Brazilian documentarian and activist Maihara Marjorie began visiting the Amazon in 2012.
She quickly realized what had been portrayed about this part of the world by the media wasn’t authentic to her experiences there. She began using Starlink during her trips to document her explorations of these remote places and her interactions with Indigenous Peoples, sharing them to social media in real time. Maihara believes “connectivity is a privilege” and hopes this technology becomes more widely available to the local people so they can use their own voice to share their message with the world.
Internet from space for kids in Tierra Bomba
Pedro Salazar started Amigos Del Mar in 2010. It's an organization located on an island near Cartagena, Colombia. Before Pedro installed Starlink, a reliable internet connection was not available. Now he uses his own experience to explain to the kids what the internet is. He says, "Imagine Tierra Bomba is an island, and this small island is con...
Internet from space for living in the mountains
Four years ago, with remote work on the rise, Yuge Masanori left city living behind to embrace a nature-centric life in the mountains in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Initially, he relied on his phone for internet access. But speeds were so slow, it took hours to upload a single 30-minute video. When he upgraded to Starlink, it made the information ...