In 2006, Dr. Larry Brilliant – Google.org’s Chief Philanthropic Evangelist – won the prestigious TED Prize. He delivered a powerful talk that highlighted the risk of a devastating future pandemic, and described one of his big ideas for combating the t…
An interesting article making a case for the use of online information for earlier detection of disease outbreaks came out last week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The article, co-authored by HealthMap co-founder and Google.org grantee Jo…
When Larry and Sergey laid out their vision for Google.org, they hoped that this “experiment in active philanthropy” would one day have an even greater impact on the world than Google itself. They committed resources from Google’s profits, equity and s…
(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)Imagine how hard it would be to stick to a budget in a store with no prices. Well, that’s pretty much how we buy electricity today. Your utility company sends you a bill at the end of the month with very few …
Google.org extends its heartfelt congratulations to Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant on their first Oscar nomination in the category of Best Documentary (Short Film) for The Final Inch, a film produced with support from and in collaboration with Goog…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke last Thursday at a Natural Resources Defense Council event held at Google offices in New York. The topic for the evening was “Partnership for the Earth: Strategies and Solutions for Energy Security.” Eric spoke about Goo…
With a new President and Congress, we have an unprecedented opportunity to transform our fossil fuel economy to one based largely on clean energy, while creating millions of jobs in the process.Last month, we offered a Clean Energy 2030 proposal for ho…
Early readers of the Google.org blog may recall us embarking on a film project portraying public health heroes working in the field to eradicate polio. Gone from the modern world, new cases of polio continue to afflict mostly children under age 3 in t…
(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)Like many Googlers, we’re fascinated by trends in online search queries. Whether you’re interested in U.S. elections, today’s hot trends, or each year’s Zeitgeist, patterns in Google search queries can be ver…
Google.org has given the U.S. National Academies a grant for $250,000 to develop recommendations for U.S.-Chinese cooperation on renewable electricity. The 18-month study is being funded in collaboration with other U.S. sponsors and the Chinese Academi…