{volunteer} National Campaign Director, The Climate Emergency Coalition. Cliff also chairs the Environment & Climate Justice Committee of the TN Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Environmental Justice Committee of the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club. He also volunteers with the Xavier Green School Movement and teaching at Merritt College and the Mayan Environmental Education & Research Center in the Central Yucatan. He has served in consultative and guest researcher roles with a number of organizations including NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. He has developed student programs for environmental action and volunteered on the organizing team that drew 40,000 college students to NYC for the People's Climate March in September 2014. For Cliff, protecting the most vulnerable people of the planet from the "globalization of indifference" is a moral imperative that ultimately drives his dedication to climate mobilization.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

My passion is to reach out to people and build an international movement to mitigate climate change... while we still can. I also enjoy experiencing other cultures and peoples since I think of myself as more a citizen of the planet rather than any single nation.

Interests

science, climate change, climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, art, history, music, politics, social change, climate justice, environmental justice, human rights, indigenous rights, philosophy, religion, meditation, etc.

• arts
• education
• human rights
• recipes
• meditation
• clubbing
• shopping
• politics
• music
• teaching
• history
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Beethoven, The Beatles, Chicago, Taylor Swift. The Indigo Girls, David Rovics.
The Devil Wears Prada, The Holiday, The Day After Tomorrow. The Day the Earth Stood Still, Avatar.
The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the....
The Big Bang Theory [these are my people!].

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Back in the 1990's I co-chaired the higher education committee of the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, working under Commission Chair Coretta Scott-King to brand the federal holiday as a national day of community service. To this day, the King Holiday remains a "day on target" instead of a day off to go shopping. :)

Teach, Learn, Share

International perspectives on education, human rights, social justice, and climate justice.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Private bedroom with private bathroom. International connections in education, human rights, social justice, and climate justice. I also have a few recipes of excellence in my repertoire!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Macao, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Netherlands Antilles, Northern Ireland, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Philippines