About Jam
jam (b.1984) is a Canadian comicker (artist and writer) based in BC, Canada. They 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 zero-waste practices. They have been vegetarian for over a decade and wrote a zine about it.
Contact
- email: jam AT jammyness DOT com
