ABOUT ME

I enjoy living on the west coast of the United States while practicing architecture / design and incorporating permaculture and sustainable urban design and intentional communities. I'm a California Naturalist and love spending time getting to know my animal and plant neighbors.

PHILOSOPHY

â€density should not be measured by the amount of people per acre, but by the amount of social interaction per acre” -Teddy Cruz

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hosted many couch surfers and love meeting new people. I enjoyed couchsurfing while touring Belgium by bike last year.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We have hosted so many amazing couchsurfers in our 12 person co-opertive living house. Meeting everyone and learning about their work or projects has been fascinating. We love sharing our large communal kitchen and food.

Interests

Biking (touring, recreation and transportation), Climbing, AcroYoga, Deep Nature Connection, Permaculture, Urban Design, Intentional Communities, Contact Improv, long boarding and snowboarding, architecture, design

• birds
• architecture
• design
• yoga
• gardening
• traveling
• cycling
• snowboarding
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Some books I like are The Fifth Sacred Thing, Gary Snyder, My Name is Chellis, Braiding Sweetgrass, Everything by Author Sylvia Lynstadt particularly Tatterdemalion and The Wild Folk.
The movies [[Greendale]] by Neil Young and [[Monumental]] with David Brower are favorites. Monumental has gorgeous old footage that David Brower took himself and a great soundtrack.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled to Curitiba Brazil and studied sustainable urban design. I like to travel with my brother and we have done some epic trips together including Cuba and Black Rock City.

Teach, Learn, Share

Sauer Kraut making, Cob Oven Building, Gardening, Building Design, Community Design and structure, Yoga and AcroYoga

Have learned some, but would always like to learn more about herbalism, plants and birds.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cuba

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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