Insights from Jason
AI, EVs and war
Artificial Intelligence, renewable energy and electric vehicles could provide the spark that ignites war. Recycling may help avoid superpower conflict. Let me explain. Our industrial future depends heavily on 21st century ‘must have’ commodities. The demand for...
Barbie and Ken
Are humans becoming more like Barbie and Ken dolls? With an ever-growing plastic content and increasing inability to replicate, the similarities are worrying. Let me explain. Microplastics - small plastic particles less than 5 millimetres size - are increasingly being...
Fishing for plastic
A global tax on plastic to fund private ocean clean-up initiatives is probably the only way to end the horrors of plastic in our seas and seafood. Let me explain. As the Covid pandemic ends and life returns to normal – our seas are still suffering from long Covid. It...
Organic extracts revolution
What do cannabis, magic mushrooms, and oak trees all have in common? It is not that you consume the first two while sitting under the third to contemplate life. They are all an integral part of an exciting revolution.
War, inflation and famine in Africa
The war in Ukraine is fanning the flames of inflation across the world and may cause a famine in Africa and elsewhere. However, an eventual peace dividend may help reduce global warming.
For Peat’s sake
Our destruction of ancient bogs to facilitate industrial farming operations around the world is environmental and climate madness. For Peat’s sake let’s stop this nonsense.
The trade winds and climate change
London’s wealthy west end, the fires in Canada and the floods in Germany and are all connected. As we lose touch with nature and our past, we fail to see the future.
Broken markets
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.
The impossible future of food
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.