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Overview

  • 10 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Telling stories with my camera
  • a conservation degree and a masters in soil!
  • From Gloucestershire, UK
  • Profile 85% complete

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 Bangor’s 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

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