CURRENT MISSION

Spreading love through growing food and appreciating imperfection

ABOUT ME

I work with sustainable agriculture in the global south, and use participatory, or collaborative, video to share information. I love working in groups using creativity to achieve common goals, and believe in the power of people telling their own stories. I love music, cooking with others, humor, camping, bonfires, fireworks, things that sparkle, people who laugh loudly, kindness, comfortable shoes, and drawstring pants.

PHILOSOPHY

Do it for the story.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have surfed couches in England, Italy, Zimbabwe, and the Netherlands and hosted while I was in Mozambique. All great experiences!!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed and spent time with couchsurfers in England, Italy, Zimbabwe, the Netherlands--incredibly positive experiences with fabulous people!! Hosted fantastic people while living in Mozambique, including travelling with couchsurfers who stayed with me. I've had a lot of unnofficial couchsurfing experiences as well--went to Australia knowing no one, hitched across twice, and only paid for a place to stay one night!!

Interests

Gardening, music, textiles, film, art, camping, learning to sail or be in anything that floats, cooking, wildlife, holistic medicine, permaculture

• wildlife
• arts
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• traveling
• painting
• music
• guitar
• camping
• sailing
• agriculture
• languages
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Sullivan's Travels, Cabeza de Vaca, Wintersleepers, The Girl in the Cafe, Spinal Tap, La Dolce Vita, The Passenger, Rushmore, Magnolia...
Books: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, Sexing the Cherry, Webster's Dictionary
Music: Neil Young, Flaming Lips, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Billie Holiday, Mel Torme, Modest Mouse, John Coltrane, Pixies, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Beethoven, Dwight Yoakam, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonius Monk, etc etc

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swam with spinner dolphins in Hawaii!!!!!!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Permaculture (though never an expert!), maybe some gardening (can always learn more!!), video stuff
Learn: Guitar, music stuff, languages, water-related stuff
Share: stories, gardening, building, cooking, painting, fire-stoking

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Ghana, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Indonesia, United States

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