Jane Poynter is an author

Author

An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

, businesswoman and environmentalist

Environmentalist

An environmentalist broadly supports the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities"...

. Poynter was one of the original crewmembers of Biosphere 2

Biosphere 2

Biosphere 2 is a structure originally built to be an artificial, materially-closed ecological system in Oracle, Arizona by Space Biosphere Ventures, a joint venture whose principal officers were John P. Allen, inventor and Executive Director, and Margret Augustine, CEO...

. Along with seven other individuals, Poynter was confined to the sealed environment for two years.

She is president of Paragon Space Development Corporation

Paragon Space Development Corporation

Paragon Space Development Corporation is a company in Tucson, Arizona. It was founded by Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum. They have supplied hardware to more than 70 spaceflight missions, including ones to the International Space Station and Mir...

, an aerospace firm that she co-founded with several engineers and fellow biospherian, Taber MacCallum

Taber MacCallum

Taber MacCallum is one of the original crewmembers of Biosphere 2. As one of the eight participants of the two-year mission inside the materially closed ecological system, MacCallum served as the team's analytical chemist....

, while inside Biosphere 2. Since leaving the project, she has had experiments flown on the International Space Station

International Space Station

The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...

, the Russian Mir Space Station, the U.S. Space Shuttle and experimental modules being flown by Bigelow Aerospace

Bigelow Aerospace

Bigelow Aerospace is a North Las Vegas, Nevada space technology startup company that is pioneering work on expandable space station modules. Bigelow Aerospace was founded by Robert Bigelow in 1998...

. Poynter published the books, The Human Experiment: Two Years and Twenty Minutes Inside Biosphere 2 and Champions for Change: Athletes Making a World of Difference.

Poynter discusses environmental issues through her writings and online at the International Leadership Forum

International Leadership Forum

The International Leadership Forum is a non-partisan, Internet-based think tank composed of policy leaders. The Forum participants participate in online policy forums to discuss the major issues facing global society....

 blog.

Poynter also appeared on Jamie's Dream School

Jamie's Dream School

Jamie's Dream School is a seven-part British television documentary series made by Fresh One Productions, first aired on Channel 4. In it, Jamie Oliver enrols a group of teenagers with fewer than five GCSEs into his "Dream School" - a school in which lessons are taught by celebrities who are...

in 2011. As a teacher for Environment she stayed in a mini Biosphere with four other students.

External links

• Jane Poynter Official website
• Biosphere 2 website
• Inc. Magazine slideshow