CURRENT MISSION

travel the world in search of more plant information and share it through my writings and photos.Meet people and groups that develop ecological work and are determined to bring on some social, economic and ecological changes to the planet.

ABOUT ME

I´m easy going, curious, adventerous, love meeting people from other cultures, love meeting people that share common interests with me,love books,permaculture, medicinal plants, trees, love talking and sharing thoughts and emotions, love to visit botanical gardens and garden museums, love all creativity,especially modern dance.
apreciate dinamic, optimistisc people and people who care for the health of the planet and their own.
also need my ocasional need for silence to be respected and understood.

PHILOSOPHY

Live one day at a time, the future is now.

"Think globally, act locally"

"Be the change you want to see in the world"

I live to share the enthusiasm and beauty I see in the world, to learn love, patiente, gratitude and laughter.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can host people on a separate room, maximum 2 at a time, but they need to be independent most of the time since i spend a lot of my time working and teaching througout Portugal.
I can give some advice on public transport and places to visit if I´m around.
I try to do my best without loosing the focus on my work.
But I don´t consider myself a workaholic.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I´ve hosted and been hosted by some couchsurfers in the past but through hospitalityclub which I´m also a member of, the experience was always great, very rewarding and enriching.

Interests

love gardening, writing, photography,laughing,beeing happy and healthy, walking, medicinal plants,dancing,meeting new people,challengs and adventures,freedom....anthroposophy.Human and animal rigts associations.Ecological associations and permaculture.Satish Kumar, Vandana Shiva, seed saving groups.Organic food, saving the bees campaigns.
Most people are welcome in my home but specially dancers,gardeners,writers and artists in general,fun people who don´t see life as a burden but enjoy every moment of it or almost every moment...

• animals
• writing
• books
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• dining
• organic food
• walking
• gardening
• boating
• traveling
• socializing
• sailing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Any books about plants, permaculture, bees and gardening.Good photography books like "Lanscape within" by David Ward, "Life" by Hans Lanting or "Eddge of the Earth, corner of the sky" by Art wolf, Georgia O´keeff, Sebastião Salgado.
Good novels, historic romances,lots of portuguese and brasilian poets and writers like Mia Couto, Fernando Pessoa, Guimaraes Rosa, Clarisse Lispector, Antonio Ramos Rosa, Maria Teresa Horta,Raquel Ochoa, José Luís Peixoto, António Lobo Antunes, Lidia Jorge, Mário de Carvalho, Italo Calvino, Valter Hugo Mãe, José Eduardo Agualusa, Ricardo Araújo Pereira.....
Rather then specific films I shall name some directors I like:Jean Luc Godard, Fellini, Almodovar, Lars von Trier, Igmar Bergman, Margarida Gil, Tim Burton....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sailing across the Atlantic and around the Caribbean.
In the soft sound of the boat gently slidind the open Atlantic waters, the full moon is rising on one side of the horizon and the sun setting on the other, I just sit, comtemplate both and experience moments of total oneness, freedom and gratitude.
The other amazing things i´ve experience are the top of Machu Pichu, the glaciers of Switzerland and south Chile, the greek islands, trekking in the Himalayan mountains....Pico do Arieiro in Madeira island, Hot Springs in Furnas, São Miguel, Azores, islands again.

Teach, Learn, Share

Plants, seeds, books, photos and ideas.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Local communities, local culture, local food. Portuguese comtemporary literature. Plants and their uses. Lisbon botanical gardens and other places of interest. Sintra great gardens...

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, France, Greece, Guadeloupe, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, England, Portugal, Spain, United States

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