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Overview

  • 4 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, German
  • 39, Female
  • Member since 2009
  • Herbal Medicine Student
  • Westminster University
  • From Houston, TX
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

'Buy land, they're not making it anymore' - Mark Twain

ABOUT ME

I'm a currently a western herbal medicine student at westminster uni, aiming to learn as much as I can so I can then teach as many people as I can how to do it themselves, become empowered and responsible for their own health, become less reliant on centralized beaurocracy, and in turn to take a little bit of heat off the good ol' NHS. Whew! Big dreams, but hopefully I'll get a little bit done one day. I'm also an amateur botanist and love going on long plant identification walks, long distance cycling/camping,and loving what's left of nature. Personality-wise, I'm pretty quiet, though talkative if you get me started on plants, herbs, or anything I'm interested in. I highly value empathy, respect, non-judgmentalness and open communication and aim to encompass this towards everyone I come across. I also think that a good joke can make just about anything better.

PHILOSOPHY

"Try to remember always just to have a good time"- Panda Bear

Interests

the world, freeconomy, plant identification, foraging, human/e medicine, learning how to sail soon so I can see the world fossil-fuel free, squatting, DIY EVERYTHING!

  • diy
  • gardening
  • cycling
  • camping
  • sailing
  • medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Benny and Joon, Amelie, Never Ending Story, So I married an axe murderer..., Waking Life,
Tom Robbins, Douglas Adams, Danny Wallace
Talking Heads, Beirut, Of Montreal, Elton John, Panda Bear, Animal Collective, Beck, Human Highway, Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead, Fiona Apple, Blossom Dearie, Dolly Parton...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When kids point at you and yell "BIKE!"

Teach, Learn, Share

can share and would like to learn more on bike maintenance, camping, gardening, sustainability, self sufficiency, living without money, any kind of instrument, I need to learn how to sail!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

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