Cow Sh*t to Clean Water

Over 1.1 billion people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water. When I heard of a nanotech water purifier that can be used to purify water from even fecal matter contaminated sources, I couldn't help but test it out the "uncultured" way.

Thanks for getting this on the Digg.com Frontpage everyone! Hope this spreads the word about my project...

The "Uncultured Project" is just a funny name for the journey I've started. It's not a charity, organization, or anything formal like that. I'm just a guy who liquidated his life savings, bought a camera, and went abroad to try and help the poorest of the poor. For more, info check out:

http://uncultured.com

If you would like to fund this project, which is just something I am doing as an individual, please check my donation page at:

http://www.uncultured.com/donations

For more information about the LifeStraw Family, check out:

http://lifestraw.com

The LifeStraw Family uses nanotechnology (called hollow tubes) to filter water down to 25 nanometers and meets US EPA guidelines as a microbiological water purifier. They claim that one LifeStraw Family can purify enough water for a family of five for up to three years.

For those asking for tech info, here are the results from a study by the University of Arizona:

http://tinyurl.com/LifeStrawResults

Full Disclosure: This is not a paid endorsement of LifeStraw Family. The manufacturers helped me come to Kenya and and provided some equipment to help me film this, but I was under no obligation to endorse them or their products.

Music used in this video include "How Far" by Jamison Young and "Look And Feel Years Younger" by Brad Sucks. You can find more about them here:

Jamison Young
http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/18714

Brad Sucks
http://www.bradsucks.net

This video uses the song "How Far" by Jamison Young from the album "Shifting Sands of a Blue Car". This song is licensed under the Creative Commons under an in perpetuity "attribution-only" license.

I'd like to thank my friend Alan (fallofautumndistro) for his invaluable feedback and support as I was struggling to edit this video in a timely manner. You can check out his channel here:

http://youtube.com/fallofautumndistro

This video is licensed under the Creative Commons. Please contact me for more details.

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[Demonfire39]

@dgl1962 Yup. Caucasian: The only caring race.



[UnculturedProject]

@Demonfire39 I think dgl1962's original comment was about the nature of how the aid work we see done in far away countries is usually presented by Western/White aid workers and/or Western/White run NGOs. And you can't deny there is a bit of a skew - at least in terms of what we see (on average) in Western media. But the reality is different on the ground. And I definitely don't agree with your statement :-/

[brucec43]

If there is a road or other infrastructure in some places it is because some european built it there 60 years ago. There is a ferry still operating on lake tanganykia that predates WWII and was actually sunk and raised. They build nothing,want to learn nothing, and adhere to a culture that produces such bad conditions. The solution is not to give a filter but to change the culture. I gave over $1,000 last year to feed hungry children. Tired of stupid stopgaps like this.

[UnculturedProject]

@brucec43 I hear you and empathize with your sentiment. But as the son of one of those "poor people" you feel "wants to learn nothing" I can assure you that you're over generalizing. In reality, the poor (on the aggregate) are not lazy, have a thirst for knowledge, and want to improve their own conditions themselves. And sometimes all they do need is something to help forge their own paths to success: be it school supplies to go to school, medication for when they are sick, food, or clean water.

[dgl1962]

Look at every single volunteer in Africa saving lives, cleaning water, digging wells, treating AIDS- All Caucasian.

Look at all the volunteers after Katrina, the Haiti earthquake, etc same people.

[UnculturedProject]

@dgl1962 eeeeh... you make a fair point. And it's one which many make and you can't deny. Though most NGOs do hire a majority of local people for their field offices.

[Gibranmacias911]

Jory sent me here

[RonRonin]

Wow.. 19 dirtbags hate clean drinking water for all. Wish l had their addresses, be so much easier to find them.. :-) Self important elitist shitbags.Just kill yourselves already, and do the world a great service

[21stILLEST]

Hello Chemistry project.

[danix454]

This project needs to get out there. I never knew about this until randomly searching!

[Omegaplaya]

Now I can be Bear Grylls, and drink my own piss, only thing is that it would be purified.

[squeeky95]

That's awesome. 

[blueshoestoo]

these can now be purchased in the United States! On the web from greenbeetlegear.

[kingpolaris]

disgusting



[stenvag]

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