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Holiday BreakfastJez Weston: Know Your Stuff deputy and operations manager on boosted spending for drug testing this festival seasonNot every festival will have drug checking this New Year, but four organisations want that to change by keeping people informed. The Government is boosting its support around testing at festivals this summer season. The Government has committed $4 million over three years towards harm reduction, and officially licensing four organisations who can test to make sure people know what they're taking. Jez Weston, deputy and operations manager for Know Your Stuff says that a focus on drug testing isn't sending the wrong message, because safety is more important and people will use recreational...2022-12-2704 min
Connected ThinkingFestive flashback - highlights from season one of the Connected Thinking podcastWelcome back. In this festive episode, we look back over some of the highlights of this first season of the Connected Thinking podcast. From the battle for talent, to SMB focus areas, ESG, innovation and finding ways to drive efficiencies, we're highlighting many of the topics that are key to developing strategies for 2023. Timecodes for each section are outlined below: 01:40 Innovation with Ant Morse - EP2&3 10:09 Opportunity with Sandeep Raithatha - EP2&3 19:22 The battle for talent with Capita Consulting (Ian Kirkwood) - EP4 29:54 Spotlight on SMB with Dav Sandher - EP5 36:50 ESG with Digital Unite (Emma...2022-12-211h 10
This Climate BusinessFollow the climate money – Climate VC FundRohan MacMahon and Jez Weston are co-founders of the Climate VC Fund – a fund that invest in emission reductions technologies in NZ and Australia. They were on the show to announce their ambitions but a year on, what’s happened? Did they raise the money require? Have they invested in anything? What new tech or ideas are on their radar? And what’s the state of change? Full dsiclousre Vincent is an investor and a contractor to the fund. www.Climatevcfund.com2022-10-2549 minThis Climate BusinessInvesting in Climate Ventures - Rohan MacMahon and Dr Jez WestonClimate Venture Capital Fund is a new venture investment fund that invests in, you guessed it, climate ventures. It’s the first of its kind in New Zealand and has just made its maiden investment, in Australian energy company MGA Thermal. Vincent is joined by two of the founders of the fund, Rohan MacMahon and Dr Jez Weston. Disclosure: Vincent works for this very fund as an advisor.
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Holiday BreakfastDr Jez Weston: Festival Testing group says MDMA substituted for 'dangerous' cathinonesSummer festival attendees are being warned of an "incredibly dangerous" substitute increasingly turning up in MDMA being tested.Know Your Stuff has reported in its drug checking clinics over the past few months increasing incidents of what people thought would be pure MDMA either turning out to be just cathinones or only just enough MDMA to "spoof" the tests.Synthetic cathinones, also known colloquially as "bath salts", have a similar euphoric onset to MDMA but wear off faster leading people to redose, running into trouble.However other effects are more potent, and can lead to anxiety, paranoia...2020-12-2705 minThis Climate BusinessLakes, tomatoes and seaweed: what are the 70 best Kiwi climate tech ideas?Jez Weston and Rohan MacMahon are technologists scouring New Zealand to find the best and brightest projects to address climate change. Or more specifically, to find technologies that offer the greatest emissions reductions, for the lowest cost, in the least amount of time. They have identified 70 projects that fit the bill – from renewable energy and carbon capture to electric bikes and algae. Vincent asked them what’s the best, the worst, and what they’re still looking for. About Jez WestonJez has 15 years’ experience in policy and climate advice including translating climate science i...2020-09-2137 min