Books: Siddhartha, The Botany of Desire, Surfing the Himalayas, The Mud-Pie Dilemma, Throwing Pots, Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems. Movies: 180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless, The Drifter, Into the Wild, Blow, Anchorman, King Lines, and most informational documentaries. Music: Arizona, Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Beirut, The Band, The Beach Boys, Beck, The Black Keys, Bon Iver, Broken Bells, Buena Vista Social Club, Buffalo Springfield, The Cars, Cat Stevens, Coldplay, CSNY, Devendra Banhart, David Bowie, The Digable Planets, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine, Ugly Cassanova, The Shins.

Bicycling (touring) around the Puget Sound, Washington in the summer of 2008. WWOOFed in Mastatal, Costa Rica in the summer of 2009. Surfed and saw some amazing sea turtles in El Astillero, Nicaragua over 2011 winter break.