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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Heading from Guatemala to Peru (or beyond) in a '78 Toyota Corolla!
ABOUT ME
I am a conservationist and soil scientist by training and photographer and videographer by passion. I have a keen interest in environmental sustainability and the part food production plays in this.
This strange mix of interests and passions has seen me creating images for commercial clients, shooting a nude calendar to raise funds for Bangorâs botanic gardens, shooting a bunch of UK festivals and analyzing thousands of soil samples and running a community cafe.
Most recently, my passions took me to Guatemala to capture images, create videos and test soil for Semilla Nueva, a sustainable agriculture NGO. You can check out some of my work about their work here, here and here.
Working with Semilla Nueva has given me a glimpse of some of the issues that are felt by small-scale farmers in Guatemala and no doubt echoed around the world.
PHILOSOPHY
Don't be bored
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I am travelling South in a classic car, meeting people and hearing their stories.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have had great experiences both hosting and surfing in the UK and Mexico.
Interests
I love traveling slowly overland and meeting people. I photography and film making too. And cooking. And eating. And learning Spanish.
- photography
- film making
- festivals
- dining
- cooking
- running
- traveling
- socializing
- hunting
- surfing
- agriculture
- science
Countries I’ve Visited
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Countries I’ve Lived In
Guatemala