Students:Markéta Svobodová

Something about me
Hi, I am Markéta and I am 20 years old, first-year student at Palacky University in Olomouc. My subject of study is International Development at the Faculty of Science. I'd dare to say I'm a friendly person who loves meeting new and interesting people and cultures and uses every opportunity to learn something new. Furthermore I am hopelessly in love with music, books, movies, skiing and traveling. I am excited about this trip because I want to know more about the possibilities to protect our planet. I look forward to meet you all!

Sustainability
In my opinion sustainability is a method of a long-term preservation of human prosperity as well as healthy environment. The fact that current way of living in developed countries is not sustainable is rather obvious. Living here and now may be tempting in our everyday life, but it is definitely not a good idea from the sustainability point of view. The main problem is that we leave the next generation out of consideration. We try to keep our high standards of life but we forget the consequences of our actions.

Here is my favourite quotation that goes well with this topic: "Because we all share this small planet, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. That is not just a dream, but a necessity." (Dalai Lama)