Ezra

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Description

Howdy, I'm Ezra. I'm from La Mesa, a small city in San Diego County. I am passionate about environmental wellbeing, making connections with people, and furthering my knowledge through thoughtful interactions and new perspectives. I prefer a hands-on approach to learning and use work-trading as a means to learn as much as I can about sustainable food production and deviate from the redundancy of conventional living.

My agricultural interests range from food forests to foraging and everything in between. I am hoping to learn practical skills and knowledge pertaining to my future path as well as life lessons in order to become the best person I can be.

Thus far, I've engaged in an amazing spectrum of Workaway adventures. I gained experience in the hospitality industry and gardened on a campsite/organic garden at the base of Mt. Hood in Oregon, accommodated guests, practiced permaculture principles, and became a "professional" roofer at an inn/regenerative farm in New York, harvested grapes, cleared trails, built a rock wall, and baked bread on a 40 acre homestead in North Carolina.

After a short break, I returned to Workaway, installing irrigation, raising quinoa from seed to harvest, and gathering asparagus as fast as it could grow in Northern California before nurturing saplings on a full-scale organic orchard in Oregon. Most recently, I spent the summer in Western Massachusetts reviving tomatoes, battling invasive bamboo, and remodeling a kitchen on a beautiful family farm.

I have completed my BA in Agroecology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. I also recently completed a five month EMT certification program and am a nationally registered EMT.

I have been involved with Food Not Bombs, an all volunteer program that shares free meals, produce and baked goods with the local community, primarily serving unhoused folks. I am a co-founder of the Agroecology Club and Community Ed on the UCSC campus.

I like to hike, ride bikes, swim in lakes and ponds, and skate. I've recently found joy in writing prose, poetry, and songs. I live for connection and have been honing in my ability to foster inclusive community everywhere I go. I enjoy traveling but remain conscious of my impact and attempt to use the least impactful methods I can find. I've been vegan for about seven years now. I started learning Mandarin in elementary school and I'm conversational, almost fluent. I listen to all genres of music. I ride a motorcycle and am learning how to sail a dinghy. I've also play guitar, piano, and drums (all poorly).

Interests

Writing

Photography

Art & design

Architecture

Cycling

Vegetarian or vegan

Sustainability

Self development

Sailing / Boating

Politics / Social justice

Plant care

Outdoor activities

Nature

Music

Mountain

Languages

Hitchhiking

Hiking

Gardening

Farming

Events & social

Culture

Cooking & food

Charity work

Carpentry

Camping

Books

Beach

Animals

Adventure sports

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): Intermediate

More details about my language interests
Ideally I'd like to keep up with my Mandarin language ability but it is not a requirement by any means.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Charity Work

Languages

Eco Projects

Being an elderly companion

Light gardening

Creative DIY projects

Animal Care

Life at a Farmstay

Babysitting and creative play

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

Light maintenance

Teaching

House & pet sitting

More details about your skills

-Quick and willing hands-on learner
-Patient (volunteered in a classroom for preschoolers with Autism for many years)
-In good physical shape, high stamina
-Assorted handyman skills (drilling, nailing, leveling, caulking, painting, cutting, roofing, window screen repair, etc.)
-Skilled in technology (online sales, scheduling, organizing, etc.)
-Unskilled laborer (I've been doing yard work since kindergarten, proficiencies include: trimming, pruning, weeding, cutting, mowing, digging, raking, path building, etc.)
-Reasonably fearless (will clear gutters, etc.)
-Good (self-taught) cook
-Adaptable interpersonal skills
-Good with animals (go-to pet sitter in my neighborhood)
-Experience with a chainsaw
-I love to chop firewood

Age

23

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  Vegan (I'm not pushy or needy, I always find a way to make it work)