We need water to survive. Water is essential for drinking, growing food, keeping ourselves clean – and that’s just the basics. As California enters its fourth straight year of severe drought, it’s become more apparent than ever that we need to take measures to ensure that we have enough water to go around. To bring global awareness and promote water conservation efforts, Indiegogo is teaming up with Shock Top for Shock the Drought, a program created to identify, fund and distribute water-saving innovations that have potential to make a real impact on reducing water usage. Shock Top will fund impactful water-saving campaigns on Indiegogo, empowering these projects to reach and surpass their funding goals. Indiegogo campaigns related to water conservation are eligible to receive $50,000 towards their goal, bringing thousands of products to a very thirsty state.
Drop-A-Brick 2.0
August 2015
The first campaign for the Shock the Drought initiative is Drop-A-Brick 2.0, a simple way to easily conserve water by reducing the amount used by toilets. Families around the world can use Drop-A-Brick to displace water in their toilet tanks, thus tricking the toilets into using less water with each flush. Shock Top will contribute $100,000 to the 2.0 version of this innovative product, helping to save millions of gallons of water each year in California alone. You can get your own Drop-A-Brick to start saving water in your home today.
World Water Week
Sunday, August 23 marks the beginning of World Water Week, a weeklong conference focused on the globe’s water issues. Every year, over 2,500 participants from a range of sectors and countries gather in Stockholm to exchange ideas, foster new thinking and develop solutions to the most pressing water-related challenges in the world, such as water development, sustainability and sanitation. Shock The Drought is a program designed to promote water conservation and awareness, two themes that are strongly represented during World Water Week. Though Drop-A-Brick was initially created to address the California drought, the versatility of the product makes it a truly global solution. World Water Week may only happen once a year, but we can conserve water all year long.
EvaDrop: The World’s First Smart Shower
September 2015
The second campaign Shock Top is supporting for Shock the Drought is EvaDrop: The World’s First Smart Shower. The average shower uses 19 gallons of water, and this revolutionary device helps you save up to 50% without sacrificing your shower quality. By shutting off your water flow once your desired temperature is reached, EvaDrop makes sure no water is wasted before you get in. The unique sensor system adjusts the water flow based off your individual needs, and a timer kindly notifies you when you are spending too much time in the shower. To recognize and acknowledge EvaDrop’s contribution to water conservation, Shock Top is matching their total funds raised – a whopping $62,000! This contribution will allow EvaDrop to donate 600 units to charity, saving an estimated 28,500 gallons per day, or 11,172,000 gallons per year. In addition, during this promotion you can purchase your very own EvaDrop at a reduced price of $99, making it easier than ever to be a part of this water conservation movement.
Droppler Water Monitor
January 2016
Next up for Shock the Drought is Droppler, a simple water gauge for your home. With just a faucet and your mobile device, Droppler takes the guesswork out of water conservation by showing your water use in real time, set against a daily budget. Every day, Droppler begins with a full bar of light, and the light level decreases as you use water, creating an instant, visual reminder of how much you’re using so you can change your habits for the better. Shock Top is contributing $50,000 plus marketing support, enabling Droppler to offer 300 units at a deep discount of $99 to people who want to make a difference in water conservation. Plus, you’ll receive a free bonus Nascent Modularity bundle, either a streaming video camera or Wi-Fi airplay speakers, to select at checkout.
As the largest global crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo empowers anyone to help address serious issues like droughts, earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters. We’ve seen some incredible campaigns related to water conservation efforts, such as Life for Tizade, a campaign focused on bringing clean water to a rural town in India safely and reliably, and EvaDrop: The World’s First Smart Shower, a device that helps you save up to 50% of your water usage during a shower. These types of campaigns showcase how crowdfunding can be an amazing solution for any type of issue, bringing people together to support a common cause.
Are you ready to start your own campaign and help worldwide water conservation? Get started today!
Want to submit your water conservation campaign for a chance to receive $50,000 from Shock the Drought? Email shockthedrought@indiegogo.com with your campaign details to be considered.
Check out http://www.warkawater.org — a great project in prototype phase with potential to change how we collect and harvest water!
Site updated. Photos showing actual installation for retrofitting a home. Notice, there were no plumbing modification required. This is a smart fully automated Dual Action Hybrid Water Reuse system. First action shuts off the shower head when detected bather is no under shower head. Second action captures water then send to flush toilet and gardening. System for new construction home has built-in concealed water storage tank. Welcome any comments. http://www.SKTsmartshower.com
This is not a new or innovative idea. Rural Australians have been putting a brick in the cistern for a century.
take a look on ECO SWEAT helping with the drought already live on indiegogo thank you and remember GO ECO OR GO HOME
They talk about water conservation.that exactly what I’m talking about.aquaponics reuses water without chemicals and only 7% loss to evaporation.
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who wants to start a crowdfunding 2gether for a mini blackwater poopsi biogas digester water saving…cause the toilets are dry or more high tech vacuum ones…and you get methan to cook and humus…would pledge a small antque art collection https://www.willhaben.at/iad/object?adId=131891808
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Most UK water suppliers offer similar water saving products free of charge to their customers.
I actually think their is a more innovative choice. Why not Get the toilet makers to recall the tanks or produce a newer part? Although our company focuses outside the box I think its silly that we are going to waste resources to deal with a problem like water conservation. Which is bigger than how much we use.
You must be joking?! 20+ years ago when I was in engineering school, we had these watergulping toilets in our dorm. The “brick-solution” was suggested, and although it was mentioned that the solution in questioned “was not an engineeringly correct solution”, it was carried through at our dorm. Now – 20 odd years later – marketing is king, and “innovative” people are passing “innovative” solutions that resembles “sliced bread” :-O
Well it now appears that America has not heard of global warming according to Meagan, the UK done the” drop a brick” for about 10 years now!
Watch coming soon is Hybrid Water Reuse (recycle) System offered by http://www.SKTsmartshower.com Two devices integrated into one fully automated system saves 100% used water from bathtub and shower stall. One device shutoff water when user is not under shower head. Another device captures all used water, saved then for flush toilet and for irrigation. No modification to existing plumbing. Designed to retrofit existing and new construction homes. To be Made in USA.
Watch coming soon on Indigogo is Hybrid Water Reuse (recycle) System offered by http://www.SKTsmartshower.com Two devices integrated into one fully automated system saves 100% used water from bathtub and shower stall. One device shutoff water when user is not under shower head. Another device captures all used water, saved then for flush toilet and for irrigation. No modification to existing plumbing. Designed to retrofit existing and new construction homes. To be Made in USA.
Our Compact Hydroponic Garden System, The Hydro-Garden ™ use 90% LESS WATER than regular soil Gardens. Think about that in the Grande Scheme! http://www.a1hydro.com
Take a look at Mist (already live on Indiegogo)! It’s difficult to comprehend just how much water could be saved if their campaign and product were to take off – the numbers are staggering: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mist-world-s-smartest-sprinkler-system#/story
Drop-A-Brick 3.0 should come with a secret compartment for storing condoms n’ such
Hasn’t a product called “Hippo” been around for some time and doing pretty much the same thing. https://www.hippowatersaving.com/
There’s also the Showerdrop monitor in the UK which is a neat way to save a lot of water. I keep a bucket in the shower and use what it catches to flush the toilet!
Well I am not for this, as America is one of the largest contributors of carbons in our atmosphere,,but now they want the worlds money, should be ashamed!