Hi there,

I am Alé* (Pronouns: none, or they/them). I am agender/nonbinary and neurodivergent.
My profile is still structured in the old style and I am currently overworking it bit by bit. ;)

CURRENT MISSION

Trying to contribut to a sustainable transformation in the world and connecting to nature. Trying to find my own individual way through life.

ABOUT ME

I like hot water bottles and most of the time, you will encounter me with a cup of tea in my hands.

PHILOSOPHY

Life of people and nature is connected in a very special way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I use couchsurfing nowadays mainly, when I am visiting events on inner and outer transformation (sustainable development), within Germany. I usually do not host. Nevertheless: If you are nonbinary and searching for a safe place to stay overnight, please reach out to me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

How it started:
During a travel 10 years ago, Saki and I stayed at the home of 3 different hosts. I was curious trying out this way of travelling and valued the enrichment, the encounters with other people brought. It felt like another level of depth.

Lateron I collected some amazing couch surfing experiences during my stay and travel in Japan.
I went there for an internship and combined it with a travel afterwards.

Interests

Main iterests:
building queer community structures, contribute to a sustainable transition, environmental & queer politics, drinking tea, Jugger, Aikido, walking in nature, Nature, our environment & weather (thunderstorms are very fascinating...)

Other interests:
reading, system thinking, cooking (in terms of exploring easy vegan solutions for things I like)

Past interests:
playing the piano, drawing/painting, Latin Dance, Japanese

• arts
• performing arts
• environment
• vegetarian
• walking
• politics
• psychology
• mountains
• nature
• forests
• aikido
• contemporary dance
• existentialism
• jugger
• climate sciences
• sustainable change

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: mainly queer fantasy (e.g. Phenix Extravagant, Anarchie Déco)
recent books I appriciated: tin*stories, gender queer - a grafic novel, Mooncakes

Movies:
nature documentories

In the past, I appreciated movies and books which let us see the world, society and people from another point of view. Some stories let me think about my own live; some otherones carried me away in another, strange world.
Nowadays I value books with wholesome communication- dynamics and on how to build a better world.
That's said, in the past years it became very rare that a book touches me deep down and that I felt intensely drawn into it.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Giving a multiple-day-workshop for social workers in the rural area (field of further education, topic trans*).
Experiencing how the atmosphere changed, from being genuily interested/curiosity into a state of great motivation/pulsing energy to start something and change things in their institutions. It is hard to describe.

Teach, Learn, Share

In generell, I can teach you those things, about which I know something. e.g:

aikido
sustainability (I am pretty nerdy on this one)
telling you about the experiences which I made during my travels
...

just tell me, what you are interested in

What I Can Share with Hosts

talking, while having a cup of tea

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Iceland

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