CURRENT MISSION

I'm currently studying a masters in renewable energy engineering in Germany

ABOUT ME

Hmmm I've had to produce a write up about myself a few times. I'm still discovering who I am exactly. Take a look at these links first:

http://tinyurl.com/yb2ecy3

http://eurec.wordpress.com/about/

I'm married to Joanne and we have two beautiful children, Bronwen and Jürgen.

If you want to see more pictures of us go here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/roy.emmerich

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in Jesus Christ as my personal saviour. Although I grew up Catholic I'm no longer affiliated to any particular denomination. I don't subscribe to the traditional Christian viewpoint of subduing the earth. I believe one of my purposes on this earth is to teach people how to respect it by living a simpler life. I also hope to teach my two children to be good stewards too.

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a new member to CS (as of November 2009) although I've done a fair bit of informal couch surfing in my time...before CS was available ;-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Well I spent 3 years travelling around the world after I finished my engineering degree in 1994. I've had many unofficial couch surfing experiences but the most memorable one was in New Zealand. I was cycling along a 4x4 route along a very remote section of coastline and needed a place to pitch my tent. I stopped in at the nearest farmhouse to ask permission to camp and instead was invited to stay the night at the farmhouse. That night I feasted on home made mutton sausages and freshly caught crayfish! Hospitality I will never forget.

Intereses

My family, cycle touring, open source software, permaculture, fly fishing, linux, renewable energy, drinking good red wine, reading a good book, www.ted.com, figuring things out, the transition towns concept, playing the guitar (but I'm no pro)

• books
• wine
• red wine
• drinking
• flying
• reading
• traveling
• guitar
• cycling
• fishing
• camping
• surfing
• engineering
• software

Música, películas y libros

I enjoy watching documentaries focussing on global warming, peak oil etc., I enjoy reading Barbara Kingsolver's novels...come to think of it I haven't recently had the time to read a good book...this will change soon.

Algo increíble que he hecho

The two glaciers on the South island of New Zealand, Hanz Josef and Fox.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Renewable energy stuff. If you want to know how an inverter works...

Países que he visitado

Australia, Austria, Ireland, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe

Países en los que he vivido

Australia, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom

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