This is one person's perspective, intended to foster collaboration and further development among the creative community
This website is a work in progress.
I want this page to be a resource for anyone who wants to play in this space, in order to accelerate the development of solarpunk works and ideas.
About Jam
jam (b.1984) is a Canadian comicker (artist and writer) based in BC, Canada (unceded qayqayt territory). They have self published 6 books, run successful kickstarter campaigns, released a number of zines and short stories, contributed to anthologies and magazines, and are creating new fiction and nonfiction works aimed at enabling a solarpunk future. Their portfolio and works are collected here on Jammyness.com
They're also a professional mechanical engineer with over a decade of experience in sustainable technologies. Over the course of their career, they have:
Conducted energy efficiency audits at several large industrial facilities throughout BC. Their work included routine assessment of green technologies currently in development, as well as networking with other efficiency organizations throughout North America.
Designed and prototyped a waste-to-energy incineration plant, including hands-on maintenance of a pilot-scale facility.
Helped to design an early version of the Copenhagen Wheel (electric bike)
Consulted on the design of a greenhouse in Northern BC
consulted on the future construction of an eco-village in Alberta, including privileged tours of many eco-villages and houing co-ops throughout the BC "Lower Mainland".
[Currently] Designing fuel cell systems for long distance trucking.
They spend a lot of time thinking about this, is what I'm trying to say. They have also dedicated themselves to as green a lifstyle as they can manage within the framework of surviving capitalism as a single person in a developed nation. They bike to work, have been experimenting with individual-scale solar and hydroponics, and waste-reduction techniques. They have been vegetarian for over a decade and wrote a zine about it. They tried going vegan a few times but whenever they try to drop eggs they don't have a good time, mental health-wise. They've mostly dropped milk and cheese and are trying to find decent egg alternatives. Egternatives.
