About Me

My name is Brian Jones. I am 61 years old. I have lived in and around Birmingham, Alabama for 56 years. I currently live in Chelsea, Alabama.

 

I have been disabled for more than 40 years. I fell down an entire flight of stairs when I was 8 years old. I herniated four discs in my back. Three of them cannot be fixed. The surgery to repair them is too risky. So, I live in constant pain.

​

When  I was only 12 years old, my dad started buying old car batteries. We used to cut them open to get the lead out of them. The lead was recycled so it could be used in new products. This made my back problems a lot worse.

​

After high school, I joined the navy where I studied electronics. I worked on radar systems for naval aircraft. My back problems made it impossible for me to do my job. I was given a medial discharge after one year of service.

​

After I served in the navy, I attended Jefferson State Junior College where I earned a full academic scholarship after only one quarter. I studied accounting and computer programing.

 

While I was in my first quarter of college, I was tested for lead poisoning for the first time. ​My lead count was so high that I was admitted into the hospital for one week for treatment. 

 

It turns out that the way we handled the lead was highly toxic to humans. After 9 years of continuous lead poisoning, my body was in really bad shape.

​

The lead damaged every organ in my body, and it reeked havoc on my nervous system. I have spent my entire adult life dealing with the medical aftermath of the lead poisoning and the back injury. ​

​

Unable to participate in life in a meaningful way, I spent my time studying the world around us. Over the years, I have studied many things including American history, America's economy, world history, climate change, website design, population growth, and many other subjects.

​

When I discovered the water crisis, I knew that I had to use all of my skills to help solve this problem before it destroys all of our lives. That is when I designed The Future Now Network.