Michael & Sorell

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Atividades em que temos interesse:

eco-communities, permaculture, spiritual communities, photography, creative projects

Descrição

We're a creative, permaculture-minded Australian couple who are traveling in Europe for the first time with our 8 month old baby Luna, who is delighting people along the way! Although we live in a beautiful home and community back home, we're seeking inspiration from other homes and communities that we connect with along the way. We love simple, conscious living (we've lived in a tent for 5months in the forest!), and hope to find inspiring other examples!

Some more detail about us:

MICHAEL: (we've just joined so Sorell hasn't had time to add her section yet!)

I'm a human-being firstly, and if you need labels, words like changemaker/researcher/traveler/socialentrepeneur can describe me... I'm very grateful about being alive at this time and all the opportunities to give and receive... we live in an incredibly beautiful world which would take thousands of lifetimes to explore (but I'll give it a shot:)

Spending early years growing up on a farm gave me a life-long connection with the natural world and it remains my #1 passion to protect and enhance it. I've pursued this through environmental activism, ecological art, running behaviour change programs in NGOs and government, and participatory storytelling.

My parents are from different cultures (anglo-asian) so I've always been interested in trying to understand how the world can be seen through the different sides of the prism.

I poured my heart and mind into a PhD in cross-cultural environmental photo-storytelling a few years ago, and now I'm doing the same raising a beautiful 6month old baby Luna with my partner Sorell (well with more heart than mind!).

BTW - as we just joined we don't have any reviews yet... but my couchsurfing profile has 45 references:
https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/michaelchew

also see our fb accounts here:
https://www.facebook.com/michael.chew.56/
https://www.facebook.com/sorell.wilson

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Habilidades e conhecimento para compartilhar ou aprender

Temos interesse em:  

Vida na fazenda

Jardinagem

Manutenção geral

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Conhecimento de:  

Projetos de construção/faça você mesmo

Cuidar de animais

Ensino

Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

Ajuda a cuidar da casa

Hotelaria/turismo

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Podemos ensinar:  

Projetos ambientais

Trabalho beneficente

Projetos artísticos

Idiomas

Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

Ajuda com computadores/internet

Quais são suas habilidades?

Most aptly described in my prof bio:

Dr Michael Chew is an environmentalist, action-researcher, and photographer/designer with degrees in participatory design, social ecology, art photography, critical theory and mathematical physics. He has a background in community-based sustainability programs in non-profit and local government and is passionate about using creativity to empower communities. He co-founded the Melbourne Environmental Arts Festival, a multi-venue community arts festival, and has coordinated various social and environmentally focused creative participatory projects. His international perspectives come from involvement in a range of grassroots global solidarity initiatives: co-founding the NGO Friends of Kolkata to coordinate international volunteer programmes and teach participatory photography; working in Bangladesh on community-based climate adaptation; co-founding the Friends of Bangladesh climate justice solidarity group. He recently completed an action-research PhD exploring how participatory photography can inspire environmental behaviour change across Bangladesh, China and Australia, and a Rotary Peace Fellowship, and currently runs youth environmental storytelling programs.

Practical skills include basic DIY/carpentry, gardening, bike maintenance, permaculture, facilitation

my environmental/creative projects are here:
https://www.ecoimagine.org/

Idade

44 & 41

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PHILOSOPHY:

"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."
- Arundhati Roy

"Those who cannot hear the music think the dancers are mad" - Anonymous

WHY I"M ON WORKAWAY?

Because I think its an awesome way of meeting and contributing to amazing people and places all around the world!

Myself and my partner are taking 4 months to experiment with traveling as a little family with baby Luna - she brings so much joy to everyone around us here in Australia that we're excited about seeing what joy she can bring abroad!

INTERESTS:

Social change, Reading, Dancing, Physics, Philosophy, Psychology, Cooking Up Great Food, Long Conversations, Climbing Trees, Adventures, Photography, experimental travel...

Mais algumas informações

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  Dietas especiais
  vegetarian