I want to travel the world, meet new and interesting people, volunteer, teach, and learn.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would love to visit Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Madagascar, India, Rojava, Palestine, Holland, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Greece, Seychelles, and Mauritius.

Interests

Reading, writing, conservation of the natural world, anarchism, environmental and social justice, indigenous cultures, rewilding, reforestation, bushcraft, homesteading, woodworking, permaculture, food forests, playing music, running, hiking, climbing mountains, chilling on the beach, traveling, learning new languages, good food and beer, good television, film, and comedy. I used to skate, surf, and snowboard and I miss them sometimes.

• writing
• books
• cooking
• beer
• running
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• rock climbing
• languages
• volunteering
• beaches
• mountains
• nature
• organic gardening
• environmental justice
• anarchism
• anarchy
• mutual aid
• secular humanism
• indigenous cultures
• antifascism
• anticapitalism
• being in the sun
• food sovereignty
• antiracism

Music, Movies, and Books

Books and authors: Anarchy Works, War is a Racket, God and the State by Bakunin, Living My Life by Emma Goldman, Homage to Catalonia by Orwell, Peter Gelderloos, Charles Cobb, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Are Prisons Obsolete?, Occupy, the Monkey Wrench Gang, 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance, the Great Gatsby, Pretty Good House, the Not So Big House, The Universe in a Nutshell, A Brief History of Nearly Everything, almost everything by Carl Sagan: Cosmos, Pale Blue Dot, Dragons of Eden, the Demon Haunted World, Billions and Billions, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, and many more.

Film: Zeitgeist, Tapped, The Corporation, Youth in Revolt, Manufacturing Consent, Children of Men, Heat, Don't Look Up, Brazil, Up, Inside Out, many others.

Music: I like pretty much all kinds of music from soul to blues to classic rock, to classical to old school rap. Some of my favorite artists are Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, the Who, Sublime, Lupe Fiasco, Kid Cudi, Eliades Ochoa, Yorgui Loeffler, Bireli Lagrene, Andres Segovia, Wechekeche Ñi trawün, Ruben Gonzalez, Leo Kottke, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Sinatra, Hank Williams, The Beatles, Tame Impala, MF DOOM, Nas, Bambu, Gang Starr, Ruby Ibarra, Mos Def, any music that sounds good in a language I can't understand because sometimes it feels good to just shut off your brain.

Many others...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I helped clean out a polluted river with a watershed council. We removed several truckloads of trash and tires out. Not sure if that's amazing but it was very rewarding. I've also donated hundreds of pounds of food I've grown to soup kitchens and Food, Not Bombs. I helped build two affordable net-zero homes for low-income families with a nonprofit. I wrote a book and have been blogging about current events, capitalism, the state, colonialism, and anarchism since 2011. If you're interested to check it out, feel free to ask me the name.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A listening ear, cooking skills, good conversation about life, politics, science, permaculture, and history. I have been a lead carpenter for many years, so I know a lot about homebuilding and remodeling. If something in your house needs fixing, there's a decent chance I can fix it if you have the right tools and materials.

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States