Invent Civil

If you haven’t heard of Akvo yet, you should head over to their site to take a look.  I was originally quite impressed with the idea, but I didn’t have a chance to blog about it yet.
Akvo is a site that attempts to use the internet as a tool to help provide clean water and [...]

Google Inc.  is sponsoring a new competition to promote technologies that can improve the lives of those around the globe.  The company is offering $10 million dollars, split between up to five finalists who submit a google-worthy idea.  Here’s the challenge:
If you have an idea that you believe would help somebody, we want to hear [...]

Today I stubled across a website for an organization called “charity:water”.  I’ve been quite impressed with the website itself.  The pictures and videos that have been collected from various projects are very well done.
charity: water is a non profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. We give 100% of the [...]