¡¡¡HELPERS NEEDED!!!
We get so many couchsurf requests, that we decided to only accept helpers (Wwoofers, help-x, workawayers), that help us build our guest houses (you need to have skills as a WOODWORKER, CARPENTER, MASON, BRICK LAYER, PLUMBER, ELECTRICIAN) and help in the household. Please only write us, if you want to stay and help (only some two hours a day or so).

CURRENT MISSION

I want my four children to get to know people from all over the world and perceive other languages and cultures as something normal. We are homeschooling/unschooling/educating at home and want to meet other families who do.

ABOUT ME

I live together with my wife, my children and our WWOOFers.

I have a parent from Spain and a parent from Germany, thus I speak both of these languages fluently.

I don’t like borders and nations. We are one world of humans, although with interestingly different cultures and habits.

PHILOSOPHY

Everything is allowed as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody.
Try to repair and reuse everything (my understanding of permaculture).
Help others who need help.
Save the world and make it better.
Free information (e. g. wikipedia) and free software (e. g. linux) for everybody. (“free” as freedom not as free beer.) No television (info monopol), more independent media. And free and detailed maps for every region of the world (openstreetmap).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing and hosting.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

No bad experience till now. Mostly very interesting surfers.

Our house was always full of visitors. Now with couchsurfing there are even more and from more different regions of this world.

Interests

I like riding bicycles, to play with children and youngsters (I’m still a child).
I like to do handicrafts (wood, electronics, bikes).
I’m very interested in other cultures and languages.

• organic food
• electronics
• cartography
• communications
• languages
• software
• freedom
• permaculture
• crazyness

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: drum’n’bass, hiphop, raggae, french music (Tryo), music from Mali (Amadou & Mariam), Nine inch nails, anything danceable, beautiful music (e. g. »Arrival of the Birds«)

Movies: Ace Ventura, Interstellar, Blue is the warmest colour

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

• When I saw the birth of my children

• Built a skate park in my living room; see pictures on my website http://erikstreb.de/fotos/

Teach, Learn, Share

• teach: how to eat only organic food although one has little money (difficult here on El Hierro, if you don’t grow your own food)
• teach: how to live without a car but with bicycles
• teach: how to use free software, e.g. linux, inkscape, gimp, openoffice, programming, …
• teach: how to repair electronics
• teach: how to repair bicycles
• learn: how to “educate”/deal with children in other cultures

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Spain

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