The possibilities are immense when young enthusiastic students join hands to seek solutions for the most complex challenges in our societies. In this month’s issue, learn how oikos Pune is coming up with innovative ways to tackle issues of waste management and river pollution. Also, discover how Youth Forum can be a great platform to open a dialogue between students, academia and NGOs, an oikos Tbilisi experience. If you want to bring out your journalistic side, you can apply to become a Student Reporter at the World Resources Forum 2013 or the oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy in Switzerland. And finally, we present to you Regular Kramer, who has recently launched oikos Alumni in Zurich.
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Pune: Ambitious Plans of the New Chapter
Indian chapters now have a new support in the region, oikos Pune. 15 students from the Symbiosis Institute of Management in Pune started their first project, I-Green which focuses on innovative ways of composting and cleaning local rivers. On behalf of the oikos community, we wish oikos Pune all the best.
oikos Tbilisi Shapes Higher Education in Georgia 90 university students along with representatives from NGOs and academia gathered at the Youth Forum in Tbilisi with a common agenda. They wanted their universities to support personal development of students, helping them gain the right competencies, and also reflect sustainable perspectives in their curricula and management. The key concern raised during the discussion was the direction in which Georgian Universities should go. To this, the participants agreed that their universities should have strong and esteemed student organisations, where there is a constructive dialogue between students and professors, and active participation of students in the university governance.
Model WTO 2013 Concluded 72 students from 39 different countries participated in the Model WTO 2013. During the one-week event, they discussed current trade issues within the scope of this year’s topic question “Intellectual Property Rights – Guardian of Sustainable Trade?”. The students worked out solutions on some of the most pressing questions under the supervision of WTO experts, Ambassadors, Professors and NGO professionals.
Student Reporter
One more week left to apply for the oikos Student Reporter at the World Resources Forum in Davos, Switzerland or at the oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy!
Apply to be Student Reporter at the World Resources Forum
Apply to be Student Reporter at the oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy
oikos Academic
oikos Young Scholars Economics Academy 2013
Do not miss the deadline for the upcoming oikos Young Scholars Economics Academy 2013 on “Global Financial Inclusion”, which we will run this 15-19 September in Switzerland. Please submit your application by 15 May.
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Regula Kramer Convenor, oikos Alumni Zurich When I look back at my student life, the first thought that comes to my mind is that of oikos. And when I think of oikos, I mostly think of people whom I have met through oikos. Some have inspired me, some have made me question my opinion, and some have shared experiences I could relate to. I would not have known most of them if not for oikos. We sat next to each other at “oikos for pizza”, or randomly met during a restroom break of an oikos conference, or when we had to give an input for a workshop together because we were working on the same topic. These sorts of spontaneous chats and unexpected encounters, surrounded by the oikos spirit, have become rare in my life now. My student life was enriched by such oikos experiences and spirit. I miss this let’s-just-do-it-spirit, the honest commitments, and the inspiration drawn from bold visions in my everyday student life. Since I can’t go back to being a student, I thought to myself - why not recreate that spirit through an oikos Alumni group in Zurich! Most of the oikos St. Gallen Alumni are living or working in Zurich and I need to bring them together again! The oikos spirit shall live on in our professional lives.
oikos Alumni in Zurich Launched With the new oikos Alumni team in Zurich and the support of Adriana (the Program Manager of oikos), I have embarked to build a well-connected, active network of oikos Alumni around Zurich. We have several projects in pipeline which we are going to promote through our Facebook group, the oikos St.Gallen website, and also the oikos LinkedIn Alumni Group.
Design your Professional Network with us If you are ready to shape the oikos Alumni network, join us for our kick-off grill evening on 10th August in Zurich. More information will be available on our Facebook page soon. Alternatively, you can also start your own oikos Alumni team in your city.
For more information, contact Regula (regula.kramer@zg.ch) or Adriana (adriana.troxler@oikos-international.org).
Outlook
25 – 30 August: oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy
On “Creating Hybrid Ventures: Legitimacy and Sustainability Challenges in Social Entrepreneurship”
15 – 19 September: oikos Young Scholars Economics Academy
On “Global Financial Inclusion”
12 - 15 September: CEE Regional Meting in Warsaw
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08 - 10 November: Chapter Presidents Meeting in St. Gallen, Switzerland & 11 - 12 November: oikos FutureLab 2013 in St. Gallen, Switzerland Save the date!
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Indian chapters now have a new support in the region, oikos Pune. 15 students from the Symbiosis Institute of Management in Pune started their first project, I-Green which focuses on innovative ways of composting and cleaning local rivers. On behalf of the oikos community, we wish oikos Pune all the best.
90 university students along with representatives from NGOs and academia gathered at the Youth Forum in Tbilisi with a common agenda. They wanted their universities to support personal development of students, helping them gain the right competencies, and also reflect sustainable perspectives in their curricula and management. The key concern raised during the discussion was the direction in which Georgian Universities should go. To this, the participants agreed that their universities should have strong and esteemed student organisations, where there is a constructive dialogue between students and professors, and active participation of students in the university governance.
72 students from 39 different countries participated in the Model WTO 2013. During the one-week event, they discussed current trade issues within the scope of this year’s topic question “Intellectual Property Rights – Guardian of Sustainable Trade?”. The students worked out solutions on some of the most pressing questions under the supervision of WTO experts, Ambassadors, Professors and NGO professionals.
