When I was growing up, I had this idea: I would create a website where people could submit their ideas of solutions to problems they encountered in life. So one day, you are taking a shower one day and you are thinking about how terrible traffic jams are, but then suddenly you have a brilliant idea of how your city could reduce traffic congestion! But you don’t have the money or the power to implement your idea, so it just fizzles away. BUT… with this website, you could write your idea down and submit it to this website for others to see. Donors, policy makers, volunteers, and people with an excess of money or time would come to the website and search through the ideas and pick the ones they want to work to bring to life.
Well, my idea did not completely just fizzle, because Google must have read my mind a little! They did not create my dream website, but they are hosting a contest for world-changing ideas! Their contest is called “Project 10 to the the 100th” because they are giving “10 to the 100″ (10 million) dollars to the best idea that will help the most people (in their opinion). With the slogan “May those who help the most win”, they are asking people to submit project ideas that will help people across the world live a better life. One example of a winning idea is giving barrels to communities where women must carry water for miles to get water to their families. The barell allows the women to carry much greater quantities of water, and they can roll the barrel instead of carrying it.
Let your creative ideas flow, but hurry…the deadline is October 20, 2008!
