Theme: Wilderness

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Tereza Svatoňová
Alšova
Liberec, Liberecký kraj, 46001
Czech Republic

Andrea Pavelcova

law student, athlete, blogger

Andrea could be described either as a law student, athlete, dancer or blogger (Fit&Fabulous), all of these she is. During her studies she made one of her dreams come true and she has managed to earn enough money to develop the first Czech fitness program FITFAB Strong which is shot with live music and which has been released six months ago and is available for everybody for free. She motivates Czechs and Slovaks to leave their living rooms and to start a healthier lifestyle. She believes that even the best things can be free of charge and a genuine will to help the ones who need it should be the main job of today's online influencers and bloggers.

Jaromir Hanzal

one of the owners of roastery Nordbeans

Jaromír Hanzal is one of the owners of roastery Nordbeans in Liberec. He is in charge of PR and international agenda. Apart from that, he works as an independent project manager and university professor at Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague.

Jiri Krejcik

author, blogger

Even though he has obtained his university degree and is employed, he spends most of his time in railway station pubs (in Czech so-called “Nádražky”, a specific kind of pub situated at a railway station, usually known for its quite low standard of service). He writes a blog vagus.cz with his colleagues to show that “nádražka” is not only a pub where people would spend the meaningless minutes waiting for their train but rather a place of interest itself and should be given attention.

Lenka Vaclavikova

psychotherapist

Psychotherapist, mediator, personal couch, originally a sociologist She has studied sociology at the Charles University in Prague. As a part of her studies, she has visited American University in Washington, D. C. She has been working as a sociologist in research and as a professor for over ten years. She has co-founded Therapy Centre in Liberec in 2016. She is also a lecturer at the Technical University of Liberec.

Martin Urza

anarcho-capitalistic author

Martin Urza is an anarcho-capitalistic author who has written more than thousand libertarian texts for online magazines and other media and has recently published the first Czech book about anarcho-capitalism. Not only he reads, thinks and writes about freedom, ethics, free market, economy and the role of the state in the society, he also makes videos and is a guest of a number of talk shows and discussions. With his partner Tereza, they have created so-called “Svobodný přístav” (the Free Harbour), he is a leader of Czech and Slovak Institute of Ludwig von Mises, which he has also co-founded. He is a member of a board of the society “Freedom of Learning” and is actively collaborating with many libertarian initiatives.

Monika Benesova

traveler

Monika Benešová has gone into wild last year when she stepped out of her comfort zone and left to the US where she has managed to finish one of the hardest trails in the world so-called Pacific Crest Trail. A year ago she would have been afraid to leave the house for a walk because of her unpleasant medical state. She then decided to change her life and make her dream come true - conquer the Pacific Crest Trail. She hiked over 4200 km and has climbed over 150 000 meters. On her journey from Mexico to Canada, she stood face to face with wild bears, panthers and has to face severe blisters, frostbites. She has never given up and last November has finished the journey.

Tomas Brolik

journalist

Tomáš Brolík, a journalist at Respekt, writes about Czech political affairs and about Central Europe. His articles about the Ukrainian war were awarded as “Journalistic Quail” - prize for talented journalists under the age of 33.