009: Saving the Rainforest One Cell Phone at a Time with Topher White
A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast · Marjorie Alexander
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Show Notes
Topher White is an engineer with a background in physics and kinetic sculptor. Little did he know that visiting the rainforest as a tourist would spark an idea as to how to help save it. Since 2013 Topher has been working around the clock designing a device out of used cell phones to thwart deforestation in real time. This interview offers a TON of great tips for anyone in tech or science looking to contribute to real world problems and for entrepreneurs in general.