National Geographic Fellow Jason Clay draws on the power of connected social media to help solve global issues like water scarcity.
Bio
Jason Clay
Jason gets things done on a global scale. His
ideas are changing the way governments, foundations, researchers, and
NGOs identify and address risks and opportunities for their work. He
brings people together to improve environmentally sensitive practices in
agriculture and aquaculture. Jason's goal is to create global standards
for producing and using raw materials, particularly in terms of carbon
and water. He has convened industry roundtables of retailers, buyers,
producers and environmentalists to reduce the key impacts of producing
soy, cotton, sugarcane, salmon, shrimp, mollusks, catfish and tilapia.
"We now have 10 to 25 percent of global production and buyers sitting at
the table for each commodity."
Jason ran a family farm,
taught at Harvard and Yale, worked at the U.S. Department of Agriculture
and spent more than 25 years working with human rights and
environmental organizations before joining WWF in 1999. His favorite
flavor of ice cream is Ben & Jerry's Rainforest Crunch, which he
helped create - with sustainably harvested ingredients - after meeting
"Ben" at a fundraiser featuring the Grateful Dead.