I am from Donkin, Nova Scotia on beautiful Cape Breton Island, but now my wife and I are setting roots in Flon Flon, Mb with a baby on the way in Aug. 2016. We studied International Development at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS and both become secondary school teachers. We studied at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. I am presently enrolled at Brandon University for my mater's degree in Education Administration and my thesis will look at how to transform the Canadian education system through the use of digital tools. I am a teacher/carpenter/photographer who has lived, worked and travelled around the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have stayed in a lot of hotels and hostels in my years traveling around the world and I have come to the honest conclusion that there is no better place to stay then in someone else's house who shares the same interests and philosophy of life. Being from the east coast of Canada, I love to tell stories while listening and learning about other people's life experiences.

Interests

I hand dug a 25'x25' veggie garden and built a she-shed for my wife (cool greenhouse). I just started practicing yoga. I studied and worked as a carpenter as my first career. I enjoy reading about how to transform the Canadian education system and started exploring infographics. I am a life-long learner who loves using digital tools to work smarter and not harder. I love to snowboard on the west coast in two feet of powder and surf on the east coast on four-foot waves. I have traveled around the world and enjoy learning about environmentalism and sustainable living.

• environment
• yoga
• gardening
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• surfing
• snowboarding
• sustainability
• learning
• carpentry
• straw bale construction

Music, Movies, and Books

Barenaked Lades
Dead Presidents of the United States of America
The Young Novelists
Red Moon Road
Xavier Rudd
Coco Love Alcorn
The Fortunate Ones
Raine Hamilton

Zootopia
Anything Adam Sandler
Mama Mia
Dumb and Dumber
Little Miss Sunshine
Documentaries

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bought a 1978 Toyota Corolla from two friends for two plane tickets ($500) and started in Brisbane and drove south to Sydney, then Melbourne, north towards Adelaide, west across the Nullabore Plane to Perth, north to Broome, Port Headland, east to Darwin, then south to Alice Springs, east to Mount Isa and south back to Sydney, Australia with two friends in two months.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something and I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. Edward Everett Hale

When the rivers are all dried up and the trees are all cut down, people will only then realize that we cannot eat money. Wise Man (Prince EA)

People were created to be loved and things were created to be used the world is in chaos because things are being loved and people are being used (Dalai Lama)

What I Can Share with Hosts

A lakeside house on our own lake, organic veggies (seasonal), spoon and photography lessons, delicious smoothies and juices. We also offer a play structure and large yard, lounging in the lake, huge deck for relaxing, BBQ, clothing line, washer and dryer, fishing, boating, berry picking, geo caching, skating/hockey, and skiing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, China, Ecuador, Netherlands, Scotland, South Korea