CURRENT MISSION

developing a Rainforest Project to protect and preserve the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous peoples, raw vegan lifestyle, nature, TRAVEL!

ABOUT ME

volunteered to support the Achuar, an indigenous ppl in the rainforest in ecuador, i volunteered there for a few months and am starting a Walk for the Amazon to raise money for a reforestation project, a health project, and sanitation project and to support their fight against petroleum destruction via "exploration"
i am vegetarian, love raw vegan
i love to travel, explore, adventure, culture
i am on a path looking to where it will take me on my next life adventure

PHILOSOPHY

life live in the moment, live simply, raw food natural lifestyle

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i love to host people and show them around, i have been an unofficial tour guide my whole life in chicago, i have hosted raw food speakers traveling across the country thru other informal networks, but similiar to couchsurfing. see next....

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i couchsurfed in New Mexico, New Zealand, HI, and Brasil!
also i have showed around a few couchsurfers in chicago

Interests

hiking, travel, nature, yoga, camping, raw food, animal rights, community organizing, politics, activism, organic gardening, wild food foraging, holistic, alternative health, natural building, biofuels, alternative energy, environment, off the grid, smoothie parties, people!

• animals
• culture
• education
• environment
• raw food
• vegetarian
• vegan
• yoga
• gardening
• traveling
• hiking
• teaching
• nature
• sustainability
• foodie
• herbalism
• mushroom hunting
• wild foraging

Music, Movies, and Books

documentaries
african drumming, healing music, brazilian samba and pagode
books that tell the truth like confessions of an economic hitman, travel experiences esp in the Amazon or in indigenous communities

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

lived in the rainforest in the Amazon jungle with an indigenous people for 3 months 3 years ago, want to do it again!

Teach, Learn, Share

i can share about raw foods, natural lifestyle, veganism, organic gardening, and wild food foraging
i can help people practice english, spanish or portuguese
i am an events organizer
i am a raw vegan chef
i am interested in gardening/organic farming, biofuels, alternative energy, permaculture, saving the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous peoples from oil exploration and development

What I Can Share with Hosts

travel stories - my current obsessions are Barcelona and Brazil
veg food

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Italy, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain

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