Jamie Carestio grew up in Canadice and went to Livonia High school. He graduated from Alfred University in 2008 with BFA and minor religions and philosophy. While in school Jamie was active in printmaking, ceramics, sculpture. He also started a material reuse center with fellow students and was instrumental the planning and construction of a new bus stop for the village of Alfred. Since then he has been building a passive solar, rammed earth home for himself in Hemlock. Jamie has also held community pot luck and slide presentations to benefit an orphanage in Thailand and a community arts organization in Indonesia. He also traveled this past winter to Thailand to sea kayak and volunteer at the orphanage, Indonesia to teach rocket stove construction, and Italy to learn about sustainable farming. Jamie is an avid traveler and outdoors-man and enjoys singing and playing the mandolin, guitar, and piano with friends.