CURRENT MISSION

finish my phd!

ABOUT ME

an unfocused ambition has always had me straddling various projects.
perpetual student: tackling a phd in geography, studying climate change+agriculture+farm needs in Hawaii.
myriad consultancies: city and rural planning, agricultural development, permaculture design
non-profit factotum: working to revive municipal socialism through leveraging conservation

data nerd, geospatial

supersistence, permaculture, talking philosophy with a drink in my hand.

i work with students in hawaii on gardening and sustainability projects, i work with communities internationally towards sustainable development.

i work to provide for all of my own needs (and some wants) which has lead to a diversity of experiences ranging from avid gardening to moonshining and a bunch more in between.

PHILOSOPHY

accept everything except everything

measure life by tears of joy

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

from assisi to asheville to amman

Interests

keeping myself busy and engaged so that i am always learning.

• agriculture
• languages
• permaculture
• urban planning
• data
• policy

Music, Movies, and Books

moving pictures: film noir is a favorite genre. the third man, a touch of evil, etc. beyond that, charlie kaufman always makes me smile.

moving music: i aim to new playlist every month (a diary of sorts) and am happy to share them. recent ones included kadjha bonet, kamasi washington, broken social scene, little dragon, khruangbin, and more.

moving words: cloud atlas, the one straw revolution, hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world. see also: tsundoku

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

the world is a bountiful place:

night diving for lobster in vanuatu.
harvesting taro streamside in hawaii.
full moon gazing over to the eiffel tower in paris.
hidden pools in the sacred valley of peru.
toasting arak to desert sunsets in jordan.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: spent my 20s living as close to the land as I could, it learned me a few skills: waste systems, water systems, gardening, compostery, agroforestry, disaster prep/response. my 30s, thus far, appears to be more focused on policy, urban planning, research, and using data to tell stories.

learn: all the languages i can (this now includes coding langauges), even if it is just a few words..

share: ideas, drinks, recipes, work, laughter

What I Can Share with Hosts

tales of adventure (heard and told).
a place to stay in Hawaii.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Australia, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, France, Greece, Haiti, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, Peru, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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