Insights from Jason

AI, EVs and war

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...

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Barbie and Ken

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...

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Fishing for plastic

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...

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Organic extracts revolution

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.

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War, inflation and famine in Africa

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.

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For Peat’s sake

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.

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Broken markets

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.

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The impossible future of food

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.

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