Recently posted in Discover Magazine, Google.org is working on launching a program using satellites to help scientists monitor deforestation. Read the article here. This article fits perfectly under the category of our book, “The Earth-Friendly Food Chain“‘s Technology –Boon or Bane? What do you think are the pros and cons to this program?
As “The Earth-Friendly Food Chain” states, “We’re skeptical of “solutions” that came out of the same mistake as the problems: the beliefs that humas should outwit nature and are entitled to have everything we desire” (Riebel 10).
Nature bats last–and owns the stadium.
-Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, and Paul Hawken
Authors of Natural Capitalism