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Overview

  • 6 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Portuguese, Spanish
  • 50, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Community Building, Forest Farming
  • Bachelors Degree
  • From Chicago, IL, USA
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About Me

ABOUT ME
I love the forest, gardening, foraging, fungi, travel, hiking, culture, community, eating, fun, adventure, language, people, nature, music
someday i would like to live on a small forest farm
I travel and work on forest farm projects

PHILOSOPHY
Be kind!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I host couch surfers, but it has been a while.
I travel often, usually on farms or in hostels prefer to make local friends and learn culture

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I've hosted a handful and look forward to hosting more.
I've surfed on a few couches and hope to stay on many more

Interests

I travel working on food forest projects (permaculture) and community farms.
I love nature and being in the forest. Looking for wild foods. Learning about fungi (mushrooms) and local ecologies.
I'm usually hiking and eating!

  • culture
  • gardening
  • traveling
  • music
  • hiking
  • ecology
  • food
  • nature
  • mushrooms
  • forest
  • community
  • fungi
  • foraging
  • mutual aid
  • cooperatives
  • natural living
  • wild food
  • eco living
  • food security

Music, Movies, and Books

I love traditional musics from all of the world.
I mostly read books on nature and natural living, food and culture.
I enjoy all sorts of films, I love nature documentaries!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've planted hundreds of Fruit and Nut trees!
I've co-created food forests and mutual aid gardens to feed communities!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to learn local food, culture and ecologies (nature)
I can teach gardening, food forest creation, food foraging, mushroom identification and mushroom cultivation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share food, stories and whatever knowledge and experience i've acquired.
I can also join on on music jams on guitar!

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, India, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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