The trade winds and climate change

The trade winds and climate change

Nov 23, 2021

London’s wealthy West End, the fires in Canada and the floods in Germany are all connected. As we lose touch with nature and our past, we fail to see the future. Let me explain. All our modern mega-cities grew from early human settlements on rivers and their...
Broken markets

Broken markets

Sep 9, 2021

The pandemic has led to a global re-appraisal of the power of companies to deliver, halting a groundswell of anti-capitalist sentiment. Our broken and poorly regulated markets, however, put our future at risk. Let me explain. There has been a global re-appraisal of...
The impossible future of food

The impossible future of food

Jun 14, 2021

Food and what it means will become one of the most divisive issues of our next generation. It will fuel geo-political and class wars about how we sustain ourselves and will define who we are. Let me explain. So far this Century we have largely avoided the mass...
Get out and stay out

Get out and stay out

Apr 19, 2021

We spend almost our entire lives inside; this is bad for us and bad for our planet. Let me explain. If you are lucky enough to live in a developed economy, it is likely that you will live to the age of 82. By this time, you will have spent over 70 of those years...
Amazon, the markets and new year’s resolutions

Amazon, the markets and new year’s resolutions

Jan 12, 2021

Amazon, the insanity of markets and a single new year’s resolution can all be brought together for the good of humanity. Let me explain. Amazon is now, without question, the most valuable company on earth. The Amazon rainforest, like its Central African counterpart,...
Markets call peak oil

Markets call peak oil

Oct 23, 2020

Oil is a finite resource and its production will inevitably decline. The markets are telling us that green energy owns the future and are sounding an early death knell for carbon fuels. Let me explain. The last decade has seen an explosion in investment in renewables,...