CURRENT MISSION

ABOUT ME

Working on new forms of community development (www.commongoals.co). Hoping to meet interesting people and those active in community organizing/development, activists, artists, and hackers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In a past apartment, we hosted a good amount of couchsurfers. I have also gone to some couchsurfer gatherings around nyc.

Interests

Interested in possibilities for community-scale production systems and urban planning and design. Also really like music, soccer, surfing, rock climbing, etc.

• design
• boating
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• rock climbing
• soccer
• swimming
• economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Sans Soliel, Memorias del Subdesarrollo, Century of the Self, Encounters at the End of the World, Inception, Kon Tiki, City of God, I Heart Huckabees, Idiocracy, etc.

Music - I like all kinds and would definitely like to exchange. Currently listening to lots of old rap, cumbia, folk, reggae, blues, etc.

Books - The Wealth of Networks, The Fire Next Time, Siddhartha, Ecocities, One Dimensional Man

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiked around Cuba, backpacked the perimeter of India, sailed and lived on a cheap boat on islands off New York's coast. Travelled by land from New York to Costa Rica.

Teach, Learn, Share

Programming, sustainable design, community economics, political theory.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Living on the beach in NYC

Countries I’ve Visited

Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Virgin Islands, British

Countries I’ve Lived In

Cuba, United States