Thursday, March 29, 2007 Service
"If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem."
— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Helping the Needy Get Nerdy

Helping the Needy Get Nerdy
More than 200,000 computer systems become obsolete in the U.S. every day; meanwhile, the gap between people who can afford technology and those who cannot -- the digital divide -- keeps growing. Enter Free Geek, with an elegant solution. It takes unwanted computer systems from local residents and recycles the stuff that's beyond repair; everything is fixed up using volunteer labor and in exchange for that work, volunteers get those rehabbed computers -- for free. "We basically aim those two problems at each other," says the volunteer who calls himself "Reverend Phil". "We use the landfill to bridge the gap."

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