Jonathan first joined Solar Cities in 2024, when Janice helped him build a digester in the backyard of his Philadelphia rowhouse. The following year, Jonathan and Janice built two more digesters at small farms in Philadelphia and nearby Chester County.
Prior to joining Solar Cities, Jonathan worked in the field of science education as a middle school science and math teacher, and later as a curriculum writer. He also has experience working in environmental justice, community organizing, and nonprofit administration with Clean Water Action, Toxics Action Center, Philly Thrive, and Mural Arts Philadelphia.
Jonathan is interested in learning more about low-cost, low-tech solutions for biogas monitoring, upgrading, and compression. He has language skills in Spanish and Indonesian, and looks forward to traveling to Latin America, South America, and Southeast Asia to teach communities how to harvest biogas from micro-digesters!