Useful book made out of innovative filter paper that cleans and purifies water.
Drinkable Book filters water, kills 99.99% of bacteria, and teaches people about proper sanitation, hygiene, and safe water habits.
Designed by Brian Gartside. Filter paper costs only pennies to produce.
Each book can provide someone with clean water for up to 4 years.
Also check out: Book of Color and Personal Water Filter
erwin prasetyo
like a portable water filter :)
May 14th, 2014
Sr. F
fantastic idea.
May 14th, 2014
George
Amazing for the non-profit world!
May 14th, 2014
Thunder
Great use of technological developments! But I do wonder how they will make sure this book gets to the people who need it. Slums and the municipalities often have a difficult and estranged relationship. However, it would be wonderful if they somehow manage to work it out.
Also, I doubt very much that most of these people don’t know the water they are drinking is bad for them. Poverty doesn’t equal stupidity.
May 14th, 2014
Pearl Lamie
What’s needed more is one that filters viruses!
May 14th, 2014
ian
I would dig seeing this partnered with novelists such that the book can both promote literacy as a book and be useful thereafter (and foremost) as filters.
Watership Down might be too on the nose, or Old Man and the Sea, but I’d buy one for novelty sake, and certainly help fund a kickstarter to see something like this mass produced and the texts localized to whatever country the books would be bound for. Pardon the pun there.
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May 14th, 2014
jayrenee
What a great idea! I love seeing design applied in a way that can have a positive impact on people’s lives.
May 14th, 2014
Swiper Fox
When READING this book, be sure that your hands are clean OR use a clean glove, so you will have a CLEAN water filter for later use; OTHERWISE there is no use of using contaminated/dirty filter.
May 14th, 2014
JM
great idea ian!!
May 16th, 2014
Michael Costanzo
I am trying to find were to buy the “Drinkable Book” . I want to help distribute.. please tell me how??
May 8th, 2018