the one percent

This just launched. The 1% Solution challenges architecture firms to pledge one percent of their billable hours to the public good through pro bono or public interest work. Based on a 40-hour workweek, one percent represents a modest 20 hours a year per person. If all 240,000 architecture professionals in the U.S. were to sign on, the collective effort would be the equivalent of a 2,500-person firm (the largest in the world) working full-time for the public good. YAY.