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  • 13 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, German; learning French, Spanish
  • 47, Other
  • Member since 2011
  • I (jasper) am a director, cameraman & editor and work...
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About Me

Here the last chapter of our life story:

In 2012, we (Jasper & Steph) embarked on a special journey that would turn our lives around. We visited many places where people lived in harmony with nature in a different, self-sufficient way. You can find information about our trip and the movies we’ve made along the way on: lemondrops.mobi

This trip finally led us the a piece of land to which we moved in 2013.

When we made a fairly impulsive decision to move to Spain in March 2013, there was nothing on the land except for a ruin and four chestnut trees. The plot, located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, had not been inhabited for forty years. So we had to create all basic necessities like a compost toilet, a drinking water supply, and places to sleep and cook. More info about us and the location: createyourown.es

But... This year we want to expand our horizon a bit and travel through Europe with a motor home. And it is not just the two of us, we are four now! Welcome to the world: Charlotte and Sam! For the the summer we are going back to The Netherlands to catch up with all our friends and family.

PHILOSOPHY

Happiness is when what you think, feel, say and do are in harmony.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. - Mark Twain

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We want to surf and host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We love it!

Interests

Having fun, enjoying life, travel, music, filming, all forms of art, documentary, permaculture, organic food...

  • arts
  • documentaries
  • environment
  • dining
  • organic food
  • traveling
  • blogging
  • music

Music, Movies, and Books

Check our morning shower music on spotify: spotify:user:oogstreling:playlist:3siUHFmKNgFltc2Re50vv8

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

That's definately the trip we currently did. Read all about it on our blog: www.lemondrops.mobi

Here's a summary:

In a Europe that is increasingly in the clutches of a financial crisis, where hope has given way to fear... we are looking for alternatives. Alternative ways to live, a different way of living together in tune with the environment.

Our journey will take us to various Eco-villages, Intentional Communities and other forms of mini societies.
Places that are often founded on an idealistic idea, attempting to create a form of “heaven on earth” and that sometimes function as a self-sufficient entity separate from the rest of society.

We want to find out what life is like in these places, how they are organised and what drives the people who live there. That is why we look forward to starting this journey, an exploration of new ways of life that will take us across South-West Europe in 2.5 months.

As we don’t want to keep this experience and our findings to ourselves, we intent to keep a video diary of the places we visit, which we will post on this blog (provided that we get their consent of course).

Teach, Learn, Share

During the the five years on the mountain we learned a lot about being self sufficient; Growing food, generating electricity, water management, ground works, (natural) building and permaculture.
Jasper can also help to make films/photos or give workshops about it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Azerbaijan, Croatia, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Netherlands Antilles, Romania, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Spain

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