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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 35, Female
  • Member since 2012
  • Produce Enthusiast at the local co-op
  • Studied Sociology and Latin American Studies at Grinnell ...
  • From Lincoln, NE
  • Profile 75% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To WWOOF across the world, growing food wherever I go.

ABOUT ME

I worked for a year at the local organic foods co-op and loved it and the community surrounding it. My current life's dream is to move out to the country and grow my own food, and travel the world in between. I'll be backpacking and WWOOFING in Southeast Asia and New Zealand as a solo woman beginning in August until sometime around March and I couldn't be more excited!

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in simplicity, self-sufficiency and doing everything in our power to protect the stunning diversity and wonder of the planet we live on. The most amazing moments of my life have all involved natural wilderness - hiking in the mountains, canoeing or kayaking on secluded lakes or rivers, sleeping under the open stars in the mountains etc. Few things strike awe in me like being alone, or with a close friend, seemingly beyond reach of human civilization.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For now just seeking to meet and connect with new and interesting people the world over. And when I finally find myself with my own couch, it will be happily open to company, as well.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have not yet officially surfed or hosted through this site, but I have met lots of surfers, heard lots of stories, and have good friends who host. And I've frequently "surfed" on the couches of friends around the country.

Interests

I love sociology, organic gardening/farming, good food, traveling, reading fantasy and science fiction, being active and outdoors/outdoor adventure, board and card games (Scrabble, Settlers of Catan, Cards Against Humanity, the list goes on), playing piano, hiking, biking for transportation and fun.

  • dining
  • organic food
  • gardening
  • politics
  • reading
  • traveling
  • piano
  • violin
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • canoeing
  • kayaking
  • science
  • sociology
  • volunteering
  • wwoof
  • lakes
  • rivers
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Harry Potter, Prodigal Summer (Barbara Kingsolver), Obernewtyn Chronicles, the Hunger Games and many more!

Movies/shows: Lord of the Rings, Rent!, Batman, The Notebook, anything by Hayao Miyazaki, Disney's Pocahontas and Mulan and Tangled, Full Metal Alchemist (original and Brotherhood), Buffy, and a bunch of others

Music: Musicals (Rent!, Les Mis, Aida, classic Disney, etc.)and a big hodgepodge of other stuff that falls into lots of other ill-defined categorical boxes.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In October of 2009, I spent a week volunteering on a WWOOF permaculture ranch/farm in South Dakota. We slept outside, woke with the sun, cooked good food in an outdoor kitchen, "sticky-strawed" a strawbale building, learned about permaculture, and climbed bluffs out on the range to see the pasture and Badlands laid out before us and in the distance. That was the time and place I began to discover my passion for food sustainability and first considered farming as a life option.

Teach, Learn, Share

I play piano and violin. My most recent attempt to get back in touch with my creative side involves making friendship bracelets! I love to talk sociology, food politics, how to better the world we live in and, of course, exchange travel stories! I have spent 8 months in Latin America - Ecuador and throughout Central America and love talking about it! :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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