CURRENT MISSION

To build a free online global classroom for sustainability education

ABOUT ME

As a child, I had an insatiable interest in nature. I wanted to trap everything so I could study and understand it. I also caught the entrepreneur bug early, which is evidenced by my unprecedented neighborhood cookie sale offer... Buy two cookies, get a free frog.

I did manage to €œgrow up for a little while with a real job in San Francisco updating the state energy code. Then I went back to nature and found a permaculture farm in Bolinas, California where I was the resident natural builder. Then I became an Organic Valley farmer and grazer in Wisconsin. Now I'm a starving entrepreneur, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Some of the things that really intrigue me are shamans, caves, and effective communication. Things I know a lot about include WordPress website design, sustainability, and traveling the world using frequent flyer miles (even if you don't have miles).

Personality Type: INFJ
Favorite Hobby: Playing Sports!

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that we're all much more similar than we are different, and life is more exciting when shared with passionate people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By offering good conversation and a friendly spirit. Oh, and always being ready for a game of pick-up.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have plenty of informal couch surfing experiences from hitchhiking through Canada, but nothing through this site. Perhaps my most memorable experience was being picked up in British Columbia by a young woman who took us back to her trailer, fed us, and gave up her bed for me! I tried to protest, but she wasn't having it.

Interests

Nature, Hiking, Sports, Local Food, Conversation, Wine, Collaboration, Gardening

• design
• dancing
• education
• dining
• wine
• gardening
• traveling
• coding
• hiking
• surfing
• sailing
• sports
• teaching
• entrepreneurship
• languages
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Elephant Revival, Mimicking Birds

Movies: Avatar 3D, Shawshank, Forrest Gump, Life is Beautiful

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seen: Red sunset after a long hard day of farming

Done: 4 day sailing trip on great barrier reef

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach growing food, permaculture design, lean startup principles, adwords marketing, landing page design, hitchhiking strategy, earning and redeeming frequent flyer miles, cribbage, and natural building.

I want to learn different styles of dance, languages, off the beaten path destinations, and what makes you come alive.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Guatemala, New Zealand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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