Gouda will be the next famous
historical Dutch city with a Jointhepipe tapstation.



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One step closer to placing a tapstation in Tilburg!

The D66-members for the council of
Tilburg say; 'We must place public and
sustainable waterstations in Tilburg!'


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We are busy conquering Germany

For all our German members and followers;
we have a new German flyer!

Jointhepipe.org at DIDACTA 2012 HANNOVER

Didacta is the largest school- and university fair.
At Didacta we're presenting our watertapstations,
so more schools can provide an easy acces to
tapwater for their students.

Three watertaps for Zwolle!

Municipality Zwolle will soon open
three watertaps on Rodetorenplein,
Grote Markt and Stationsplein.



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City of Tilburg on tap?

Mieke Heuvelmans submits initiative proposal to have
the municipality support Jointhepipe.org



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My first time in the snow @ Leidseplein Amsterdam

During these cold days, the TEDx tap,
donated to the people of Amsterdam and
its visitors, is sadly not able to give water.

City of Noordwijk on tap!

With the proposal initiave of two

tapwater stations, the city of

Noordwijk is drawing attention to

the importance of clean water.

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Drink water, it delays obesity!

Childhood obesity will slow down
by drinking water.


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Live healthier & Jointhepipe.org

PET bottles are bad for your health, get over

to the Jointhepipe.org bottles!

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75.000 children run with obesity!

Covenant Gezond Gewicht celebrates the collaboration
between governments and industry to fight against
obesity.


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Bussum wants a Jointhepipe tapstation

GroenLinks wants in Bussum one or more tapstations!
With the tapstations they want to make sure that
there will be less litter in the nature.



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Make officials addicted to tap water

Since last summer is bottled water banned in the
'Tweede Kamer'. The next stap is to ban
bottled water in all the municipalities!



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Two watertaps for Noordwijk?

The progressive combination and the CDA will submit this
initiative soon.


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KL on TAP

Pioneering Water Solutions in Urbanising Areas.

Congratulations Breda DuurSaam

Breda DuurSaam realise almost their own Jointhepipe.org
watertappoint. Please Help them to finish this!

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Breda DuurSaam and their Jointhepipe watertap

Breda DuurSaam is crowd-funding for their
own Jointhepipe.org watertappoint,
please help them!



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Babybegood with Jointhepipe.org

Babybegood gives away Jointhepipe.org bottles
to all pregnant mom-to-be's in their sustainable
'happy-box'.



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Club NL on tap

One night on tap was enough
to raise money for this well.

Turn Gambia blue.

Jointhepipe.org and Fairwater are working on
bluezones in Africa. The first 26 Bluepumps
are installed. 2977 left to turn the country
Gambia blue.


Click here to read the whole post and to watch the movie about BluePumps

Help Breda Duursaam to raise money!

Help the city of Breda to raise money by donating
money on the website or in 10 different restaurants
who are helping Duursaam Breda.



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Click here to read more about Duursaam Breda

Looking for good intentions for the New Year?

More and more people are noticing the necessisity of our
products. One of them is Nicole Wisse Smit, who has written
great article about our mission and fashionable bottles.


Click here to read more about Loves to Have

Happy 2012!

The new generation shows us the best intention. Drink tap water!
The Jointhepipe.org team wishes you all the best for 2012.

Wageningen city on tap #27.

Wageningen city wants to Jointhepipe as well on WorldWaterDay 2012.
Thanks to GroenLinks Wageningen! Hopefully water will be
more and more accessable on March the 22nd.


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Merry Christmas!

We want to thank all the members of Jointhepipe.org for their support.
This is what we have done till now, but we are far from finished. Help us reach our 100 pump milestone on World Water Day, March 22nd.

Click on the card to read how you can help us.

Ho-ho-ho!!! Santa on tap!

For Christmas we wish clean drinking water for everybody, all over the world. Santa want that as well!! So help us to build the longest waterpipe in the world and Jointhepipe now!


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Jointhepipe.org on tour.

We are happy to see that our bottles are being used all around the world!!
This picture is made in Brazil.
Another step of the continuing of our dream; Jointhepipe.org South America.

Prime minister Mark Rutte on tap.

A.Hak presented Jointhepipe.org at the Aquatech in Amsterdam.
Sorry for the euro and thank you for the tap.

Hot espresso, cool water.

Last week we were attending GreenToday 2011. Together with KeepCup we are trying to reduce the big amount of waste which we create day after day.
KeepCup is the first barista standard reusable cup and we have our reusable bottle, for tap water.



Go to the KeepCup site and read about their mission

Thirsty?

Join ODE & the first community of tap water drinkers.

Go to the site and read how you can win a Jointhepipe.org bottle!

Free water on tap at all rail stations in Holland.

Kampen sets an example.
A huge momentum in Holland behind tap water, but for people on the go still a big problem. The first train station to offer free tap water in Holland. Vitens and the city of Kampen make it happen.


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Diemen city on tap #26.

Thanks to Nico Portegijs, PvdA. Tap water will be more accessable at World Water Day 2012 in Diemen.


Go to this site and read the massage

Travel to Bangladesh and visit the Talisman water pump.

Talisman travel design, a proud sponsor of Jointhepipe.org
Clean water is the basic necessity for good health and therefore the change of a better future.

Water for life & Jointhepipe.org join forces to bring safe tap water to all of hose without.

Together we can change the world! Thats what we thought.Now we are working on that and we are glad that we have this coorperation. Our forces will bring more and more water to all of those without.




Go to the site and read about our coorperation

Sophie Hilbrand and Jointhepipe.org for child soldier Kon Kelei.

The next three days we will sell our bottles at Green Today business event in the RAI, Amsterdam.

The money we raise there will go to the project of Kon Kelei a former child soldier in South Sudan. He started a school in Cuey Machar, only a waterpump is still missing there.
Here you can find more information about the project of Kon.

Jointhepipe.org first community of tap water drinkers

Jointhepipe.org was founded in 2008 and created lots of followers in Holland and abroad, NRC Handelsblad reports

TEDxAmsterdam inspired new tap water drinkers

Last Friday during the TEDxAmsterdam event people were a bit sceptical about the line up. Despite that TEDxAmsterdam made people think about their behavior, and made them jointhepipe.

You can read the whole article here

Jointhepipe.org on TEDx

Wow, Irena Rompa, presenting during TEDxAmsterdam
We think that Irene has inspired a lot of people to join the pipe as well...

Click here to watch the whole speech

JOINTHEPIPE.ORG at the FLORIADE 2012

Photo 1. Esther Somers from Jointhepipe.org is handing Minister Maxime Verhagen his own Jointhepipe.org bottle. Photo 2. Dzsingisz Gábor, Commissioner General, Ms. Somers and Mr. Paul Beck, Director Floriade 2012 are proposing a toast to a succesful Floriade. Photos by Henriëtte Guest

"The Dutch Pavilion at the Floriade 2012 is built using latest technology and materials and shows how much knowledge & innovative products the Dutch Entrepreneurs have in house". That said Minister Verhagen of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation at the signing of the plans for the Dutch State Pavilion 'My Green World’. The Jointhepipe.org tapwater stations (developed in collaboration with watercompany BrabantWater), will be displayed as an example of one of these innovations and also to promote the Dutch water expertise. The Floriade is held once every ten years and will take place from April 5 to October 7 2012 in Venlo. The pavilion expects about 1.2 million visitors, including many foreign businessmen and investors.

Jointhepipe.org big hit in Kuala Lumpur

Pioneering water solutions in urbanising areas. IWA 2011 Kuala Lumpur.

For 25 villages in Bangladesh is water on it's way.

Last week Jointhepipe.org visited this village in the south of Bangladesh. "Hardcorepoor"these people are reffered to, living on less then a dollar a day. Fortunately we can announce that a drinkwater pump is on its way.

Pieterpad on tap.

The 492 km hiking trail 'Pieterpad' has its first Jointhepipe.org tap. The longest trail deserves a piece of the longest waterpipe.


You can read here an article about the first tap station on the hiking trail.

The kick off of the 'Millenium Gemeenten' from VNG International!

We are happy to announce we are attending the kick off of the 'Millenium Gemeenten' at Eindhoven! This Thursday VNG International (Association of Dutch Municipalities) will reveal the new kick off campagne and they will serve the most sustainable water there is, Jointhepipe.org water.

With the experience of the last 4 year VNG is inspired to start a new campagne and to involve more and more municipalities. For more information go to: http://www.millenniumgemeente.nl/

Leeuwarden on tap as well.

Due to two political parties, PAL GroenLinks and SP, Leeuwarden also known as the City of Watertechnology will get four Jointhepipe.org tapstations.


Read here the start of their campaign

Peel en Maas on tap.

After Roermond and Maastricht, there will also be a tap station opened in Peel en Maas. The 3rd tap station in Limburg will be opened on WorldWaterDay, 22.3.12.

Go here to the site of the 'De Limburger'.