Circle of Women's venture 'Skywater' takes 1st place in Princeton Green Business Plan Competition

On Saturday, February 26th, Circle of Women's sustainability venture 'Skywater' was awarded 1st place in the Princeton Green Business Plan Competition and recieved $7,600 in start-up funds. The Skywater team includes Alexandra Douwes '11, Jennifer Keeley '11, Kait Mauritz '11, Janelle Morris '11, and Genevieve Ryan '11.

In addition to Circle of Women's mission to build exceptional schools for girls, Skywater aims to make Project Ullapara in Bangladesh self–sustainable and revenue-generating by implementing a rainwater collection and distribution program. By designing our school with a building plan suitable for rainwater collection, we will be able to harvest rainwater, store it, and sell it to local businesses, banks, and service centers that are in need of a constant water supply. The profits made by selling this water will be put directly back into the school with the goal of achieving sustainability in three years. This venture is a part of the evolving model of Circle of Women, which encourages innovation and efforts towards sustainability and would address a very crucial concern of water quality in Bangladesh.

We are very honored to be awarded 1st place in this competition and are excited to start developing Skywater as Project Ullapara progresses.