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Overview

  • 7 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Spanish
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Water Supply, Sanitation, Ecotourism, Green Economy
  • Oxford alumni
  • From Ravensburg
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Gain management skills at the Warsaw Business School

ABOUT ME

I am an outgoing, highly adaptive and reslient person who enjoys mingling with people outside his natural environment.

I love nature and good food.

PHILOSOPHY

All humans contain a divine seed, which awaits growth and development. The main function of a human life is to evolve toward, to reach for, to fulfill our greatest potential. Remaining less than our potential creates an imbalance in our psyche and causes dysfunctional behavior of all manner, followed by misery and suffering.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's going down! I think establishing the couchsurfing community was a brilliant idea. I very much enjoying all sorts of people! Some of them just let you stay in their apartment (in Amsterdam) without bothering! Most often you spend hilarious times with couchsurfers. I have been enjoying with these open-minded and easy going peers ever since.

Interests

As a naughty character I am naturally very curious. That's what keeps me travelling, working and studying in different places. I very much enjoy people and their (natural and social) environment, especially if they are from very different cultural background - sharing ideas and insights is of utmost importance in today's world. Moreover, the Global South is mesmerizing, I am interested in the green economy and science related to it.

  • wildlife
  • causes
  • environment
  • dining
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • business
  • economics
  • science
  • ecotourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Every kind of music is interesting! I'm curious to listen to any kind of music! My favorite music is: RJD2, German bands like Mutabor..., Kaminer, Bob Marley... oh there is a lot of music in which I'm interested in:-)!! Elektro and chorus as well as Drum n' Bass or guitar music. It depends totally on the atmosphere!!

My favorite movie are maybe: Clockwork orange, Blow, PI, Magnolia and so on... Once I saw a movie and two weeks pass I cannot remember anything! Weird!!

I'm very interested in reading, but ther is no special book I would prefer! I like John Grisham, Hermann Hesse, Paulo Coelho, Patrick Sueskind, Umberto Eco or Kenn Follet, Thoreau!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Amazon rainforest and the Himalaya mountain forest was stunning, my work in Chennai slums and my work with African governance.

Scary things: I got stabbed during field work - my everyday life is an adventure itself.

Teach, Learn, Share

I will be lecturing at the University of Namibia next year - Human - and Biogeography, GIS in wildlife management and Economics in Ecotourism. For now, I draw some skills from my back-to-the-roots life in Africa and my studies. Moreover, I have a vast amount of experiences, i.e. from clandestine stuff till policy making.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Greece, India, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Namibia, United Kingdom

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