Miroslav Patrik

Miroslav Patrik (* 1963 in Michalovce , Czechoslovakia ) is a Czech geologist and environmental activist .

Life

Miroslav Patrik studied geochemistry and reservoir science at Masaryk University in Brno . In 1989 he co-founded the civil association Děti Země ( Children of the Earth ) and is currently its chairman. The association deals with traffic as an environmental problem and is systematically committed to sustainable transport offers. Miroslav Patrik actively intervenes in the decision-making processes of large transport structures, fights for the possibility of more citizen participation in transport projects and works as an environmental consultant.

Central areas of activity of Patrik are u. a. Detection and criticism of procedural deficiencies in the construction of the D 8 motorway (analogous on the German side: A 17 ) through the Bohemian Central Mountains , which are also expressed in environmental protection campaigns. He assesses the decisions and the decision-making process for this construction project as illegal and has initiated corresponding lawsuits. Due to his interventions, the construction of the D 8 has slowed down. His suggestion to lead the D 8 through a tunnel in the nature-protected part of the Bohemian Central Uplands was rejected.

In the documentary Dal nic about the construction of the D 8 motorway by the sociologist and director Ivo Bystřican , Miroslav Patrik also appears with his arguments.

Miroslav Patrik is the coordinator of national activities of the association as part of Děti Země, such as Den bez aut ( Car-free day ), Ropák roku and Zelená perla ( The green pearl ):

• The Ropák roku is an anti-award for the most environmentally hostile act of the year in the Czech Republic. In 2014, this went to Head of State Miloš Zeman for the construction of the Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal .
• The Zelená perla ( The Green Pearl ) is also an anti-award, for the stupidest anti-ecological quote or environmental degradation quote of the year in the Czech public. The first and three-time winner of the Zelená perla is Václav Klaus (1995, 2005 and 2007), neoliberal politician and former Czech head of state. Klaus is known for seeing global warming not as a result of human activity on earth, but as a harmless natural event. He described environmental protection as "eco-terrorism", u. a. in his book "Blue Planet in Green Shackles", and claimed that ecology is not a science, but a fad or an ideology . Klaus received the first Zelená perla for a quote he made on April 24, 1995 in the auditorium of the Palacký University in Olomouc : "Ecology is not a science. It has nothing in common with science. It is an ideology."

Publications

Miroslav Patrik published in a number of magazines such as A 2 , Sedmá generace , Literární noviny u. a.

Miroslav Patrik published or edited various publications on transport and environmental issues, selection:

• Miroslav Patrik (ed.): Traffic policy in Europe from the NGOs point of view: proceedings of the international conference of NGOs held in Prague, October 27-29, 1991 / Children of the Earth. Prague 1992, ISBN 80-901355-1-X
• Miroslav Patrik (ed.): Dopravní politika v Evropě z pohledu nevládních organizací, Praha 1992, ISBN 80-901355-0-1 ( Eng . "Transport Policy in Europe in Relation to Non-Governmental Organizations ")
• Miroslav Patrik (ed.): Doprava, životní prostředí a politika, Brno 1993, ISBN 80-901339-2-4 ( Eng . "Transport, Environment and Politics")
• Miroslav Patrik, Miroslav Šuta : Aby se ve městě dalo dýchat, Ekologický institut Veronica , 2010, ISBN 978-80-87308-02-8 ( Eng . "To be in the city you had to breathe")

Web links

• Literature and other media by and about Miroslav Patrik in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• Website from Ropak Roku and Zelená Perla , run by the citizens' initiative Děti Země
• website of the citizens' initiative Děti Země
• Trailer for the film Dal nic with a parodic opening of the D8 motorway by Miroslav Patrik

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Andrea Angermannová: Stavbu D8 zdržel, teď radí ministrovi, jak ji dokončit, interview with Miroslav Patrik, in: Website of Děti Země , printed in the newspaper Mladá fronta Dnes, Northern Bohemia edition, October 16, 2010
2. ↑ Marco Zimmermann: The D8 motorway in Northern Bohemia may continue to be built. In: Radio Praha, April 24, 2012
3. ↑ Miroslav Patrik: SEA and EIA from the perspective of NGOs in the Czech Republic. Summary of the presentation. Website New ways in the implementation of projects with cross-border environmental impacts between Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Helmut Höge: A Czech movement report. In the Bohemian Uplands, a citizens' initiative is fighting against the construction of an EU motorway. In: Taz, Hausblog, December 29, 2006
5. ↑ Dál nic / Byeway. In: Zitty, May 26, 2014 ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Veioza Arte: One World Romania, 2014 - Interview with Ivo Bystrican. Interview with Ivo Bystřican about the film Dal nic , in: Vimeo channel by Veioza Arte, upload from March 2014
7. ↑ yes: Ropáka roku dostal Miloš Zeman. In: Novinky.cz, April 25, 2014
8. ↑ Nejpitomější výrok z oblasti životního prostředí a ochrany přírody v roce 1995 Web site Zelená perla for Award 1995
9. ↑ Sven Gösmann and Denisa Richters: Václav Klaus: Climate change is completely normal. In: RP-Online, January 18, 2008
10. ↑ Helena Kysela: Prague election hurdles. In: Focus Online, February 8, 2008
11. ↑ List of articles by Miroslav Patrik in Sedmá generace , in: Sedmá generace website ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ List of articles by Miroslav Patrik in A 2 , in: Website of A 2
13. ↑ List of articles by Miroslav Patrik in Literární noviny , in: Literární noviny website