CURRENT MISSION

Responding to Climate Emergency - tackling high Global Warming Potential greenhouse emissions of refrigerant gases

ABOUT ME

Having founded a small association (see http://greencooling.org) earlier this year I work with industry, government and environment groups to promote climate friendly natural refrigerant solutions such as ammonia, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons. The high Global Warming Potential fluorocarbon refrigerant gases are a much bigger deal than most people realise, and replacing them is an urgent necessity.

I love getting out in the bush, big hills and the water, going new places, doing festivals and meeting people, raising kids and using technology better.

PHILOSOPHY

radical environmentalism with Buddhist tendencies?
Subvert the Dominant Paradigm
Exploit Charismatic Megafauna
Singing helps a lot...:-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I really enjoy being a host, and sharing some of the wonders of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, and am also looking forward to heading off again on further journeys...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Seasoned professional, in the days prior to the www, and have had a great time surfing and hosting using the online method, a truly wonderful way to explore the world! Great way to experience the customs of hosting and visiting, and the protocols of being manuhiri and tangata whenua!

Interests

Climate change action and peak oil, raising kids, Green politics, living lightly, bushwalking, vege food, bike riding, telemark skiing, sailing, paddling, climbing, reading, doing festivals, music and singing, and volunteer emergency service work to help my community adapt to increasingly frequent severe weather events.

• singing
• festivals
• dancing
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• politics
• technology
• reading
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• sailing
• skiing
• rock climbing
• telemark skiing
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Most of them, especially when I find time... especially of antipodean origin, and all world, folk, roots, reggae and pulsating electronic immersions.

Spooky Men's Chorale - www.spookymen.com.au
That 1 Guy - www.that1guy.com

Avid follower of the growing literature on the Global Ecological Crisis, and love a bit of history, don't read anywhere near enough novels...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Birth.
Ascent of Central Buttress of the North Face of Mt Hicks, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, Aotearoa/New Zealand...

Teach, Learn, Share

Campfire stories, cooking curries, tales of environmental protest and mountain climbing, experiential learning in the wilderness, lots of isms and doing the dishes... and the delights of life-long learning... and if there's no dancing after the revolution it's not for me.

check out an amazing story of the Karen refugee orphanage in Thailand very near the Burma border I've stayed at recently at www.bambooschool.org

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Canada, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand, United States

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