After graduating in Environmental Biology at University of Manchester, Jonathan went on to work as a writer/researcher at Ethical Consumer Magazine and Corporate Watch before co-founding radical art and design practice UHC Collective.

After working with URBED to establish low carbon, household retrofit community benefit society Carbon Co-op, he has gone on to project manage a range of innovative projects demonstrating the effectiveness of collective action on climate change.

His interests lie at the point where urban development, art and design, community and politics meet. Throughout his practice he has explored the potential for co-operative and collective action to create change.