1000 Americans: Daniel Wolf, San Diego

Daniel has been working on many projects, all of them focused on humanitarian issues.

“Philosophically I’m a kind of anarcho-socialist Confucian (got that?!). Very socially responsible, very involved in solving social and environmental problems, believe in equality and like to see government minimize interference in personal lives but support people and social needs where the countervailing force of the collective can improve life; yet believe in the duty and responsibility of all people to honor and respect others and their responsibilities and rightly exercised powers.”

 

“I’m a social entrepreneur, a vocation that ultimately sidetracked my Ph.D. studies, and right now I’m busy reintegrating all the facets of my life to create a new career (in the classical sense of "journey through life") that creates income and increases the probability of success of my social and business ventures.”

 

“I’m a lawyer, political scientist, one-time architect, amateur engineer, executive coach, entrepreneur in the arenas of landmines, robotics, public health concerns like pandemic flu, and green technologies. I’m presently involved in two startups: developing a robot for use against improvised explosive devices (roadside bombs), and taking a carbon-negative sewage-to-energy system to market.
My nonprofit is taking a new org under its wing, and we’re helping set it up as a nonprofit security organization to protect NGO/humanitarian workers in Afghanistan, where 64 have been murdered, and eventually other places.

“Another project, which is shaping up as tons of fun and may help millions raise themselves out of poverty, is Piclopedia, an open-source effort to make home-buildable tool/device plans available to everyone in ways that overcome language barriers. See our new website at www.piclopedia.org.
Some of my other work can be seen at www.terrasegura.org, www.prepare4flu.org, and www.advancedearthtech.com. You can Google Daniel H. Wolf and Terra Segura International to see some of the articles I/we have published.”

 

“Current Mission: "Dedicated to empowering people to cope with disasters and explosive remnants of war"”

(all from his profile on CouchSurfing.com)

1000 Americans: Steve Stuart, cycling teacher, Carlsbad, USA

Steven Stuart is a teacher, and as he does not want to take away family time for keeping in shape, he gets up early every morning and cycles an extra hour to get to his work.

“High school chemistry teacher, sport rider,bike commuter, occasional cycle tourist, outrigger canoe paddler/racer, general outdoor travel and ocean enthusiast. Wife and 3 kids at home. Often times a pick up game of volleyball or basketball next door in afternoons.” (from his profile at WarmShowers.org)

1000 Americans: Harry ‘Captain Bueno’ Barton, Newport Beach

Harry used to host a radio show in LA in the 70s, being ‘Captain Bueno’. Coming from very humble beginnings, learning at 12 schools in 12 years, he worked his way up to the highest corporate executive positions and financial levels and has friends of all kinds.

Now he is back where his roots are, enjoying the simple life on the beach.

1000 Americans: Shamu Dhungana, Lomita, USA

Shamu Dhungana was born in Nepal, but moved to the US later and is now helping Nepalese immigrants with the many legal papers.

(His son is currently also cycling from Alaska to Argentina, see http://www.transformundo.com )

1000 Americans: random American In Las Vegas

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“So you travel a lot. Do you know any places where an American can safely travel? Everywhere? How about Argentina?

‘What camera do you have there? Can it take photos in low-light conditions like these? Take a photo of me, you can call it ‘ a Random American in Las Vegas’…

1000 Americans: Steven del Favero, Death Valley

Steven works as a biologist for the National Parks service, investigating invasive plant species in Death Valley. He works long days and on his days off he usually stays inside that park and goes hiking or camping in the far, lesser known corners of the huge spark.

“Once you get off the main road, the camping possibilities are endless and you never see any other persons”. I have worked here for 4 months know and still feel that I only know a tiny bit of what the Death Valley Park has to offer…

1000 Americans: Michael Fuselier, Las Vegas

Michael works in a bar in the Downtown area of Las Vegas, so his ‘daily’ schedule is more nightly… Once his kids graduate, he is planning to travel and hit the road again…

He is also is the CouchSurfing city ambassador for Las Vegas and he knows a lot about the city. Even though he ad his father visiting, he still hosted and we had a great time with both of them, even convincing his father Tony that Couchsurfers can be fun and interesting people 😉

1000 Americans: Diego Sarraseca, Los Angeles

 

Argentinean-born Diego lives in an old gang house in South-East LA with his wonderful wife Claudia and two kids. when they moved in, they had to remove tons of trash and plaster some bullet holes.

Diego is trying to make a difference in the community by being actively involved in the local youth’s soccer competition. He is fighting against local government, so they can keep on using the fields for the soccer games and the kids keep shooting at the goal instead of shooting at each other…

If you want to know what else goes on in his head, read his blog: http://www.thesarrasecacode.com/

1000 Americans: Kevin Flores, the local LA soccer champion

This little boy, Kevin Flores, is an awesome player on the Ross Snyder PeeWees team In LA. He took posing very serious. He was probably already used to it as according to the coaches he is a huge talent on the local soccer-fields in South-East Los Angeles…

1000 Americans: Frank Santana, Santa Barbara

Frank is the General manager of the Inn at East Beach in Santa Barbara. With his Hawaiian style shirts and relaxed Californian style hospitality, he wins everybody over.

Oh, and he has a great collection of muffins in the morning, thanks Frank 😉

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