We are a couple with a super awesome, yet sometimes also crazy 3y/o. We have both lived communally / in community most of our adult lives.

Avi says, if you take the 'Artsy' and 'Engineering Nerd' stereotypes, throw in some happy-go-lucky tree hugging hippie, and add a bit of all around silly that sums up his personality fairly well. He is interested in all sorts of nerdy engineering, math, and science-y sorts of things, locally grown food, living and working in community, playing of various musical instruments, and of course hula-hooping.

Mari is really interested in wildcrafting, urban foraging, permaculture, yoga, nature-based spirituality, community building, social justice, biking, tiny houses/ intelligent use of space, science fiction, DIY, food justice.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We think it's a great resource, and have both surfed and hosted a fair bit. We enjoy meeting interesting folk, and have made some good friends via Courchsurfing.

Interests

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• singing
• diy
• dining
• yoga
• instructor
• gardening
• technology
• chess
• cycling
• engineering
• mathematics
• physics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Avi says: "I love all kinds of music. As an occupational hazard, I end up reading mostly science fiction and non-fiction science, but my personal library spans just about every genre of literature from technical manuals and textbooks to Spanish poetry and various holy books."

Mari makes a list:
Books - The Temple of My Familiar, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, My Year of Meats, Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers, The Carbon-Free Home, Toolbox for Sustainable City Living
Authors - Alice Walker, Ursula LeGuin, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, Daniel Quinn, Susan Weed Margaret Atwood
Music - Gotan Project, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Bela Fleck, Rising Appalachia, the Postal Service

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Mari says: "The pacific ocean on a full moon night
singing and storytelling around a fall campfire with friends."

Avi says: "I have brought life to inanimate objects... now, in more ways than one!"

Teach, Learn, Share

Things that Avi knows a lot about (or at least has enough interest in enough to have a modest knowledge of): Math, Physics, Electrical Circuit Theory, Computers, Chess / Strategy games, methods of Gardening without the use of artificial chemicals, the proper way to hug a tree as to maximize efficiency, how to be fun and silly and enjoy life (despite all the math and science). He also has a lot of work experience in teaching and tutoring elementary, middle school and college age students.

Mari has multiple certifications for home energy analysis - meaning she can look at a building, its components and energy systems (like the furnace and insulation), understand how they function together, and give recommendations to improve the function. She is interested in melding the "building science" professionalism with passive solar tech, natural building and reuse.
She is also a yoga instructor, and focuses mainly on therapeutic aspects and body safety.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Israel, Jordan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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