James Rogers, is preoccupied with tipping civilization into an era that will allow us to regard the ‘plastic age’ the same way we regard the ‘stone age’. After receiving his PhD from UCSB in Materials, James founded Apeel with two graduate school friends. Apeel uses materials found in nature to create an invisible ‘peel’ on the outside of fruits and vegetables that allows them to live 2-3x longer. James’ time building Apeel led him to think of technology as a catalyst for system change. He is obsessed with expanding our concept of community beyond the people that we can keep track of on our own mental ledger.
By 2023, 117 million people, primarily women and children, were displaced across the globe, fleeing violence and climate disasters. Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, hosts a significant nu...
“This year’s food crisis is about lack of access. Next year’s could be about lack of food.”
An invisible virus has made our individual actions more visible than ever - and revealed our true power to face societal crises beyond COVID-19.
We live at a crossroads, both for humankind and our planet. Will we find a way to walk a sustainable path, or will we stand outside the laws of nature, imperiling the planet and its people?
