heads up - I've been inative for a few years so this is all out of date. But i enjoy seeing what I wrote back then so I'm keeping it for a bit longer :) I now live in Oakland Ca and am the director of an intergenerational leadership non-profit.

CURRENT MISSION

Find and connect people who are involved in alternative social change work! Mostly to learn about people everywhere, but I'm particularly excited about using myself as an boundary spanner between different radical communities.

ABOUT ME

I am traveling, work-trading, and organizing (in a broad sense) all over the darn place. If you are a human, there is a lot I want to learn from you! I got involved with organizing after years being a biology student, and everything changed. Now I want to do what I've informally been doing for years - visiting, studying, and getting involved with various ways people are fighting oppression and creating liberation! These are broad words with lots of meanings, so maybe we should just hang out and talk instead. But here are some details.

I facilitate dance and fermentation workshops a bunch.
I spend lots of time work-trading at homesteads, ecovillages, primitive skills gatherings, and various off-grid permaculture spot.
I teach garden education and want to learn more about experiential learning.
I wanna help you with your projects! Probably. But I'm super excited about community arts, urban agriculture, permaculture, making stuff happen.
I like parades.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

just surfing right now as I don't have a stable spot myself. I am especially interested in work-trade situations and homesteads of all sorts.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

positive in all ways

Interests

sunlight
dance (most importantly ALL, but mostly experimental, contact improv, dance jams, a smattering of belly dance)
computer music (like funky controllers and 10-minute amp-only solos)
all music (but there's so much I haven't heard! i'd love to hear it!)
cooking
fermentation and pickling of all sorts
more things

• arts
• dancing
• education
• cooking
• gardening
• traveling
• pottery
• music
• surfing
• agriculture
• biology
• teaching

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

i saw a frog the size of a pencil eraser when i was 6 and in disney land. i danced with it on my finger in the rain, which was also the first time i ever felt warm rain. it was pretty awesome.

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach you how to throw a bowl on a pottery wheel!
or to whistle particularly melodically!
or to make very delicious jams and pickles!
contact improv jam anyone?
start a garden and maybe build a composting toilet?
work on facilitation skillz and movement building/community organizing stuffz?
i also would love the chance to brush up on my
bellydancin skillz and teach you some of that
i am also very fond of discussing cellular biology.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Israel, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States