John B. Carnett
Founder
A Philadelphia native, John has been building and restoring houses since he was a teenager, including his current passive solar house, made from steel and a graphite-based SIP system.
As staff photographer for Popular Science magazine for 24 years, John traveled the world shooting and befriending the world’s most innovative thinkers, from Richard Branson to James Dyson, as well as hundreds of garage inventors.
When he wasn’t on the road, renovating a residential project, or sailing the 38-foot sailboat that he lived on for eight years, John was building his own crazy contraptions: dropping a new bio-diesel engine in an imported Land Rover, adding a jet turbine to an ATV and inventing an all-in-one beer machine.
He lives on the Battenkill River with his wife, two sons a dog and two cats...
His Favorite Quote this Month:
‘To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that’s much harder?’ Ayn Rand