Principal Artist & Cofounder of Freeform Labs

Camille Kanengiser is the principal artist and cofounder of Freeform Labs, a cutting-edge development studio crafting solutions for clients in the entertainment and XR industries. Her passion is innovating at the intersection of art and technology. While working on award-winning original content and client-facing projects, she’s had broad experience working within the realtime-3D pipeline; her responsibilities have included in-engine asset implementation, performance analysis & optimization, 2D & 3D asset creation, animation, interaction design, visual effects, documentation, and consultation. She looks forward to supporting this year’s Climate Jam teams!

Carly Kocurek is a video game designer and historian. Her games include Golden Mart with Michael Anthony DeAnda, Choice: Texaswith Allyson Whipple, and Happy Ecosystems, which won the Climate Jam Positive Impact Award in 2020. She is the author of two books, Coin-Operated Americans: Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade (University of Minnesota Press, 2015) and Brenda Laurel: Pioneering Games for Girls (Bloomsbury, 2017), and she’s an associate professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

Hannah-Marie Garcia is an Alaska Sea Grant Fellow that began working for the Northern Latitudes Partnerships (NLP) at the Alaska Conservation Foundation on August 1^st, 2021. She holds a Master’s in Marine Policy from the University of Delaware where she worked on improving engagement with Native American Tribes in the development of offshore wind in the Mid-Atlantic. She also has a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Sustainability and Anthropology from the University of the South, Sewanee.

The Life Reimagined Collaborative (LRC) is a small indie dev group of climate justice volunteers, who are making a video game called Life Reimagined to help people turn climate anxiety into climate action by helping them imagine the world we need and the actions it will take to get there. Join us!

Life Reimagined will be hosting a Jam session on April 26th at 5PM PT for jammers, followed by a 6PM showcase party on our Life Reimagined game. Join us for both/either! Register here: bit.ly/LifeReimaginedRegister

Find them on Discord:

dargan#0468, ben.sibelman#8869, LifeReimagined#3829 

Lisa (She/They) loves to explore ways to help more people talk about climate change in informal settings. She’s a CEE-Change Fellow with the North American Association of Environmental Education where she’s part of a cohort building a new framework to address the intersection of civic engagement and environmental education.

Find her on discord at LisaY#4722

Niva(She/Her) and her partner established Pakaraka Permaculture, a solar-powered regenerative market garden and education centre in Aotearoa, New Zealand. She co-authored the number one best selling book ‘The Abundant Garden’ and is New Zealand’s 2021 Organic Farmer of The Year. She is the co-founder of The Rebel Film Collective and is a producer/director and writer of the award-winning climate justice feature documentary High Tide Don’t Hide. Niva studied Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, a Bachelors in Leadership for Change, focused on impact filmmaking and is currently doing a Masters in Technological Futures; her research is focused on transforming agricultural imaginaries through games and game jams. Niva has built a successful career as a digital producer, creating content in various media forms, including writing, photography, videography, and design. She is also the instigator of REGENERATE Game Jam. Hear Niva on the No-Till Market Garden Podcast

Simon works at the University of Hull, where he teaches about Renewable Energy.

Simon’s research specialization is marine renewable energy – wave and tidal – but he’s also happy to talk with people about solar, wind, and more general matters around energy transition.

In his own words:

Read “After the tsunami: how tidal energy could help Japan with its nuclear power problem”

Watch a short intro to his renewable energy course 

Want to support others with your climate or game knowledge? Join us as a mentor!