Browsing Tag: Mother Nature

Using the Internet to Save the Rainforest-Part 1

The Surui people from the Brazilian rainforest are fighting to stop the destruction of their homeland. But instead of bows and arrows, they are using the Internet, GPS and Google Earth. Next they plan to start carbon emissions trading.

Using the Internet to Save the Rainforest-Part 2

The young Surui sought refuge in the Internet and joined the battle against the World Bank and its Planafloro development project, which envisaged building new roads, dams and settlements on Indio land, but ignored the country's indigenous people. The Indios took on the World Bank -- and won.

Using the Internet to Save the Rainforest-Part 3

Three years ago he contacted the company with the greatest store of knowledge: Google. Wearing a crown of feathers on his head, he entered the company's global headquarters at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway in Mountain View, California, demanding a meeting.

Using the Internet to Save the Rainforest-Part 4

Almir knows Abu Dhabi is a country made of sand. But along the Persian Gulf they've already built the world's tallest building, an island shaped like a palm tree, and a ski slope. So why not a rainforest?