What are some of the ways that “Team Earth” is trying to save the rain forests?
Social networking and social media are proving to be among our most powerful tools for mobilizing people to action. Twitter has helped groups engage followers for good causes, such as charity: water’s twestival, and there are even social networks created specifically for green causes like WiserEarth and MakeMeSustainable. A new group of people are looking to make social networking key for stopping Amazonian deforestation – Team Earth. Launching officially in November, Team Earth is a collection of businesses from Dell to Starbucks, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) including Conservation International, politicians and student activists who hope to utilize the power of social networking to slow tropical deforestation. Reuters reports that the participants feel too many groups are all working towards the same goal but not relying on one another’s strengths – a social network can be greater, and more effective, since it brings all the separate efforts together. In addition to its own s
