Students:Agnieszka Buchtová II

Something little about me

I'm 21 years old and I'm from the border town of Český Těšín. I've lived in Brno for 16 years. I attended the Matyáš Lerch French high school where I graduated and now I study at Masaryk University in Brno - the Faculty of Social Studies. My departments are Environmental Studies and International Relations. I like reading poems, eating raspberries, walking in the woods and singing. I'm interested in protection of the environment and earth-friendly lifestyle.

In future, I'd like to have a useful job in the environmental sector, lead a modest life, have a family and I'd love to travel.

Me and sustainability

Well, I don't think that the standard of life we have today in "developed countries" could be ever sustainable. We're exploiting the Third World, nature and each other. If we want to make our lives sustainable, we have to cut down on our living standards. I'm a kind of idealist, but I doubt that all our western culture could ever start to act altruistically. And all kinds of other efforts that we think could lead to sustainability are useless without a change in our thinking and our values. My current opinion is that the sustainability process could only slow the fall of our civilisation. Mabye there's no place for sustainable development. There's only a place for "sustainable retreat".

I participated in the last field trip to Hamburg and I really enjoyed it!