http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2004/10/13/around-the-world-for-010-per-kilo/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2004/10/13/around-the-world-for-010-per-kilo/comment-page-1/#comment-396357 …My heart’s in Accra » Fiji water - endlessly fascinating Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:47:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethan/2004/10/13/around-the-world-for-010-per-kilo/#comment-396357 [...] Three years ago, I got fascinated by the phenomenon of Fiji Water. I couldn’t believe that it made economic sense to ship heavy bottles of water from a Pacific island to slake my thirst in Massachusetts. Learning more about Fiji water led me to learn more about container shipping, and to spend a great deal of time thinking about the comparative mobility of bits, atoms and people, a major thread in my work the past few years. While I still find the idea of shipping water from Fiji to the US to be environmentally reprehensible, I am grateful for the provocative idea of Fiji water. [...] [...] Three years ago, I got fascinated by the phenomenon of Fiji Water. I couldn’t believe that it made economic sense to ship heavy bottles of water from a Pacific island to slake my thirst in Massachusetts. Learning more about Fiji water led me to learn more about container shipping, and to spend a great deal of time thinking about the comparative mobility of bits, atoms and people, a major thread in my work the past few years. While I still find the idea of shipping water from Fiji to the US to be environmentally reprehensible, I am grateful for the provocative idea of Fiji water. [...]

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