Ezra

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Actuellement, je suis

Description

Howdy, I'm Ezra. I'm originally 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 am an Agroecology major at the University of California, Santa Cruz but I far prefer a more hands-on approach to learning. As a result, I intermittently take time off from school. I'm on a self-guided fieldtrip as a means to learn as much as I can about sustainable food production and deviate from the redundancy of conventional living.

My 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.

So far, I've 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, and harvested grapes, cleared trails, built a rock wall, and baked bread on a 40 acre homestead in North Carolina. I am 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've been vegan for a little over three years now. In high school, I was a varsity wrestler and beach volleyball player, but I'm taking a break from organized sports. I like to hike, swim in lakes and ponds, and skate. I enjoy traveling but remain conscious of my impact and attempt to use the least impactful methods I can find. I started learning Mandarin in elementary school and I'm conversational, almost fluent. I listen to all genres of music. I've recently started riding a motorcycle, and I thoroughly enjoy it. I've also been teaching myself how to play guitar.

Centres d’intérêt

Langues

Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Chinois (mandarin): Intermédiaire

Plus de détails sur les langues qui m'intéressent
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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Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre

Ça m'intéresse :  

Travail associatif

Langues

Éco-projets

Tenir compagnie à une pers. âgée

Jardinage

Bricolage et projets de construction

S’occuper des animaux

Aider dans une ferme

Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille

Aider à la maison

Accueil / tourisme

Entretien général

Quelles sont vos compétences ?

-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
-Good driver (DoorDash)
-Adaptable interpersonal skills
-Good with animals (go-to pet sitter in my neighborhood)
-Experience with a chainsaw
-I love to chop firewood

Âge

21

Informations complémentaires

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  Permis de conduire

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  Allergies

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  Régime alimentaire spécial
  Vegan (I'm not pushy or needy, I always find a way to make it work)