Me, Bo and the Idea

I imagine that my first goal is to introduce myself, the company I have co-founded, and our product.

My name is Rick (and along with my partner Bo) I have co-founded a company named "KewlEarth". The starting place for our company goes back eight years. I am a school teacher by profession. Bo is a retired military man. An unlikely match - but one that has been built on mutual understanding and a shared vision about our place in the world.

Bo came to my school one day and started volunteering in my class. Our chemistry was immediate. We seemed to instantly understand that our differences were complimentary. What he could say in words - I could write. What I could imagine - he could make happen. That is magic.

About 18 months ago Bo asked me if I was interested in changing the world. I said "yes". The product that we have developed to start this change is called "The Water Wagon", (Based on the HTO to Go). It is the solution to bringing tap water to everyone - everywhere.

We can see the damage caused by single-serving plastic water bottles. We can also see the social groundswell that is taking shape - that promotes tap water and has begun to reveal the environmental price-tag of plastic bottles.

The Water Wagon is a mobile water fountain that gives local governments (and other organizations) the ability to deliver tap water to any public location. Whether hooked up to a fire hydrant or drawing from its 1100 litre tank - tap water can be there to replace the plastic water bottle. We have already proven that The Water Wagon is an effective means of promoting and providing public water at the 2010 Winter games in Vancouver - that was us at the corner of Robson and Howe!

Our company want's to protect and preserve public water. We want to be a part of the movement to protect our environment. We are also a business - we want to make some money. To say otherwise would be untrue and ridiculous. However, that "shared vision of our place in the world" - is our priority. Our vision is revealed in our motto. IT'S HOW WE LIVE. That makes the difference. How we live determines our impact on the environment. How we live determines our impact on our friends, our family and our community.

Through this blog, it is my hope to start a dialogue among our customers, patrons of The Water wagon, environmentalists and other concerned citizens. We must protect our water - without it we can't survive.

The conversation will evolve. But, I will always bring it back to "It's how we live."

A special thanks to our first follower - since the first follower makes a leader a leader - not just a guy with an opinion.