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Ákos K Bagó, 28 years old, Tiszakécske
Ákos is a freelance industrial design engineer and graphic designer. He is angry with material-wasting, environment polluting, and people who don’t care about the environment. He is an industrial design engineer and aims to show that all these things are avoidable very easily. He is driven by ideas, assiduity and acts.
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Attila Ferenczi, 23 years old, Budapest
Attila is currently doing his MSc in Environmental Science at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. During his studies he slowly recognised the self destructing habitat of mankind and the non-sustainability of our civilization. He has an idea of an upcoming end-of-the-world that must be stopped, that’s why he is so passionate about environment protection, however sometimes it is hard to be optimistic. If he cannot save the planet on his own he would like to take part in a group effort. His whole life is all about it, as an everyday man, as an organiser, or as a member of Challenge Europe Project. |
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Viktor Friedmann, 24 years old, Budapest
Viktor is a PhD student and an NGO member in international relations. Coming from a political science background, he is most interested in the social and political context in which the transformation to a low-carbon economy and society takes place. He is not specialized in environmental issues: his field of expertise is security politics, Africa, political philosophy, and the theory and ethics of international relations. For the moment he is working as a non-paid member of an NGO and in September he started his doctoral studies at the Central European University. His interest in the environment originates from a mixture of childhood experience, political and personal moral dilemmas and a l’art-pour-l’art scientific challenge. Having seen many theories of political action, now he feels that Challenge Europe is an opportunity to put those ideas into action and test them in real circumstances. Moreover, the most inspiring and exciting aspect of this project is its openness to different approaches to the actual problem. Having others around, who are professionals in engineering, marketing or natural sciences offers both many ways to learn and an opportunity to achieve something that he could never reach on his own.
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Andrea Ilona Joós, 25 years old, Budapest
Andrea is a student at Eötvös Lóránd Science University: biology and environmental studies on teacher’s faculty. She works on training and media fields. She comes from a grand family, has a lot of siblings and cousins. She has special views on global questions (saying nothing is strange/wrong about our situation that we have problems, as we are human beings, thus imperfect), and determined to shake the minds of people who think being ignorant and indifferent is the solution. Andrea studies natural sciences, but also interested in the arts and social sciences. As so, she is determined to create a joined-cultural campaign associated with education to make a lasting impact on the Hungarian minds and the global debate. She is not worried for Nature (as it is so much wiser than us and lives along even if mankind dies out), but for the future of her own and her would-be children.
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Tamás Koltai, 25 years old, Pécs
Tamás is a biologist by profession and a trainee at Wirth Service Ltd, Pécs. He would love to be remembered for changing something for the better and that his deed made others realise the importance of actions and the chance to change. He was always interested in environmental protection and nature, and in solving actual problems of the world. He hopes that the Challenge Europe Project will be a great possibility for him as a student to know more about global environmental problems to get to know each other and to give a helping hand.
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Anna Litter, 23 years old, Kecskemét
Anna is a law student at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. She has always been a person who felt social empathy but during her university years the belief started to manifest itself that she would like to work for people and a better world as a part of her job. She has done voluntary work for several civil organizations active in the social segment as well as for environmental protection organizations. She would like to change the environmental viewpoint of the society with the other advocates.
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Ákos Lukács, 27 years old, Nyíregyháza
Ákos is a climate change economics. He works on voluntary carbon market, emissions trading, CSR and Corporate Climate Strategy. Akos was born on the countryside of Hungary, he had some hobbies that lasted long, and gave him his present values of life: horseriding, folk-dancing and folk music, all none electric, unplugged, real life activities consuming only human energies producing smile and happiness. He became older and decided that he wants to understand all those people, who disagree with others, because it was something hard to imagine for him. So now he expects to bring together social, environmental and economical interests, that could help to prevent the rapid loss of our beautiful nature, the values, our kids once want to grow up with too.
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Richárd Nagy, 30 years old, Budapest
Richárd is an artist, product designer, graduated from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. He has got10 years of professional experience in design. He is the owner and executive of a design and communication studio.
Richárd is committed to the conscious protection of the nature, the sustainable development and inclusive design. He designs products - the bases of the today's society's consumption – that consider the formation of the values. He believes that the usage of the long-living products is more important than few years ago. |
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Erik Pintér, 28 years old, Pilis
Erik is graduated at Budapest Technical University as an architect. The greatest influence on his life was high school, where environmental issues played a very important role in education. Since his high school studies he used to take part in “eco-camps” organized by the high school. After graduation he decided to work in the “green” sector, but it’s not so easy without good references. He is very motivated to do something against global environmental pollution and the Challenge Europe is a great opportunity for him. He thinks that he can be a useful member of this project, because of his personal skills and knowledge he acquired during his studies in biology and architecture. He also feels that the team will be very creative and effective, because they are all very interested in this subject.
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Heidi Smith - Heidi Smith is originally a California-girl who took many travels and ended up in Europe. She grew up on the beach in San Diego, obtained her Bachelor’s in Journalism at San Francisco State University and eventually her Master’s in Culture, Environment and Sustainability from the University of Oslo. Along the way she studied in Denmark and Holland and worked most recently as an international journalist for a press agency in Spain. Heidi has always had a hint of green in her vision and hopes to contribute to a more sustainable world. She enjoys travelling, dancing to crazy music, strange vintage dresses, Mexican food, riding bikes and swimming. In her next life, Heidi hopes to return as a mermaid…in an impeccably clean ocean!
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