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Montesquieu-Volvestre, Occitanie, France
@PETELORIEN
Member since 2011
CURRENT MISSION Constructing a prototype of a house with compacted straw-bales ABOUT ME I am retired and very talkative though I welcome being asked to stop. I can be humorous in the right company. I am concerned about climate change and attacks on human rights wherever they occur. PHILOSOPHY Independent Taoist Quaker. I am a thinker following the ideas of Gandhi, Edgar Morin, Gilad Atzmon. I believe in Freedom meaning, being responsible for yourself; Justice, meaning the right to fair treatment for all; Peace, meaning solving conflicts using non-violent means.
Interested in Cycling
Interested in Human rights
Fluent in English
1 Vouch
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING My house is open to those who pass. I want to visit interesting people on my bike. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I have slept on other people's couches since adolescence. I appreciate the welcome that I received.
Music, Movies, and Books
La Belle Verte, Amazing Grace,The Last Station. Piano Sonatas, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Indian & Chinese classical. The Method, Governing the Commons, Children of the Earth, The EmperorâÃâ¬Ãâ¢s New Mind, Paulo Cohelo, Bernard Shaw, The Wandering Who-Gilad Atzmon.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I cycled to the south of Portugal from near Toulouse last winter. I discovered how to build with earth, trees and straw around 20 years ago. At age 65 I discovered that I have siblings in Australia and cousins in Belgium and France.
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach construction with natural materials, gardening and composting. I want to learn how to make the world a better place. I can share my experiences and my produce. I am promoting a new method of building with compacted straw-bales to be called 'Paillepacte'. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wxitcid3ggi60yj/The%20Paillepacte%20House-introduction_flyer.pdf En français : https://www.dropbox.com/s/it45cda7x3x81va/La%20Maison%20Paillepacte-introduction_d%C3%A9p.pdf
My Interests
Climate change, human rights, non-violence, ecological construction and living, computers, science, reading, music, films, gardening (no-digging, organic, permaculture), my family.
