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I've been happily hosting on Workaway for over a year and a half and was recently laid off from my job as a software engineer at DreamWorks Animation, so I am excited both to travel some but also continue to work on projects here at my hosting location. I studied at Earthship Biotecture and Cal Earth, and built this house based largely on those styles, which is where I have been hosting here in the mountains of southern California.
I was born in California, went to school at UCSB, and worked in animation for almost 15 years. I enjoy meeting guests from around the world and enjoying healthy food, light house work, and enjoying the outdoors, especially in the mountains, forests, and hot springs. I am really into trail running and triathlon and have done many ultra marathons in a few different countries.
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
I believe the most powerful draw of this place is the mountain atmosphere, the forest, clean air, quiet retreat from the bustle of a city, and beautiful vistas. This area was a retreat for Hollywood stars a century ago.
Beyond that this is an opportunity to become familiar with the earthship concept as realized in a California mountain town, this includes: rainwater capture, greywater system, thermal mass as related to passive heating and cooling, gardening including the production and use of biochar, carpentry, stone masonry, lime and clay plaster, cob and adobe.
Ayuda
I've been building an earthship inspired home in the mountains near the closest ski resort to Los Angeles for the last 5 years. It's nearly done but I could use help finishing a few things and building an ancillary superadobe dome structure ala Cal Earth (which happens to be nearby) which I want to build as an extra bedroom in lieu of the house being built in that fashion due to the county not forthcoming in permitting that technique for the primary structure.
Expect to help however suits you best. Usually I appreciate help preparing meals and washing dishes, and maybe also washing windows, and I still have a lot of clay, lime and latex paint wall finishing to accomplish. The work is almost always lightweight and I'm happy to find the most appropriate jobs based on how the weather is outside.
Idiomas
Idiomas hablados
Inglés: Fluido
Español: IntermedioEste anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
I have about 4 years of study in Spanish and some exposure to French.
Alojamiento
I have a 2 bed, 2 bath house with the guest bed and bath available for use by a workawayer, with attached bath. The kitchen and common room are shared. I have a laundry room, outdoor cedar hot tub, and I usually buy most of the food for your stay.
Algo más...
There isn't much local transport so one would want to have a car. There is space for parking. Otherwise I have had one workawayer arrive in town by bus, or I can pick people up at the station in San Bernardino. The town is about 6,000 people at 6,000 ft elevation in the mountains. There are many trails including the PCT nearby, and others popular for hiking and mountain biking. The Mountain High ski resort is about 5 miles away so it does snow here in the winters though usually very mild with sunny warm days but cold nights. There is a very nice farmer's market in town on Friday afternoons.
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Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
I have wifi throughout the house and outside. The connection is 200Mb/sec.
Podría aceptar mascotas
I have a husky. He is great with other dogs. Not compatible with cats.
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Horas esperadas
2 hours/day, 5 days/week
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He was very considerate when I arrived with a bad jetlag.
His house in the mountains is like a paradise: with the largest greenhouse I ever saw, high rooms, nature… read more
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Son opciones de calificación adicionales para cuando los miembros dejan sus comentarios. Se muestra la calificación media dejada en cada opción.
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He was very considerate when I arrived with a bad jetlag.
His house in the mountains is like a paradise: with the largest greenhouse I ever saw, high rooms, nature… read more
Zack is very kind, attentive, and always fun to be with.
I loved all the different jobs I did, outside when the weather was good, and inside if it was too cold or raining.
I will have really good memories of Zack, his house and the beautiful town of Wrightwood.
