Announcing Two New Prize Categories
Introducing
Coded By Her
Championing women-led innovation in AI, water systems, ocean stewardship, and regenerative industries. Breakthrough solutions in high-impact sectors—fashion, beauty, tech, and marine ecosystems.
— Fashion's Hidden Water Footprint — Beauty's Plastic Problem —
Zero X AI
Calling engineers, scientists, and innovators: Help us eliminate freshwater use in data center infrastructure through advanced material science and next-gen energy optimization.
— Hard Truth: Tech's Thirst — Water, AI & Energy —
Applications Closing July 31, 2025
Our goal is to improve the lives of 500 million by 2030
Return on Lives™ (ROL)
The ROL (Return on Lives) framework is a metric system that quantifies the real-world human, environmental, and future generational impact of innovations—measuring how each technology either supports or displaces life through data-driven KPIs.
New Metric Designed by Earth05
IF WE DO NOTHING BY 2030
— Hard Truth —
"Data centers could consume 1 trillion liters by 2030 = 54.8M lives affected"
Every digital interaction - from AI queries to video streaming to cloud storage - triggers massive freshwater consumption in data centers that keep our digital world running. Behind every click, swipe, and computation, cooling systems are draining billions of liters of freshwater.
OUR CORE MISSION IS WATER & AI.
Unlock collective intelligence and hasten global co-creation.
Empowering Communities for a Sustainable era
Our ultimate goal is to prevent rising poverty, empower and support lower middle-income economies and indigenous communities equipping them for both the immediate challenges and long-term shifts in the age of AI.
By providing access to advanced technologies and funding, we are committed to foster future-ready skills ensuring communities not only adapt but thrive.
We are driven by the belief that the convergence of AI and water conservation efforts can lead to impactful solutions for the planet and its people.
