João Continentino
Community Rebuilds
Moab, UT USA
"If each and every one of us were just looking to love and share love, then [saving the planet] wouldn’t be so hard."
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João's work combines: Non-Profit Organizations, Environment & Nature, and Building Things
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Advice for getting started
The overwhelming sentiment of society is that we need to go to college to learn. I spent a year at community college and realized that that learning style didn't work for me. I learn better by doing. I'd rather find a job where I can get hands-on experience while learning. It's okay to take an alternative route that works better for you. Everyone tries to tell you how to be or do, but it really just comes down to doing the internal exploration and remembering what it means to be human on Earth.
Here's the path I took:
High School
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
I spent a year at community college but realized that style of learning didn’t really work for me.
2.
After accepting that it was okay to try a different route, I went to Brazil to be with family and explore different relationships we can have with the earth.
3.
I ended up at a small community in Brazil that was practicing permaculture, agroforestry, and natural building.
4.
I eventually made my way to the Omega Institute in upstate New York while following my interest in holistic healing—the experience confirmed my desire to pursue a more alternative lifestyle.
5.
I spent a summer at a farm in upstate New York, where I learned more about herbalism, food growing, and natural building.
6.
Through these experiences, I learned that I especially enjoyed physically building things.
7.
I found a work-trade in Costa Rica building A-frame tiny homes and learning more about traditional carpentry.
8.
I finally made my way to Community Rebuilds, an organization using affordable housing to address the housing crisis in Moab, Utah, where I’m refining my skills and learning about natural building.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
You need to go to college. You need to follow this path. This is how you become what you want to be.
How I responded:
The overwhelming sentiment of society is that we need to go to college to learn. I spent a year at community college and realized that that learning style didn't work for me. I learn better by doing. I'd rather find a job where I can get hands-on experience while learning. It's okay to take an alternative route that works better for you. Everyone tries to tell you how to be or do, but it really just comes down to doing the internal exploration and remembering what it means to be human on Earth.