hospital? or maybe the idea of selling a little bit of this paradise to a hotel chain makes more sense. and who are we to say they can t have a smooth road and a flat screen tv? there are no public schools on ra and private division is a few hundred dollars, more than some families make in a year, so for many change can t come fast enough. with every tourist visit, another villager can afford a phone. and the only hotel on the island is about to get wifi. you know what a screen saver is? screen saver, yes. so you live in a screen saver. thank you. yang owns this little three-bedroom start-up. it was a farm until his father announced on his deathbed, that the family should build a place for tourists.
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that island nations see this as an easy way to get some extra money. what is the reality when it comes to climate change for an island nation like this one? for some of the smaller islands within vanuatu, it s a disaster. we have seen because we ve been living here over the years and years and years. you can see the actual changes. you can see the actual changes. a warmer planet will likely affect their crops, bring storms, but folks in the highland villages are generally safe from the rising tides. but our next stop including communities that live just inches above sea level. places where they re thrilled to see one flight a month land on the grass patch that is the mota lava international airport. you re the man, nick. on this island, there are around
simple. let somebody else put on pants and go punch a clock. so this is a country at a crossroads, a land of low islands vulnerable to rising seas, a wonderland vulnerable to developers and profit motive. the modern world is closing in fast, and while some tribes can t wait to join, others are fighting that change. and it s a fight that pits island against island, neighbor against neighbor. and the tug of war between tradition and progress is especially stark on the island of tanna, thanks to that, a very live, very active volcano. are you ever afraid of a big chunk of lava coming through the roof.
my hope is to get more tourists in and share a little bit of money. with every people. not because of having more money in my pocket. you just want your community to get richer. yeah. he tells me the day a white man came and said, name your price. yang threw out the biggest number he could think of. $5,000. the man said i ll give you $20,000. and he get his little book. i have never seen a checkbook in my life. and he said i m going to pay you. and i said, with the paper? no, i don t need the paper. i need money. cash, baby, yeah. this man come here, and he was very, very friendly. bob has a similar story about another rich white man. this one from california who had plans for the entire island. so that s $30,000. that s only half of this island. so he wanted to buy half of this island for $30,000.