Biosphere 2 crew member Jane Poynter is one of only eight people in history to live sealed inside an artificial world for two years. Involved in the planning of Biosphere 2 from its inception, she ultimately managed the farm where the crew grew its food. While still inside the Biosphere, Jane co-founded Paragon Space Development Corporation with a team of engineers and fellow biospherian, Taber MacCallum. She remains president of Paragon. Since the completion of the project, Jane has helped put Paragon at the forefront of the space industry. Paragon is designing spacecraft's, as well as developing life support systems for astronauts and Navy deep-sea divers. In addition to being Paragon’s President, Jane heads Yogi & Co., her new multi-media company, is a published author, and an expert in sustainable living and the environment. Jane Poynter has had experiments in self-sustaining habitats flown on the International Space Station, the Russian Mir Space Station, and the U.S. Space Shuttle. She also works with the United Nations and the World Bank on the burgeoning carbon credit market, as well as projects to mitigate global climate change and to feed the hungry in Africa and Central America. Jane has appeared on many television shows and has been interviewed for numerous magazine and newspaper articles about Biosphere 2 and her work in space and the environment. She has also been an invited speaker at events hosted by groups such as the United Nations Environment Programme, the US Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Jane is also president of the Global Sports Alliance, a nonprofit mobilizing the sports community to sustainable action. Jane Poynter's autobiography, "The Human Experiment: TwoYears andTwenty Minutes Inside Biosphere 2," reveals how she developed her unique perspective and tenacity. Her preparation for Biosphere 2 included training to survive in the Australian Outback, sailing a concrete research boat across the Indian Ocean, and diving on a shark breeding ground in the Red Sea. Although two years in isolation gave Jane post traumatic stress disorder, she is proof that through perseverance one can overcome extraordinary adversity to reach success. Jane Poynter fell in love with a fellow Biosphere 2 crew member, Taber MacCallum, whom she eventually married. Titles Rules For Life: Lessons Learned From Isolation And At 160 Miles Per Hour Corralling The Group Animal (human behaviors in the workplace) The Smart Future (sustainability) The Human Experiment Starvation, Suffocation, And Madness (space talk, human exploration) We are Biosphere (sustainability, green talk) Topics Environment/Green, Women, Science/Space Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $5,000 - $7,499 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State AZ Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.