INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
AFRICA National Parks (NP), Conservation + Cultures.
2016 Namibia /Ui-//aes (Tsieb Conservancy), Namib-Naukluft NP (Sossuvlei),
Damaraland, Etosha NP
2014 Tanzania Serengeti NP, Arusha NP, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Oldovai Gorge
Sadani Game Reserve
Zanzibar UNESCO Slavery Market
2012 Botswana Chobe River NP, Savuti Chobe River NP, Moremi Game Reserve
Zimbabwe Victoria Falls NP
South Africa Table Mountain NP
Cape of Good Hope Nature Preserve
Cape Town: Workshop Presenter - Creating A Sacred Livelihood
2011 Kenya Maasai Mara National Reserve, Amboseli NP
Kiswahili Language Study
Tanzania Tarangire NP, Serengeti NP, Ngorongoro Conservation Area,
Oldovai Gorge
2009 Botswana Chobe River NP
Zimbabwe Victoria Falls NP
2007 Kenya World Social Forum - Presenter
Nairobi Homestay
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Amboseli NP, Hell’s Gate NP, Nairobi NP
Kiswhaili Language Study
2001 South Africa Kruger NP, Table Mountain NP
Cape Town: Teacher, Nia movement classes + workshops
Homestay
1993 Uganda Queen Elizabeth NP, Rwenzori Mountains NP
Kampala Homestay
1992 South Africa Homestay on a farm with an Afrikaaner Family near Johannesberg
Zimbabwe Internship Africa Community-Based Development Initiatives
Ndebele Language Study
Homestay with Ndebele Family, Bulawayo
Field visits throughout Northern/Southern Matebeleland
Matobo NP
Homestay Victoria Falls high-density village
1990 Zimbabwe Matobo NP, Assistant on Black Rhino Safari day trips
Kenya Nairobi Home Stay with Kenya's top birder, Fleur Ng'weno
Nairobi NP
Lamu Old Town + Mombasa
1987 Zimbabwe Victoria Falls NP, Hwange NP, Mana Pools NP, Lake Kariba NP
ASIA SE Asia Cultures + Environment, Bahasa Indonesia language.
2009 Taiwan 4th International Somatic Movement Conference
Nia Workshop Presenter
2008 Indonesia Bali Spirit Music Festival - Nia Workshop Presenter
2005 China Global Exchange Special Delegation
Environment, Energy + Grassroots Sustainability
Beijing, Xian, Yunnan Province, Shanghai
2001 Thailand Toured sustainable agriculture projects
2001 Indonesia Bali - Bahasa Indonesia Language Study
1995 Indonesia Bali - Denpasar Homestay
Bahasa Indonesia Language Immersion
1995 Thailand Thai Cooking
Indonesia Borneo - Camp Leakey Orangutan Research
Singapore Diverse cultural exploration
1994 Indonesia English Teacher, Jakarta, Indonesia
Singapore
ITALIA Slow Food Economy, Agri-turismo, Permaculture, Italian Language.
2009 Umbria The Art Monastery
(Volunteer) Designed permaculture kitchen garden
1998 Calabria Pira Pora Azienda Agriturismo
3-month homestay with Colace Family
Permaculture farm work exchange
Italian Cooking Classes
Italian Language Study Immersion
1998 Calabria Sustainable Development Certificate Course
Studied Slow Food + Organic Agriculture in southern Italy
North/Central America Indigenous cultures, ecology, Spanish language.
1999 Costa Rica Biosphere Commissioner World Conference on Time + Peace
United Nations University, San José
1997 México University of California Expedition Programs
Archaeology Study Ancient Maya Culture
Spanish Language Immersion
Extensive independent study of ancient Maya culture sites
Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Mexico City
1989 Costa Rica Tropical Cloud Forest Ecology - School For Field Studies
Spanish Language Study
San José Homestay with Costa Rican family