“If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, you still can. And, so can the world.”
The new take on the old adage promotes Rainforest Connection, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that is using repurposed technology to fight illegal logging in the world’s rainforests. Founded by physicist, inventor – and National Geographic explorer – Topher White, the organization is reaching out to aspiring engineers and offering them the opportunity to change the world while they are still in school.