Zsuzsa FOLTANYI is the director of the Hungarian Environmental Partnership for Central Europe, where she has been working with NGOs to solve environmental problems of local as well as national concern. She is the editor of several books on environmental issues and the author of studies on energy planning in Hungary; her journalism work covers all aspects of environmental policy. Through involvement with grassroots organizations, she became interested in how new methods of public participation can help sustainable development. Her university education is in environmental engineering and biology.