I believe we all have a moral obligation to make this world a better one and take responsibility for our actions. We owe it to ourselves and benefactors to learn as much as possible, direct society to a sustainable path and steward the Earth we are blessed with. I strive to be a positive person and believe that attitude is everything. That alone will shape your life more than anything else.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To learn more about the world through meeting people of any backgrounds. Staying with a local really changes your experience of a place and hosting really refreshes or changes the way you perceive the place that you call home.

Interests

nature, nutrition, long-term travel/movement, running, walking, reading, art, simplicity

Music, Movies, and Books

goodreads.com - anthropology, history, nutrition, biology, ecology

Music right now: pantha du prince, gold panda, odesza, chris thile, film scores, tame impala, joe hisaishi

"After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, love and so on- have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear- what remains? nature remains." - Walt Whitman

"We must rapidly begin the shift from a 'thing-oriented' society to a 'person-oriented' society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered." - MLK Jr.

"There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something." - J.R.R. Tolkien

"“Armaments, universal debt, and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. If war, waste, and moneylenders were abolished, you'd collapse. And while you people are over consuming the rest of the world sinks more and more deeply into chronic disaster." -Aldous Huxley, Island

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I met Obama amd shook his hand during the 2008 primaries :o I run ultra marathons. My students occasionally blow my mind.

What I Can Share with Hosts

knowledge and perspective on food science, nutrition, attempting to assimilate to a foreign culture, midwestern US mentalities

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States