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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning French, Quechua, Spanish
  • 54, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Permaculture designer, mind mapper, researcher, gardener.
  • Permaculture, Ecology, IT and Communications
  • From Edmonton
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Find work in eco-design, renewable energy.

ABOUT ME

Enjoy life on the road, but also being in the garden. Currently looking for a project in Canada to get involved with - renewable energy or eco-design.

I have recently returned to Canada from South America where I was installing solar panels and trying to help out some remote communities.

PHILOSOPHY

Water is a marvelous metaphor for life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate as someone who likes to share useful ideas and resources. I try to give back through helping people in any way they need. When I'm settled, I am definitely going to be hosting. Good wine, good food, good people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing will save the world! In Canada, Ecuador, Peru. I have had amazing experiences. Worlds have openned up because of my Couch Surf networking. The impossible became possible, and enjoyable.

Interests

Good food and good friends, loving life and big hearts.

  • design
  • dining
  • wine
  • gardening
  • technology

Music, Movies, and Books

Sacred Economics - Charles Eisenstein
Awakening the Dreamer - Pachamama Alliance
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
=3 -- ya, I admit it, makes me laugh.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Living in Comuna de Rhiannon in Ecuador. Taj Mahal. Machu Picchu. World Trade Centre, Kashmir.

Teach, Learn, Share

Awakening the Dreamer: www.awakeningthedreamer.org
Open Space Technology: www.openspaceworld.org
solar panel systems; living off-grid; sustainable living; Permaculture Design.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Moldova, United Kingdom

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