I joined Steemit in June 2017 and am approaching my first anniversary. I never really posted a thorough introduce yourself post, and also many things have changed since I first started out on Steemit. The @ecoTrain for one has been a big part of my Steemit life almost since the very start. I am SO happy that I came up with the idea of the @ecoTrain because it has connected me with so many amazing people, and we are like a small community that makes Steemit that much more cozy and fun. One of the reasons I am writing this post is to announce that the @ecoTrain are now on discord, and we are reaching out to you to come and join us and discover some other amazing Steemians. We want to discover you, and support you too! Our Invitation Link is at the end of this post.

The idea of the ecoTrain birthed with the founding principle of Service To Mankind and the world around us. The full name of the ecoTrain is "ecoTrain Seva".

"Selfless service or Seva in Sanskrit (Punjabi: ਸੇਵਾ) is a service which is performed without any expectation of result or award for performing it. Such services can be performed to benefit other human beings or society."

This name is used to highlight the idea of working without any expectation of reward since it's easy to forget when we are getting up-votes and money from Steemit. Our primary goal is to give service to the world and the people in the form of our posts and up votes. What financial rewards we get are just a bonus! We may make money, but that is not the main goal!

We support people who help make this world a better place. We are not just about eco related topics, but also write about so many different things. This week on the question of the week we are discussing matriarchy. The question is "What is matriarchy? What do you think a matriarchal society would look like?" Hive account@clara-andriessen has just posted the first answer from us all with a VERY insightful post.

So, as the creator and driver of the @ecoTrain let me introduce myself a little! I am British born and world traveled. My name is Alex Leeor, and I have been hopping around the world for the last 44 years. I am passionate about nature and life, and always strive to enjoy the simple things that life has to offer. I am a deep, philosophical and spiritual person with a great love and respect of all life. I honor truth in all its forms, and strive to always find the truth in any situation. I believe in unity and oneness, and have love and respect for all religions and all gods. There is after all, only one God, and I have no need to argue about what her name is. I am a team player, and i LOVE working with other team players and will always support people who also know what it means to pay it forward, and how to give and forgive.

I am an passionate ecoBuilder, teacher and promoter, and have built my own eco home called Earthship Karuna in South India for the last 12 years. During this time I have learned a lot about off-grid living, and have put a tonne of energy into a small community called Karuna Farm in the south of India. I have had the most incredible life full of rich experiences during the last 12 years at Karuna Farm.

I met my wife, Hive account@clara-andriessen here after just a few months of moving here in 2006, and we have been together for more than a decade! Clara is Dutch, and now finally after 12 years of living in India the time has come for us to fly off the mountain and discover new horizons. I plan to leave our beloved Earthship in the coming weeks or months and start my life out again in Holland. Who can say if I will be able to integrate into a western culture again after so long!? I do like Holland, and life is very easy when living in a well oiled machine, the system! It is also hard for me to live within a system that is very 'confined', and so my challenge may well be to learn how to be myself in such a different world. My soul is Indian, and its only in India that I have ever really felt at home. I am still very western, but my thinking, my heart, my way of being is totally Indian. I will always miss the strength of the Great Mother energy that lives in India, and hope I can bring her with me wherever I go from here.

My dream is still community, and maybe one day I will find a way to manifest an off-grid community in Europe. I have had an idea of how to use blockchain to fund an entire community, and I keep this idea close to my heart until the time is right, or i find the right people to help me. ecoCoders, please get in touch! There is a channel on discord with some more info if you are interested to read more about that! Blockchain has become a part of my life, and if one day if could use it to give real security and freedom to people around the world, I would jump at the chance.