Van der Hoeven is a co-founder of the Weather Makers, a Dutch firm of holistic engineers with a plan to regreen the Sinai peninsula---the small triangle of land that connects Egypt to Asia. With some luck and good engineering, within a couple of decades, the Weather Makers believe, the Sinai could be transformed from a hot, dry, barren desert into a green haven teeming with life: forests, wetlands, farming land, wild flora and fauna. A regreeened Sinai would alter local weather patterns and even change the direction of the winds, bringing more rain. I hope it works.
