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What if the Streets had No Name?

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What if the Streets had No Name?

Question of the Day: What if the streets had no name?

"... Bono, the lead singer of the band, was told by a man in Belfast, Northern Ireland that he could tell you the race, religion and income level of anyone in the city just by telling him the name of the street they lived on.  The realization that our cities are often divided in such ways collided with the economic disparity Bono experienced when he visited Ethiopia. So he wrote the song from the view of an Ethiopian man envisioning a world where there was no separation between rich and poor; a world where the streets had no name."

 

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This could save a Billion Lives!

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This could save a Billion Lives!

It is not everyday that I see something that could save millions and even billions of lives, but today I did. The Drinkable Book! Over 3.4 Million people die every year because of contaminated water and water-born diseases. Over a Billion of the worlds poorest people drink, bath, and prepare food in water that is not safe for human consumption. The folks over at Water Is Life have a viable solution for our most basic need, clean water. 

The only change I would suggest to them is that they print pictures rather than words on the pages because many of the bottom billion can not read. However, this is a great invention and it has great potential. Check it out. 

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