Students:Lucia Patoprstá

Hey there,

I am a student of the Environmental Studies on the graduate level and I have my Bc. in Sociology (both from Masaryk Uniersity in Brno). I am originally from Bratislava, Slovakia, but have been living in Brno for the past five years (with the exception of 6 months spent in the UK as an intern in Reading International Solidarity Centre - RISC). Currently I should be working on my diploma thesis with the topic on wilderness education so I am a bit interrested in that ;-)

My hobby and my passion is photography and I have my own photography project called Project 365 (yeah, it´s a whole year where I take pictures every day and post it on http://luciapatoprsta.tumblr.com/ so it serves two purposes --> to master my skills in taking pictures, like the techinque, lighting etc... and the second one is to be my visual diary) Expect me to take my camera everywhere on the course, and sometimes panicking about not having taken a picture of a day! :-D

Moreover, during my stay in Reading, I have participated in a project called Town Meal. It is an event organized by RISC held annualy in cooperation with local community gardens. The volunteers gather the fruits and veggies from the gardens and then the local Reading College students cook a meal from it. It´s a perfect event to show the priciples and benefits of community gardens and to promote local charities and NGOs (mostly environmental ones) and at the same time, promote sustainability.