I'm an experienced solo traveller who loves new experiences and is full of curiosity about new people. I've done lots of wwoofing and workaways at some pretty incredible places, both with people who are quietly escaping the world and with people who are doing anarchist surgery from inside the system. I'm vegan, got no allergies or special needs. I love socialising but also desperately need introvert time every few days, and I find I can adapt pretty easily to the vibes of the host and house that is hosting me.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people, hear interesting stories, learn lesser-known facts about places and dip my toe into interesting projects.

Interests

trees, sci-fi, weird art, board games, cooking vegan noms, dumpster diving, herbalism and edible weeds, learning Swedish, learning Finnish, participatory festivals, learning new facts and experiencing the world from other peoples' perspectives, wwoofing, conservation campaigning and activism, radical intentional communities, whisky, silliness, anarchy and democracy, learning to fix bicycles, creating the reality I want to live in, polyamory and relationship anarchy (I practice one or both of these depending on your definition), drinking coffee with a lovely friend in a little patch of sunlight shining on the gutter, with weeds between my toes.

• birds
• arts
• festivals
• cooking
• coffee
• vegan
• technology
• board games
• dumpster diving
• sailing
• journalism
• boardgames
• nature conservation
• wildlife conservation
• science-fiction

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Folk a la Bela Fleck, Chris Thile, Ben Sollee, Bei Bei, Kruger Brothers, Julian Lage etc. The Mountain Goats; Eric Taxxon; Wintergatan; Carbon-based lifeforms, Boards of Canada, Russian Circles, Oceansize, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, the Knife, and lots of random ambient electronic stuff.

Movies: 'it's such a beautiful day' by Don Hertzfeldt, 'Zero Theorem', 'Children of Men', The Shape of Water, Pan's Labyrinth, the 5th Element, Hackers, Ghost in the Shell, The Cell

TV: Black Mirror, Westworld, The Good Place, FMAB,

Books: Walkaway by Cory Doctorow, Landmarks by Robert McFarlane, Feral by George Monbiot, Saga by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples, Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie, The illuminatus trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, and the Steampunks' Guide to the Apocalypse by Margaret Killjoy. Big fan of China Mieville.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Overcome a lot of social inertia and mistrust to put myself in the way of serious amounts of joy, friendship and bizarre experiences.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can talk at length about English, science fiction, consent, polyamory and relationship anarchy, consensus-based decision making, non-violent communication, and community organising. I can teach you how to darn your socks and read runes.

I'd love to practice my Swedish more, help out on another Earthship build, learn to build water filtration systems and other appropriate technology/post-apocalyptic systems, learn about plant identification and herbalism.

What I Can Share with Hosts

An enthusiastic board games player, some medium-good vegan cooking, help fixing something around the house or cleaning out and reorganising a fridge. Drawings of beetles and birds.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, United States, Viet Nam, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom