Childishly curious and intellectually obsessive!

I am a Zimbabwean, Zanzibari and multicultural hybrid, who has been in super sunny Cape Town for 8 great years. I am a Chemical engineer by paper but a creative at heart. Biomimicry (and design thinking) is my career direction - a unique way to be inspired by and use nature's lense to drive innovation, to push Africa's sustainability drive.

I currently manage a 4 floor co-creation space (for innovation) and I am project managing a long-term rooftop garden project. I am now to pick up a PhD in water purification... all while working on a start-up eeekkkk.
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I love to travel and stay super active. I enjoy hiking, swimming, cross fit, kloofing and anything I have not tried yet. I have tried everything from long-boarding (funny youtube moment behind that) to surfing, and my eyes set on rowing when I land in Germany later this year... ;p

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

After attending a recent event (Greenpop Festival) with an active couch-surfer and his past surfers (and now good friends) in Cape Town, I was intrigued by the sense of community that comes with engaging with fellow travelers and explorers. When traveling or moving to a new country - I am looking to ease myself into the new culture by interacting with and befriending outgoing and interesting people in an unfamiliar territory. I am excited about the meet ups, events and new friendships that can grow from this experience.

Interests

Keeping my mind and body active
Biomimicry
Sustainability
Eco-technology and Eco-solutions
Anything in the outdoors
News! Innovation news, Climate change news, New eco-inventions
Sustainable projects around Africa and abroad

• culture
• books
• design
• beauty
• festivals
• dining
• cooking
• fitness
• gardening
• boating
• technology
• news
• traveling
• bouldering
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• surfing
• rock climbing
• racquetball
• swimming
• rowing
• engineering
• squash

Music, Movies, and Books

Reading : I am currently reading "Antifragile" ; "Where good ideas come from"; Americanah and "this idea must die"

To read list: "Guns germs and steel" and "Systems view of life"

In my playlist: Rudimentals, ColdPlay, Nneka, Selah Sue ( favorite) and Kiesza. Some hiphop and deep house sprinkled in between.

Movies:
1) Sound of music
2) E.T
3) A beautiful mind
4) War house
5) Departed
6) How to train a dragon
7) Lord of the rings
8) Gladiator
9) Inglorious Bastards
10) Life of Pi

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I swam with Dolphins - with no gear in the middle of the Indian Ocean. I jumped onto a fishermans boat and went 2 hourEnlightenment era: we learnt about the laws of nature.

Entanglement: is the beauty that emerges from processes that are neither natural nor artificial.s out ... We spotted Dolphins and he said jump. I jumped - it was magical..

I hiked up lions head everyday for 2 months - managed to reduce my time from 1 hour to under 30 minutes - while losing 8 kilograms :p. I can be competitive - whops.

Teach, Learn, Share

I got this wrong the first time around ( see my old answer below). I was getting quite academic about it. Here is what I really want to share:

What I try to live by:
Don't sweat the small stuff - It's all small stuff
Learn from others and learn always

My worldly view:
The human-made world has lost touch with nature and fails to design sustainable "eco-systems" that work with and not against nature. We have been in the era of enlightenment, where we learnt about laws of nature and how to control it -which has lead to sense of entitlement. We should move into a sense of being in existence with nature - a state of entanglement.

"Entanglement: is the beauty that emerges from processes that are neither natural nor artificial."

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My old literal response below.. *yawn

I can teach:
Biomimicry principles
Squash
Fitness: Personal train and eating plans ( I do HIIT, hiking and weight lift - 4 years experience)
Swahili

I would love to learn
German
How to row
Skii
Bouldering
To play guitar
Permaculture ( I love nature - but plants don't like me)

I can share
Food - i like cooking
Health tips
My expertise in water ( some work)
Books

What I Can Share with Hosts

First of all my time and energy. I love to meet new people and engage in acitive social events

Some stuff I can also teach/ share
Fun times
Food - i love cooking ( more the eating part actually)
Health tips
My expertise in water ( some work)
Books
Squash
Fitness: Personal training and eating plans ( I do HIIT, hiking and weight lift - 4 years experience)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Botswana, Germany, Malawi, Mozambique, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe