CURRENT MISSION

Creating a food revolution in Ethiopia

ABOUT ME

Well, my name is Leon, I was born in the Netherlands. I've lived in Holland for the first 18 years of my live. In these years I traveled a lot from different houses and learned that there are nice people living in every street. So after I left high school I wanted to meet some people in streets in different regions on the planet.
So i started to hitchhike in 2007. I went threw Europe to Turkey. From here I flew to India and after that I went to Nepal.
After this I went back to school (Forest and nature preservation).
Soon I started to work as a entrepreneur to practically implement solutions for the challenges I had encountered during my travels.

PHILOSOPHY
Create a better world and live your life up to the max of satisfaction.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

All couch surfers are welcome to stay at our farm in The Netherlands when I'm in Holland!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great stay in Berlin during New Year.
Looking forward to more experiences!

Interests

Laugh, nature, meeting nice people, going out, making the world a better place, eating, drinking, swimming, free-climbing, free-running, thinking, learning interesting things, reading, playing and a lot more!

• dining
• running
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• rock climbing
• swimming
• entrepreneurship

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: De vliegeraar, Het voeren van de rat, Het oneindige vergaal, De oorlog der zielen,de scheepsjongens van Bontekoe, De nacht van de machette, Het voeren van de rat, Extreem luid en ongelofelijk dichtbij, Het zijn net mensen, Achter de muur.

Movies: Motorcycle Diaries, The Black Dalia, Ober, requiem for a dream, Where back,

Teach, Learn, Share

Climate change. This is a topic I've been learning about for several years now. The more I learn about it the more I discover how big the planet we live on is.
Currently I am working as an entrepreneur to solve energy and climate challenges in the developing world, now focusing on Ethiopia.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Travel experience from about 40 countries, knowledge on sustainable development, stroopwafels.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ethiopia, Netherlands