Guardians of H2O™
Turns students, corporate executives and everyday citizens into empowered leaders who guard local water resources. We offer a K-12 curriculum, college and HBCU activations, community “missions” and more.
See the K-12 editionThe Foundation
Empowering communities to save the world’s water.
We transform local communities into AquaHubs™. The Foundation brings water testing, water education and water data to the schools and neighborhoods that need it most, so every community can answer one question: What’s In Your Water?
…the world’s largest water database.
Google…taking on [the world’s] water crisis.
WIRED
Who we are
Water is not a political issue. It’s a human issue.
The Aquagenuity® Foundation Inc. is a Georgia-based nonprofit organization, with administrative support from our fiscal sponsor, Captain Planet Foundation Inc., a 501(c)(3) environmental nonprofit. We advance equitable access to water data through community engagement. The Foundation is the nonprofit subsidiary of Aquagenuity Inc.
“Water is not being invented or created. Since the water we have is all the water we’ve got, we must guard this precious resource. That’s why we’re inviting you to become a Guardian of H2O.”
Why the data comes first
Every problem shares one root dependency.
From concerned fifth graders testing water near a nuclear facility in South Georgia, to communities all over the world living in the shadow of AI data centers, agricultural runoff, industrial pollution and microplastic contamination, the question is always the same: what’s in our environment, and who’s accountable for what’s been done to it?
- 01Industrial pollution
- 02Agricultural runoff
- 03AI impact
- 04Legacy contamination
- 05Climate events
- 06Microplastics
The missing layer
Every one of these shares a single root dependency: decision-grade data about water quality and scarcity. You can’t price the risk, fund the solution or hold anyone accountable without first knowing what’s in the water, at the hyperlocal level, in real time, continuously.
Before capital can flow efficiently into water systems, data has to flow first. The Foundation makes sure the communities living with these problems are the ones collecting that data, and the first to see it.
Our programs
Built so everyday people can solve local water issues.
Our programs make it easy for everyday citizens and local communities to take on the water issues where they live. Schools come first.
Water testing in schools
Water testing and water education for schools in under-resourced communities. Students collect the tap-level data no one else has, and learn to read what it means. Too young to vote. Old enough to be a Guardian.
Bring it to your schoolAquaCivics™ community conversations
Host or join a community conversation about your local water. Neighbors, parents, coworkers and classmates read their local water data together and leave with one thing they’ll do.
How a conversation runsThe GAIA Initiative
An open-source AI project that will turn billions of data points collected by students and citizen scientists into actionable insights, to drive decision-making for environmental funding, infrastructure projects and public health interventions.
Flint River community watch
Residents along the Flint River follow the public record on their river, together, so changes are seen and shared early.
Read the case studyThe Right to Know
Eight consumer rights, applied to water. Every AquaCivics™ conversation closes with one question for each, counted in the AquaRights Index™.
The eight rightsWho we serve
From the classroom to the capitol.
Schools, then universities, companies and cities. Every partnership starts with one person who wants to know what’s in the water.
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Schools & citizens
We help students and everyday citizens track and monitor water quality on devices they use every day.
- We make it as easy to check water quality as it is to check the weather.
- Simple tools so people can monitor local water quality, make better decisions and protect their health, without needing a degree in chemistry or environmental engineering.
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Corporations
We help corporations fulfill their goals in sustainability and community engagement with turnkey solutions.
- Our corporate sponsors help us bring water testing and water education to communities in need.
- Sponsorship and co-branding in community activations at schools, universities, airports and select high-traffic areas in targeted communities, for maximum impact and brand exposure.
- CSR and service opportunities for volunteer teams.
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Cities & countries
We help cities and countries respond to infrastructure failures, emergencies and disaster relief scenarios with hyperlocal water data.
- Long-term support for water-stressed areas: remote, drought-ridden, disaster-stricken or infrastructure-challenged.
- A direct line between residents and the systems that serve them.
How we engage a community
The 10-Point Community Engagement Strategy.
We empower regular people to save water. It’ll take all of us to reverse the damage we’ve done to our planet. These ten partners, together, raise the standard of water quality in a region.
- 01Technology partner
- 02Anchor community partner
- 03University + K-12
- 04Sports + military organizations
- 05Foundations, nonprofits & faith-based
- 06Chambers, civic orgs, small businesses + major corporations
- 07Residential + community organizations
- 08Media partners
- 09Watershed & water utilities
- 10Political & government leaders
At the center Guardians of H2O™
Powered by Aquagenuity®
The work of the Foundation is powered by Aquagenuity®, a U.S.-based technology company that has received international awards and recognition from Google, Amazon and Apple for inventing the AquaHub™: the world’s first digital alternative to the water cycle to address hyperlocal water problems. By making water Sustainable, Accessible, Verifiable and Equitable, Aquagenuity builds systems that help us S.A.V.E. water.
Based in Atlanta and Switzerland, Aquagenuity is led by Founder & CEO Doll Avant, a Harvard-trained data scientist named Google’s International “Woman of Water.” Aquagenuity was named one of seven technologies saving the world’s waterways by Ocean Visions, and its work advances United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 6, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 17.
Aquagenuity Inc. is a technology company. The Aquagenuity Foundation is its separate nonprofit subsidiary.
Captain Planet Foundation
Based on the critically acclaimed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) was co-founded in 1991 by media mogul Ted Turner and producer Barbara Pyle as a corporate foundation of TBS. In 2002, CPF separated from TBS and became a 501(c)(3) public charity, with the stated mission to work collaboratively to engage and empower young people to be problem solvers for the planet.
captainplanetfoundation.orgHow to engage
Three ways to stand up for water.
If you’d like to bring the Foundation’s work to your area, or to learn more about becoming a Guardian of H2O™, start here.
- Become a Guardian of H2O™
Your free registration as an individual or organization is an easy way to raise your hand and let corporations and governments know: there are millions of us standing up for clean water. Become a Guardian
- Support the Foundation’s work
Make a one-time or recurring contribution to community water projects, made through our fiscal sponsor, Captain Planet Foundation. Corporate sponsorship packages are also available. Email us to give or sponsor
- Activate your community
If your community or region is facing a water crisis, let us know. If you want to bring the Guardians of H2O™ curriculum to your local schools, just say the word. We also provide CSR and service opportunities for volunteer teams at nonprofits and corporations. Tell us about your community
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