Students:Jana Jeriová

About me
I was born in the city of Děčín, near the border with Germany.

I am studying at UJEP at the Faculty of Environment in Ústí nad Labem. My master's thesis is about chemistry, specifically "Phospholipids in soil". I am just starting it now.

I was in Germany during my studies. I was in Dresden for one year at TU Dresden. It was a very nice year. I met very nice and friendly people and learned new things and a new culture. I know German very well. I have a B2 certificate in the German language.

Hopefully I will go back. I am searching for possibilities of how to get there, maybe for a traineeship or a job in a company. Companies in Germany are more open to students.

I sing in a choir, I play the flute, and I'm trying to learning step dancing.

Concept of sustainability
Sustainability is very important thing. I prefer the concept of self-sufficiency within sustainability. For example, to much food and drink are transported from great distances. This is very bad and nonsensical. Support for our farmers and agriculture is very important because it is not good when the state is reliant on another countries.

Things should be recyclable and always reused. Science should focus on sustainable production, if possible.

We could use raw materials that we can always reuse.

People should conserve water and energy, and recycle waste.

The basis for this is education of people and explanations of the reasons for taking sustainable steps.

Impressions 10.6 - 14.6. 2013
I participated on the German sustainable field trip in the Lüneburg.

More about this trip can you find here: http://vcsewiki.czp.cuni.cz/wiki/German_Sustainability_Field_Trip

1. Day - We were in the city Lüneburg today. The weaather was nice and sunny. In the afternoon we came into Leuphana university and we had two lectures. We participated more in the second lecture, we had to do some ideas, how make our university more sustainable. This lecture was made by student from Oikos. We had 4 groups. The ideas were about insects, lifts, fair trade. This lecture was well prepared.

2. Day

We had one lecture about 100% renewable energy in Germany and Lüneburg. I did not enjoy this lecture. Than we came trough the campus of Leuphana university. We knew for example the own solar electricty production. We can to observe how many electricity was produced. We were in the landfill in the afternoon. This landfill was restorated and they have own windmills for electricity production. They have solar production. They use the gas from the waste. We went into Hamburg after this excursion. We had free time. We went through the tunnel under Labe and we were in the church. We saw the city from the tower of church. Hamburg is so much big city.

3. Day

We were in the Alfred Töpfer Akademie for landscape protection. In the "Hof Möhr" we had the lecture about enviromental education. Then we went into "Lüneburg Heath". This heath is to poor. The soil is not so fertile. Because the people breed sheeps, they fertilze soil and enrich with nitrogen. We went into Bauck Hof by Lüneburg in the afternoon. We had lunch there and than we had excursion through the farm. This farm was biodynamical. They breed cows, chicken, and vegetables. Our agriculture is close. The farmer does no buy things. Jung people could come and enjoy the agriculture and farm. The farm make enviromental education. After exkursion we went into farm - shop and farm - coffee. We discussed with the farmer about agriculture. Then we went in the city and into the hostel.

4. Day

We had two lecture today. It was about politic group Green anf their activities. The politic group is against the nuclear energy. The whole Germany does not want the nuclear energy. I think, would be better go into lab and research what to do with radioactive waste or change the character of uran into save character. Most people scream against this problem. It is understandable. I would like to hear something about the research in this topic. In another lecture we spoke with leader of one NGO " Dialog N " at the Lüneburg University. She had very well English and the organisation atemp to do aktionsdays, workshop,..and another things for public. We wrote important things about sustainability. We went into Hamburg afternoon and we visited IBA Exhibition about houses, they are smarty and climate neutral. Then we visited the show of this houses. The last stop was in the bunqer.

5 Day

This day we knew something about regional development of this region. We said our reflection from the whole week and we went into Czech republic. We made World Cafe and we spoke about important things about topics. I was very pleased of whole week. I knew new things and topics and expecially my english improved.

Highlight
I enjoyed the lecture from Annegret Kühne. Her activities are very interesting. She wants to show the people how they can to do better the life and increase the comsumption. She wants to involve all people to the dialog and support all to be active and be able to say own ideas. It is shame, that in the time, when we were in the Lüneburg was any action on this topic in the campus. Within her activities she make frameprogramms and actions-days. I would imagine to enjoy in activities from this NGO in the next sommer school.

I enjoyed the lecture from student from Oikos initiative. Oikos attempts to do make sustainble the Leuphana university. Their lecture war very interesting and fresh.