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Overview

  • 19 references 18 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Italian, Spanish
  • 61, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • setting up a permaculture cohousing
  • I'm a creative pro, and a children pysiotherapist
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

going to live more sustainable

ABOUT ME

I'm now designing and setting up a creative permacultural cohousing for 3 families in a beautiful corner of Italy.. The property is mine and the process has started: it's going to be my italian base.

Want to live in pleasant contact with nature, with time for creativity, study, moderate traveling.
Want to teach useful skills to children, grow my food, and be in contact with likeminded friends..

I love arts and creative activities..

I recently took a degree in physiotherapy for children.
Used to be a media designer for theatre, I'm now aiming toward sustainability and life quality. Visited some biomas of the world, traveling into my bubble capsule filled of hope...
I'm vegetarian, trying to not to add unnecessary pain to the living sphere.

I like hosting people from other countries and share experiences.

PHILOSOPHY

Reduce and improve, life is complex but pleasure is coming from simple things, like clean water, space, good air and landscapes, smile, music... It also comes from personal qualities and attitudes like comprehension, compassion, generosity, joy. I love the beauty of diversity and nature.
Trying not to behave like a biological robot, always looking for real reasons behind surface. Life is just offering me a couch: I'm an humble guest here.
I'm going to plant 10000 (1000 done already) trees, build a pleasant, respectful place, be creative, form a net of connected people..

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm open to share what I know, host people, give help..

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Beginning seriously: I've been a member from a couple of years, cause liked the idea a lot but not used the community services.. Hosted tens of couchsurfers with great joy .

Interests

Science, art, music, philosophy, children, zen, permaculture, social science, handcraft, reading, creating artworks, 3D animation, video, photography, medicine, community, energy, sustainability. As consequence I do a lot of reading and study, I need to alternate with physical activity like land work, biking, walking, exploring new places, swimming, volley..

  • arts
  • books
  • design
  • photography
  • beauty
  • dining
  • wine
  • vegetarian
  • walking
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • swimming
  • animation
  • communications
  • languages
  • medicine
  • science
  • social science

Music, Movies, and Books

too many of the three categories, it's unusual that a good quality book, movie or musical piece doesn't interest me. Of course "good quality" is a personal attribution.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My mind's eyes are full of images I've seen around the world, beautiful, scary, joyful and depressing, this would take a book..

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share beds as well as knowledge, affection, views, languages... I'll be able to teach sustainability, permaculture, design, photography.. With great pleasure!
learning is a daily activity: always open to learn something more or new..

What I Can Share with Hosts

You can come and be hosted, have a look to my place and projects.
Share a good wine, a walk, some work.
Please be aware that summer months (especially July and August, my place is busy with my children, ask in advance to know if I can host.
Permanence is minimum 4 days.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

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