CURRENT MISSION

To adventure, explore, and find people and places that I resonate with. To understand how we fit into the broader picture, and how we can live more harmoniously with each other and the world around us. To design and create spaces and places that bring people together. To settle somewhere, for at least a little while and put some roots in the ground, literally.

ABOUT ME

I love meeting new people and exploring new places. I play a lot of music, and find a huge amount of joy in the guitar and drums.

I love spending time outside doing just about anything: hiking, biking, swimming, snowboarding, yoga, climbing, surfing.

I'm currently working towards a masters in ecological design at a school called the Conway School in Massachusetts. I think it's unfortunate that "environmental impact" automatically has a negative connotation. I think its possible to develop systems (social, ecological, economic) where we thrive, not at the expense of the natural world, but as part of it. Where humans can actually have a positive effect on the ecosystems that support us, and that ecological footprint can actually be a good thing.

PHILOSOPHY

I think life should be enjoyed as much as it can be while it's here because its so much shorter than we want to think. And in that short time being here, why not just try to make things better for everyone and everything? Of course "better"may mean different things to different people, but I think in our cores, deep down, we all generally want the same things - connection, love, passion, meaning. Maybe thats just me. But I don't quite think so.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I haven't really yet but I'm really looking forward to meeting interesting and inspiring people, sharing stories and experiences with people that were only just strangers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far, although Ive done a bunch of traveling.

Interests

I play guitar, drums, sitar, and didgeridoo,
I snowboard in the winter and bike in the summer. I like trees and climbing in them. I like making delicious feasts. I love taking pictures, scuba diving, and creating things, whether building something or painting I love working with my hands. I'm also really interested in growing my own food and am dealing into the art of ecological design and permaculture.

• arts
• design
• dining
• yoga
• traveling
• painting
• music
• guitar
• drums
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• swimming
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Music
the jezabels, sigur ros, explosions in the sky, umphreys mcgee, why?, m83, the cat empire, dispatch, air, led zeppelin, saxon shore, broken social scene, mogwai, ravi shankar, this will destroy you

Movies
almost famous, biodome, super troopers, american beauty, avatar, anchorman, the village, the fountain, the dark night, inception, interstellar,

Books
ishmael, the alchemist, a short history of progress, Fahrenheit 451, kurt vonnegut, be here now

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Spending three months volunteering at a healing center in the Peruvian Amazon and working with several different medicinal plants of the rainforest

Teach, Learn, Share

I've been studying ecological design, permaculture, and agroecology for the past few years and love sharing the ideas and knowledge I've picked up along the way.

I love playing music and can teach guitar and some drums.

I'd love to learn more about building and timber framing.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A different perspective, many laughs, some meals, stories, and hopefully some great experiences.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, France, Italy, Netherlands, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

Barbados, Canada, United States