Australian entrepreneur Dorjee Sun thinks that he can change the world by saving one forest at a time. His logic “the more forests we save the more money we make”. The forests that he references in particular are those in Indonesia where huge tracts of rain forest (as much as 300 soccer fields per hour) are being burned down. Local farmers make money burning the land to produce cash crops like palm oil. However, the destruction of the natural eco-system could be putting the global climate in peril.

Sun’s plan is to convince financiers to back his program involving carbon credits. (more…)