Project 10 to the 100th

As part of their 10 year anniversary, Google is committing 

$10 million towards: Project 10 ¹⁰⁰

If you have an idea that can change the world, save an environment or simply make a person's life a little easier or a lot better then you should submit it at "Project 10 to the 100th". 

Google is asking anyone and everyone who has ideas to submit them by 20 October 2008 at: 

http://www.project10tothe100.com/submit_your_idea.html

Categories for your ideas should fall into any one (or more) of the following:

• Community: How can they help connect people, build communities and protect unique cultures?
• Opportunity: How can they help people better provide for themselves and their families?
• Energy: How can they help move the world toward safe, clean, inexpensive energy?
• Environment: How can they help promote a cleaner and more sustainable global ecosystem?
• Health: How can they help individuals lead longer, healthier lives?
• Education: How can they help more people get more access to better education?
• Shelter: How can they help ensure that everyone has a safe place to live?
• Everything else: Sometimes the best ideas don't fit into any category at all.

They have set out a few guidelines to consider:

• Reach: How many people would this idea affect?
• Depth: How deeply are people impacted? How urgent is the need?
• Attainability: Can this idea be implemented within a year or two?
• Efficiency: How simple and cost-effective is your idea?
• Longevity: How long will the idea's impact last?

We send our submission and we vote for our favourite ideas. From the top 20 ideas voted by us, an advisory board will select up to 5 final ideas.

Voting for the best idea begins on 27 January 2009. You can set a reminder to vote by following this link.

This is another great opportunity for people and companies alike to make a difference. In South Africa there are so many ideas we could come up with to help our people. Let's get our thinking caps on and get submitting! Google's slogan for this project is:

May Those Who Help The Most Win

You can check out their details at: www.project10tothe100.com