CURRENT MISSION

to graduate from moon school and start makin tides

ABOUT ME

i'm passionate about the environment, sustainable agriculture & land stewardship, philosophy, music, and literature. i love to be outdoors, hiking and identifying (especially edible) plants and teaching others to do the same. spent 2011 wwoofing in FL and NM and traveling all the way across the country with a kitten. recently spent 7 months doing a biodynamic farming apprenticeship through NABDAP in WA state, completed a permaculture design course and am a native plant steward in Seattle, WA. this fall, i'm headed to costa rica for an internship in natural building! :)

PHILOSOPHY

DO!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

did a bit of surfing and recommend it to absolutely everyone.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

have had absolutely phenomenal times surfing on the west coast and up into vancouver, as well as on a stop through chattanooga. every host and fellow surfer i've met has been unbelievably welcoming, hospitable, flexible and enlightening!

Interests

plants and insects, literature, watching Trailer Park Boys and real documentaries; hiking, camping, and gardening; painting, magic, playing the ukulele, and dancing (badly)

• insects
• literature
• design
• documentaries
• dancing
• environment
• gardening
• traveling
• painting
• magic
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• soccer
• agriculture
• ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

music: radiohead, animal collective, the books, glitch mob, tragically hip, neko case, flaming lips; electronica for dancing, folk for feelings

favorite authors are dfw, joyce, tom robbins, aldous huxley, hofstadter, ~*carl sagan*~, sometimes pynchon, barthelme and chekhov and philip k dick, bradbury and eggers and vonnegut for shorties, tolstoi, camus, malcolm gladwell, and i especially like to pretend that i can understand derrida.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

surfing with the nanaimo family in vancouver was one of the best weeks of my life. climbing that mountain in secondhand boys' soccer shoes was the ultimate in punishment + reward. helped build an outdoor kitchen in florida. milked goats in new mexico. rode on a float in the LA pride parade. backpacked in the badlands and the grand tetons.

Teach, Learn, Share

i know a bit about identifying and foraging wild edible plants, thanks to the tutelage of a brilliant ecologist i stayed with in florida and a stewardship program in king county, WA - my curiosity about nature is consuming, and i love to share my knowledge and enthusiasm with others. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States