When I was 12 I wrote for school: "If we don't become more like the Indians -more cooperative in our relations- we will destroy ourselves." I didn't know about climate change, but I could FEEL. I worked in solar heating in the late 70s: http://evanravitz.com/solar. In 1989 I started working for direct democracy, first by a Boulder, Colorado ballot initiative for Voting by Phone and starting in 1995 at vote.org which is now moved to http://evanravitz.com/vote.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

At 63, thanks to the internet and downsizing my life , it's fun to travel and live in different places. You always meet the best people outside the usual tourist circuit. I'd rather be part of people's lives instead of that. To me life is an experiment, not a routine.

Interests

Yoga. I've practiced most days since 1979 and teach informally.
Backpacking. I guide serious packers to 2 remote hot springs in Mexico's gigantic Copper Canyon: http://evanravitz.com/paradise-trips/ and spend a LOT of time at the highest hot spring in N. America: http://evanravitz.com/conundrum-hot-spgs/

• yoga
• traveling
• bouldering
• backpacking
• tourism