CURRENT MISSION Chasing rainbows! ABOUT ME I like to notice those little things that are very beautiful, but easy to miss if you aren't looking. :0) One of my friends told me (as a complaint or compliment, I do not know): "Linda, you're interested in _everything_!" This is not true. But I do pride myself with a rather large capacity for enthusiasm. ;) I'm an easy-going and social person. Most of the time I'm positive and optimistic about what I'm doing. (Sometimes, though, I just want to drop it all.) My first couchsurfing experiences were in Ukraine during the spring and beginning of summer 2009, where I was doing anthropological fieldwork for my master thesis. I'm interested in the development of the environmental movement in the region (particularly volunteer organizations). I've spent quite a lot of time living abroad. I've lived a year in Northern Ireland, working as an outdoor education instructor. I've spent five months in Hanoi, Vietnam as an intern for the Swedish Embassy - I was working with the department of Environmental Issues and Climate Change. I've also worked in Nicaragua with environmental education and in Nepal I was working with organic farming and rural development. Right now I’m working in the north of Sweden for an NGO that works with young people. I am very interested in sustainable development and environmental issues.