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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Gardener-Permaculture style, dancer, ecologist, cook, act...
  • UC Santa Cruz Environmental studies department
  • From Lafayette, CA, USA
  • Profile 50% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I want to gain new perspectives,

ABOUT ME

I like to explore new places- I enjoy hiking in the woods, fishing, swimming at the beach, meeting and engaging with friendly people. I'm a big fan of dancing at clubs, drum circles, or anywhere where a drum is beating. When it's warm I like to show some skin!

PHILOSOPHY

Everything is interconnected, treat others with compassion, understand and accept, diversity is strength, come alive.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I learn by doing, will be shy until I get a little practice. I help out when I can (lifting heavy things, cooking, chores, baby sit). Getting creative and making things together!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Sleeping on friend's sofas as I pass through the neighborhood- I like it when we can spend a little time together, explore the area, I'll get them a drink or food and be on my way.

Interests

Local folk culture, ecology/nature, cheap eats, street art, music festivals

  • arts
  • culture
  • street art
  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • drinking
  • clubbing
  • music
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • swimming
  • ecology
  • beaches
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Quineanera, Mysterious Skin,The New World, KABOOM,Soul Food, Harold and Maude, the Dark Crystal
Music: Bon Iver, Explosions in the Sky, Alicia Keys
Books:The Little Prince, Rambunctious Garden, Agroecology

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I ran around the East Bay hills (Cali) as the dry grasses looked like fields of silver lit up by the moonlight. It felt very present.

Teach, Learn, Share

Community Building, trust

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