Laura Martonová is a graduate from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, Faculty of Natural Sciences, where she specialized on the environmental geology. She also holds the MSc degree from the Technical University in Vienna where she took a special programme called "New Energy - Renewable Energy in Central and Eastern Europe. She worked as a creator, manager and coordinator of projects focussed on waste separation, sustainable forest management and wood biomass use for energy production. Nowadays she is with a consulting and advisory company dealing with renewable energies and energy efficiency. She believes that the change must be initiated from the bottom and the municipal administration level is the one still low enough to keep in touch with individuals in the local community yet  high enough to be able to see real and tangible results and benefits of their work. To Challenge Europe she offers, apart of her enthusiasm, a specific "multidimensional" point of view to the topic - having experiences with the environmental volunteering actions, as well as the business point of view, the municipal strategic development point of view, and at last some experiences with project implementation.