I'm vegetarian but I'm nice!

I live with my wife Renata Gomez and my two kids, Nara Rosa (9 years old) and Ravi (6) in an ecovillage in the north shore of Ilheus, Bahia.

I support groups, collectives and organizations to plan and fulfill collaborative projects with support from Dragon Dreaming, Sociocracy S3, Design Thinking and Non Violent Communication.

I'm a specialist in ecovillages management and have lived for 4,5 years in Aldeia, an intentional community I co-founded in the rural area of Bahia, Brazil.

I teach and facilitate courses on collaborative management and provide consultancies to NGOs, foundations, startups, social businesses, self-management collectives and traditional communities.

I share what I learn and live at:
http://irradiandoluz.com.br/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to meet new people and share my skills and ideas, as well as learn about local cultures.
I believe sharing and learning new knowledge is one of the greatest purposes in life. I want to collaborate, share what I already experienced and experience new possibilities of collective projects.

Interests

• culture
• movies
• reading
• blogging
• guitar
• reggae music
• communications
• ecology
• economics
• entrepreneurship
• social science
• social work
• sociology
• ecotourism
• tv series
• intentional communities
• reading books
• social justice
• innovation
• collaboration
• sharing economy
• ecovillages
• social innovation
• community
• management
• project management
• nonviolent communication
• twitter
• brazilian music
• social entrepreneurship
• sociocracy
• dragon dreaming

Music, Movies, and Books

I love Reggae: Bob Marley & The Wailers, Groundation, Burning Spears, Israel Vibration, Peter Tosh....
I love Brazilian Music: Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Raul Seixas....
My favorite movies are: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring; Samsara; Koyaanisqatsi, Fight Club, The Arrival, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Matrix....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I cofounded an Ecovillage in Bahia, Brazil, and lived there for 4,5 year with my wife and two kids.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach collaboration and horizontal management, using Dragon Dreaming, Sociocracy S3, Non Violent Communication, Design Thinking and much more.
I have done my Masters in Ecovillage Management, and mapped over 101 intentional communities in Brazil.
I want to learn more about social sciences and sociology, as well as innovative social technologies.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer website creation using wordpress, website sysadmin, blogging, taking photographs, collaboration and horizontal management using Dragon Dreaming, Sociocracy S3, Non Violent Communication, Design Thinking and much more.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Palestine, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Canada, Germany