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Taylor Proffitt is a travel journalist, alliance builder, and community activist. He works from the back end of multiple networks and organizations so they can share resources as efficiently as possible. He also spends his time writing political pieces, gardening and place-making in urban environments, surfing, producing music, and learning contemporary political philosophy. He has patched together all his passions into a lifestyle centered around social and ecological activism. My personal mission To empower local community action through open source technologies, free education, community gardening, and the re-inhabiting of public commons. My most transformational travel experience Sitting in a Sweat Lodge at Tribal Alliance Retreat was especially transformational. The intensity of the style with which the sweat lodge was held burned a lot of my excess ego and gave me a greater appreciation for my personal struggles compared to the suffering that others will endure their entire lives. It allowed me to connect with my peers in the lodge more intimately. It was also a great body cleanse. It allowed me to appreciate the lessons of individual and global pain with deeper awareness and respect. My mantra Be the change you want to see in your local community right now.
Shayna is the creator of this blog, Cofounder of NuMundo, writer, singer, dancer, lyricist, event producer, facilitator, Dream Activator, digital marketing and crowdfunding consultant and life-long earth and community-steward. Mission While Shayna has manifested many of her own visions and dreams, her mission is to guide others in activating theirs. Through her experience and watching her peers dive fully into their purpose and unfolding all of the magnificence that life can be, she knows that we have infinite potential for what we can accomplish to transform the planet. Most transformational travel experience Taking 2 buses and 23 earth warriors on a 4 month permaculture adventure through Central America was not only my first independent travel (without parents) out of the country of my life but also the biggest growing experience of my life. For an abundance of reasons, my leadership skills were challenged to the core, forcing me to problem solve quickly, listen compassionately and most of all act and live in integrity with our highest collective vision. During this and my continued travels through South America, witnessing and immersing myself in indigenous culture brought me to great humility and appreciation for the deepness of wisdom I could feel simply through…
Angie Rainbow G is a permaculture designer/facilitator, yoga teacher, ayurvedic herbal practitioner and a lover of the ancient religion of the earth that stems from the ancient goddess school of mysteries. She serves as a health advocate for the planet and for the people, through permaculture, wild herbalism, earth-gaiasminc yoga and magickal women’s empowerment. Angie teaches health and wellness that is created from the root cause, the homeostasis of the living GAIA better known as Mother Earth. My Personal Mission I aspire to manifest heaven on earth through my work on the land, I envision to participate in the planning & organization of Permaculture yogi & Eco Rainbow Goddesses nomadic tours that educate on permaculture design, powerful bio regional earth-medicine, magickal women’s empowerment & shamanic sacred plant healing, we wish to provide concentrated service action by providing many hands in order to make light work in operations, that require permaculture design, wild medicinal plant id and bio regional apothecary set up for impact centers that wish to increase their alignment with whole systems design and which serve as a space for healing & education on the kinship cycles of nature, which operate based upon the principles of cooperation and symbiosis. My…
Brandon "Bodhi" Denton, Botanist and Permaculture Design Educator, is the founder of the PermaculTourism Initative, a regenerative-tourism movement aimed at creating educational travel experiences which generate and regenerate living Permaculture community systems. This movement has taken shape through the Nepal Permaculture Adventure, a group trekking course which occurs every spring serving various Himalayan mountain communities. He also teaches Permaculture Design Courses throughout the year in various parts of the world, provides design consultation services, and is co-designing and co-managing organic farms in Nepal and Bali. My personal mission To learn from Nature and to co-create systems which mimic Natural systems, for the benefit of all Life. To gather and share the most essential stories in Nature, to inspire others to have hope and move forward with organic-creativity. "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." -Albert Einstein My most transformational travel experience What first comes to mind is the first time I came to the Himalayas of Nepal, and met the man who first introduced Apples in Nepal, Buddhi Ratna Sherchan, now 75 years old, who invited me to come trek up to his village, and stay in his home. Along the way I learned so many…
Gerardo integrates his background in engineering with his passion for ecology and holistic thinking through permaculture design as a way to fulfill human needs while enhancing conditions conducive to all life. He is also passionate about sharing creative and positive answers to our global eco-social challenges through education. Gerardo studied permaculture design with Kevin Bayuk and David Cody and he is certified by the Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco and is certified by Gaia Education in Ecovillage Design. His work is heavily inspired by one of his mentors, Eric Toensmeir, and his research on carbon farming and food Production through perennial agriculture as way to reduce the effects of climate change while restoring degraded land and generating food security. In addition to being a member of Project Nuevo Mundo, Gerardo also collaborates with the Wixarika Research Center, a non-profit that works to preserve the culture and the natural heritage of the Wixarika (Huichol) people in Mexico through regenerative development and permaculture. He is currently based in Mexico City where he is helping kickstart an urban permaculture demonstration center and offering permaculture consultancy services. My personal mission To keep developing my ecological awareness in order to offer nature-inspired solutions to…
Jennifer is a full time gypsy, consultant, and workshop teacher, whose skirts have brushed the dirt of many countries around the world. In both her writing and in-person presentations, she encourages people to find the truth of their lives, to give voice to their hopes and dreams, and to be the heroes of their own stories. Right now she is working on developing a permaculture and education center in Guatemala. Find out more at nuevomundofoundation.com Mission "Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can." My most transformational travel experience My life was changed after living for 4 months deep in the jungles of Peru. I lived with a family who taught me that what you have is always enough and that true happiness comes from the love and support of people around you, and through connecting deeply with nature. It was the most profound experience I have ever had: to live off of the fruits of the jungle, to drink from clean rivers, and to…
Fascinated with ancient cultures and global music from a young age, Simon Yugler is on a lifelong journey to bring people together through celebrating the wisdom and beauty of world cultures. With an academic background in anthropology and religion, Simon has found himself studying the didgeridoo with a tribe of Aboriginal Australians, living on the banks of the Southern Nile, traveling East Africa overland, participating in Zimbabwean ancestral ceremonies, and learning from indigenous shamans in Peru. He currently writes about transformational travel for his blog, Travel Alchemy, and when not abroad, can be found enjoying life in Oregon. Mission My mission is to facilitate initiatory transformation through cross-cultural experiences, and to live a life that inspires wonder and catalyzes change. I believe that in connecting with the diversity of human cultures, the beauty of the natural world, and with our deepest selves, lies the surest path to finding meaning in our lives. Most Transformational Travel Experience In 2009, fueled by an academic grant, I spent the summer traveling across Australia, finally settling in an Aboriginal community at the farthest reaches of the Northern Territory. On my final day on the continent, I caught up with my “uncle,” a local elder…
I’m Lukas, a professional web developer and designer, travelling the world bartering my work for experiences. I am german but grew up in the sunny south of Portugal, blessed with a multilingual environment and a beach close to home, but moved to Berlin to work and study in my early twenties. I started to travel the world in late 2013 and offer my skills for a room for the night, travel expenses or anything good really. I barter with volunteer projects, eco villages, sustainable businesses or charity that very often need an online specialist and don’t have the funding to pay for an agency or professional. Mission I want to do what I’m good at as an exchange for what other people are good at or have, mostly no money involved. I want to travel, do good things for great people and get good things in return, hence my project name “Good Things Everywhere". Ultimately I want to provide respect, love and compassion to all beings and things around me, and try to contribute to a better world through my actions. Most transformational travel experience With so many experiences that I could call transformational “the most transformational travel experience” is the sum…
Robin Liepman (Bloom) is a druid, a bard, an elf, and a world traveller, here to re-weave the dream of the modern world into a vibrant balanced existence. Bloom was born from the warm coastal womb of central California in San Luis Obispo, educated by the fairies and tree people at the University of California Santa Cruz with a degree in Psychology and Cognitive Science, (and a special focus on life, the universe and everything,) and initiated into the intergalactic tribe of awakening beings during his six months of travel through Central America, becoming initiated into the modern day mystery school via volunteering at an endless stream of transformational festivals. He then went on a spiritual pilgrimage through Peru and Bolivia, emerging with a strengthened sense of life path and purpose, re-visited Costa Rica, and is now on Vancouver Island in Canada for his Permaculture Design Course/Earth Activist Training with Starhawk and friends. He is currently co-organizing the "Blooming Biodiversity" permaculture tour of the North American west coast and Hawaii with a team called “Solutionary Productions," a journey of healing the world through holistic integrative permaculture activations worldwide. Personal Mission Continuously blooming into unique expressions of cosmic love, Bloom is here…
Erika has spent the last decade working in user interface design and graphic design. She played a pivotal role in running a newly founded eco-village in Nicaragua through marketing, event organizing, administrative management and conflict mediation. When she's not making things beautiful, Erika can be found dancing, hula hooping and snuggling with her cats.
Sophia Ocean brings wisdom from many of the healing arts, first training at Laban dance Conservatoire, in London. Touring Europe with Taudevin Dance Company and teaching dance with Mile Zero in Canada while training as a Holistic Health Practitioner at Grant MacEwan University. Sophia went to India for her yoga TTC and then later to Thailand and Nicaragua for tantric wisdom. Last winter, Sophia toured with Project Nuevo Mundo through Central America helping to build a regenerative planet. This winter Sophia went to Peru to study with Shamans and for the last 2 years has been activating the Compersion Music Project to support conscious embodiment, permaculture activism and wacky awakenings! Personal mission To live life to the fullest in an intimate relationship with existence and to be part of co-creating a thriving reality for everyone. My most transformational travel experience The last 2 years of exploring The Americas from Canada to Peru have shown me so many inspiring ways of living in harmony with nature and given me an opportunity to connect to wisdom teachings of many indigenous cultures which has shown me the power of honoring spirit through ceremony and living in devotional joy to the sacred mystery in which…
Katia is a world traveler, polyglot, writer and photographer. She is the editor of this blog and head of International Communications with NuMundo. She is connecting social impact projects and organizations around the world. Katia holds a Bachelor's in Social and Political Science and a Master's in Marketing and Market Research from Sciences Po Paris. Throughout her travels, she has found herself hiking the Kyrgyz steppe, exploring the Brazilian rainforest, tangoing in the Argentine capital, and translating interviews of Soviet astronauts. She loves teaching AcroYoga and sharing mate with her friends. Mission Living in many countries and learning languages makes me feel like a citizen of the world. My mission is to be a bridge and connect individuals to transformational experiences and impactful places around the globe. I want to share the importance of connecting with nature and preserving and regenerating the Earth. Most Transformational Experience A month roaming the Kyrgyz steppe on a sidecar with only a backpack was life changing. I was in awe of the majestic mountains, pristine rivers and ever-changing horizons. I shared countless cups of tea in yurts with nomadic pastoralists, sometimes striking conversations that lasted hours, while other times only exchanging a shy smile. There…
My name’s Baigz and I’m an intern at Sandhill Farm, an egalitarian community in northeast Missouri. I manage some of the crops here: winter squash, okra, blackberry, black raspberry, black currants, grapes, and some medicinal herbs while song and music spring forth from me. Biking as transportation is my norm. I identify as a queer male. Personal Mission My personal mission is to experience and explore the intersectionality of the intentional communities movement, social justice, sustainability, and spirituality. I’m working toward understanding how being born into a white, middle-class-dropout male identity feeds into systems of oppression so that I can disengage from those systems. My most transformational travel experience My most transformational travel experience was in 2014-2015 when I took a tour of intentional communities in Missouri to experience alternative community in the midwest. Since my journey began, I’ve been transformed to become a more accountable human being. My first stop was Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, where I learned earthen plastering, cobbing, and earthworks and cared for about 70 chickens and ducks, a tribe of goats, and miniature donkey. My experience of off-grid living changed my life. Rolling prairies and their earthen village stand as a beacon of hope amongst a…
David has spent much of the past five years in Central America organizing transformational and cultural events, retreats, and ecovillage design courses. He spent much of this time in Guatemala managing volunteers at a farm and working with an indigenous artisan cooperative. His experience and degree in Political Economy of Industrial Societies and Global Poverty from UC Berkeley are a foundation of inspiration for PNM. My personal mission To create and connect people to transformational experiences that inspire new passions and life directions. My most transformational travel experience My most transformational travel experience was my first visit to Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. I meant to visit for a couple days, but stayed over two weeks. Later I came back and stayed for 3 years. During my first visit, I took intensive Spanish lessons, while for the first time being immersed in an indigenous culture that was truly connected to their roots, ancestral practices and cultural traditions. They seemed content with a much lower “standard of living” than we are accustomed to in the West, and this showed me that material wealth is not the secret to happiness. I also met a number of expats from all around the world who had…
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