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September 11, 2006
Ethos Water
Posted by Kevin D. Hendricks | Filed under: Featured Nonprofit
More than one billion people don't have access to clean drinking water. The result is that water-related diseases are the leading cause of death among children. Water is a big deal. Which is why Ethos Water is not your average bottled water. Five cents of each bottle goes towards funding clean sources of drinking water. It's water with a purpose.
Peter Thume saw children suffering from lack of safe drinking water firsthand while working in Africa. He came up with the idea to sell bottled water to help give kids clean drinking water and started Ethos in 2002. His college classmate Jonathan Greenblatt joined the team and together they started working to make Ethos work. In 2005 Starbucks Coffee bought Ethos and committed to continuing their vision while offering vast resources to make it happen. And it all started with two guys and a dream.
Check out the Business Week interview with Ethos' founders.
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