CURRENT MISSION

My Soul says live. My Heart says love. My body says stretch. My mind says help the world move towards real sustainability.

ABOUT ME

The art of observation:

I see mushrooms binding soils and plants to benefit all life.
I see the changing of the forest management in our country and others too!
I see far sighted hopes and near sighted possibilities, probable and evolving!
I see Environmental visionary incorporating care for self, care for earth and sharing the surplus.
We don't have to be slaves to the land to enjoy a garden and the gifts it shares.
I see a hammock.
We can make connections.

I am interested in sustainable environmental stewardship through innovative combinations of economic ecology, biology and chemistry.
I want to be as excited as I feel.
But I am reminded,

We got a huge effort to make! ... So, get out your boots and trowels, and I can help remind you of the inspiration within yourself.

PHILOSOPHY

I pray with tobacco and believe in nature spirits. They are so real, and I am so grateful when they share communication with me.

I honestly believe people have capacity to be amazing stewards of this planet, that we can give back in a way that is positive. I am looking for people who believe this too, and who are learning ways to make this a practical reality

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am learning from old roommates! For example my roommate in Sweden posted our house up in Karlskrona. Other roommates have been enjoying traveling and making good friends... I have even met a host who have come to visit my roommate! Now i want to try finding out more about this amazing online community, which for sure, in my opinion, has a lot to do with Social Sustainability

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have lived many times in Community - OUR ECOVILLAGE, in Shawnigan Lake, BC, Canada; Lost Valley Educational Centre in Dexter, Oregon, USA; and in Community Houses, where 8+ of us live together.
Couch surfing is a way of life in these communities, I have couch surfed myself, normally with friends, but once with an amazing Swede named Jon. He had a haunted house. Seriously. But his elderly neighboors invited us over for dinner!!!! How cool?

Interests

Permaculture - apiculture, growing food in the forests
Baking (bread, cookies, treats, dinner)
Nature camping
General sillyness - and a bit of seriousness too, sometimes.
Scouting (yeah, like Boy Scouts or whatever, except I am a girl)

• arts
• dining
• baking
• gardening
• traveling
• camping
• surfing
• biology
• chemistry
• ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

You can visit some of my poetry here:
www.thecollaborativeword.blogspot.com

Enjoy :) I try to update it more than less

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The sparks of spirit erupting from Grandpa stones in a Lakotan Sweat Lodge. Oh Great Spirit you make me feel WONDER AT IT ALL!

Teach, Learn, Share

My professional experience included facilitating group processes, permaculture and gardening/ Currently I am working towards a bee apiculturist certificate, of a type of stingless bee that lives in central and South america. If you want to get geeky and talk about plants - I am your lady!
I can also share a lot of information about healing with whole foods.

Countries I’ve Visited

Macedonia, Serbia, Spain, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Spain, Sweden