Students:Luisa Borges

My name is Luisa, Portuguese, 49 years old, female, married and I have a daughter with 26 years old. I'm studying at the Open University of Lisbon, doing my Master in Environmental citizenship and Participation. My degree is in Social Sciences with minor n Political Sciences and Administration. I live currently in Abu Dhabi that is the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

I'm very enthusiastic about the spring School because of the amount of different nationalities involved and because I will be able to know more about sustainable development in European Union and the different projects in the region.

My hobbies are reading, yoga, walking, socialize with friends, cultural events, music and dancing.

About one initiative or project in my town that I like and contributes for the sustainable development in my area I would like to mention:

the "Refood" available at http://www.collaborativeconsumption.com/2013/10/03/refood-ending-food-waste-by-creating-strong-collaborative-communities/

I think this is a very important initiative because due to the crisis in Portugal many people is unemployed and going through very difficult situations. This project collects excess of food from restaurants and distributes the food for those who cannot buy food and are undergoing through very difficult situations.