My name is Pedro, 26. I'm a biologist from Brazil now pursuing a master's degree on applied ecology at the University of São Paulo. I'll be attending the University of British Columbia in Vancouver as an exchange student from January 28 to August.

I'm an easy going, quiet person. I like reading at home, cooking, watching movies and documentaries and going to the church... Gardening, mountain biking and camping are my favorite hobbies.

I enjoy working the land and dream of living with my family on a farm in a quiet and beautiful place.

For the last two years I've studying and doing research about sustainable agriculture, specifically on the question of how we might reconcile ecologically sustainable and socially suficient food production with just livelihoods for farmers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet interesting people, share stories and dreams and food and drinks, and get free nightstays! I want to host once I settle for a bit and have a place to share.

Interests

• reading
• traveling
• music
• tea
• permaculture
• motorcycling
• jesus
• god
• motocross
• political philosophy
• agrooecology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Bible; Into the Wild; Walden; The Pilgrim; Harry Potter; Narnia...
Music: classic rock, RHCP, brazilian popular music (MPB), christian hymns...
Movies: Star Wars, The Godfather, Into the Wild,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in Cuba for a month in 2013 with a group of friends from the university. We stayed in with native families and could experience the local culture for a bit.

Backpacked in Europe in 2011.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to share and talk about agriculture and agroforestry, permaculture and simple living, God and the mysteries of this world, politics and how to make the world less hard on poor and marginalized people

What I Can Share with Hosts

Gardening, agroforestry, travel stories, yoga, barbecue

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Cuba, France, United States