ICTs, the Internet and Sustainability: An interview with Vint Cerf
IISD's David Souter interviews Vint Cerf, Google's Chief Internet Evangelist and one of the founders of the basic Internet Protocols, on whether and how the Internet may change our approach to sustainability.
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