Nico

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Description

Hello! :)

My name is Nico, I’m a recent computer science master's graduate looking to transition into environmental work professionally. For 2025, my companion Milo and I have the opportunity to seek adventure, develop new skills, and meet new people while engaging in the meaningful work, Earth-connection, and personal growth that we both crave.

I'm good with computers, but I'm not afraid to disconnect from the grid and to get my hands dirty -- I have spent my summers volunteering in remote locations sampling wetlands, feeding baby birds, and counting bugs.

In my professional and academic work, I have focused on technology for good: 3D printing assistive technology for disability and aging, digital art for art-risk youth, a virtual gallery for AR artwork and indigenous cultural artefacts. If relevant, I want to share the technological skills I have gained, but most importantly I want to transfer my skills out of the tech world and into environmental work.

I want to balance this tech work with practical hands-on work that I have always craved doing. I am connecting back to my environmentalist roots and want to live in closer harmony with the Earth.

I want to do this by:
- spending as much time outdoors as possible
- contributing to a project bigger than myself
- getting involved with community: to learn from, share with, and be inspired by people
- radically reducing my environmental impact and learning the skills to live more sustainability, including food production, animal care, and off-grid energy systems
- connecting with a land: to learn the names of its plants, the issues it faces, and ways it can be protected and aided

Within the years to come, I ultimately want to:
- develop a low-impact, self-sufficient lifestyle
- contribute to community; offer mutual support in changing times
- involve myself in rewilding, remediation, and restoration work
- deepen my spiritual connection and artistic practice
- disconnect from the technology dependence my world has encouraged
- reconnect with my body, building my strength and resilience
- live in accordance with my values

Interests

Architecture

Art & design

Outdoor activities

Yoga / Wellness

Vegetarian or vegan

Van life

Sustainability

Self development

Photography

Nature

Music

Gardening

Hiking

LGBTQ

Farming

Events & social

DIY & crafts

Dancing

Camping

Animals

Languages spoken

English: Fluent
French: Beginner

Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Animal Care

Life at a Farmstay

Helping around the house

House sitting

Charity Work

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Some knowledge of:  

Eco Projects

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Art Projects

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Able to teach about:  

Helping with Computers/ Internet

More details about your skills

- Eager worker: not afraid of hard, boring, "gross" jobs
- Driving: I have a car and a Class 5 drivers licence
- Cooking/vegetarian meals: I am a life-time vegetarian, I am continuously learning and adding more recipes to my repertoire. OK with handling and learning to cook meat.
- Photography, videography: experience as a documentary photographer.
- Animal care: I'm very comfortable with dogs, and have experience with caring for high-need animals (i.e. administering medication, feeding baby birds)
- Weeding, harvesting from gardens.
- Cleaning and home maintenance.
- Tech skills: While my heart is moving away from the tech field, I have many years of experience and am happy to offer my skills. I am particularly happy to help anyone learning to use a type of technology for the first time or who needs assistance for changing needs or an acquired disability.
- Programming tutoring: I am a patient and compassionate teacher, with experience teaching Python to beginners.

Age

28

What else ...

I'm passionate about accessibility and aging-in-place, would love to be involved in building and maintaining spaces and systems that foster autonomy and self-sufficiency through all stages of life, including disability, age, and death.

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  Special dietary requirements
  Vegetarian