Real-world context
Scarcity and pollution are usually tackled separately, yet polluted water deepens scarcity. Solving both together is harder — and far more powerful.
The challenge
Create an innovation that addresses both water scarcity and pollution simultaneously. Study who is affected, dig past the obvious symptoms to the real root causes, and design a solution that could actually work in the real world. There is no single correct answer — what matters is the quality of your thinking, the stakeholders you consider, and how clearly you justify your chosen direction.
Reflection prompts
- Who is most affected by this problem, and how did you account for them?
- What is the single biggest risk to your solution working?
- Which assumption, if wrong, would break your whole idea?