CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to gain knowledge and uderstanding through my experiences.

ABOUT ME

My name is Thomas Cooper and am studying Sustainable Development, biology and music at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Eating organic food, cooking with care, and living an active life style helps me stay healthy, aware and alive. Laughing and smiling are my favorites pleasures life has to offer. Music is the most beautiful gift people have to share; therefore, I am always learning and playing music with various people.

PHILOSOPHY

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
Dr. Seuss

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My niche in the couch surfing project is that of a traveler.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

There is a world of infinite possibilities out there...

Interests

Living Sustainably: Riding bicycles and walking everywhere (practicing "auto-in-dependency"), growing organic foods, composting, water conservation, and reducing, reusing and recycling whenever possible.

Surfing: especially with the folks at Folly Beach, SC

Playing Music: guitar, bass guitar, banjo, harmonica, trombone and euphonium

• dining
• cooking
• organic food
• walking
• music
• guitar
• surfing
• biology
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Spiritual literature: Siddartha by Herman Hesse; The Four Agreements (toltec wisdom) by Don Miguel Ruiz; The Laws of the Spirit; Johnathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions by Richard Bach; The Prophet by Kahihl Gibran; The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho; The Good Earth by Pearl Buck

Movies: The Zeitgeist, What the Bleep Do We Know?, Slum dog Millionaire, The Bear, Into the Wild

Music: any... enlighten me.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States