oikos Newsletter
March '15
be informed - get involved - make a difference
Dear Reader,
Spring is officially here or so the calendar says. In reality we may be a little far away from seeing blooming cherry blossoms. Some of you haven't still packed away the warm clothes while others are wondering where spring is. Whether it's the flurries in Northen hemisphere or rains in Sourthern hemisphere, the weather seems to have lost it's season remote. Jokes apart, these sudden weather changes have an impact on us which is so much more than deciding whether to pack your warm clothes - something to resonate on.
Whilst the just departed Solar Impulse proves that a solar-powered airplane can fly day and night without fuel, in oikos we are also kicking off exciting projects. March will see the execution of the Spring Meeting and the Sustainable University Day in St St. Gallen. Post that, in April, the Asia Meet will happen in India, therefore, do not forget to register for it before registrations close!
Jumping a bit ahead of the timescale, the dates for the Presidents' Meeting and the FutureLab have been confirmed! See the side bar to save the dates and get involved in a Learning Circle in order not to miss out on anything. This month is also the last chance to apply for the oikos PhD Fellowship and we have featured Carla from the Winter School 2015 team writing about her learning journey in the organisation of a succesful Winter School 2015. Happy reading!
Call for Newsteam Member
 As the Newsteam, we wish to turn our bicycle team into a tricycle team. That's right, we are searching for a thrid wheel partner. Therefore, if you have a flair for writing and love nitpicking on the T's and D's, then write to us!
oikos Asia Meet 2015: Sustainable Solutions to Urbanization
 Urbanization is on the rise especailly in emerging countries like India, where around 300 million people live in towns and cities.
This year's Asia Meet, hosted by oikos New Delhi, aims at tackling the issue of urbanization as it has become indispensable to think about its risks and come up with solutions for more sustainability in urbanization.
oikos members from all over the world will gather from the 16th until the 19th of April, 2015. Registrations are still open.
First Legislative Meeting of 2015
 Every full chapter will soon have the right to vote at the First Legislative Meeting of 2015 in London. Click 'read more' to learn more about the candidates presenting themselves at the elections. If you have any questions on the Legislative Meeting please send an email to eb@oikos-international.org.
Join and share an oikos Learning Circle!
Interested in finance, management education, economics, EcoMap, entrepreneurship, supply chain/fashion or energy? Then join the Learning Circle on topic of your interest. Make most of the opportunity to gain experience, knowledge and establish networks! If you wish to initiate a Learning Circle with an alternative topic, do not hesitate to contact us.
Share your Knowledge with the Management Learning Circle
 In order to help create more responsible leaders, we are in need of developing and adapting our management education. The management Learning Circle (COMMIT) invites you to answer a short questionnaire that would aid them to collect examples of best and worst practices from various univeristies.
Help us Understand oikos
 To better understand the needs and thoughts of the our community towards oikos, the Executive Board wishes to ask you some questions. Click 'read more' to see the short survey and please spread it in your chapters. The answers given to these questions will consequently be assessed and presented to the community as soon as they will be ready. Thank you for your collaboration!
Carla Weymann, Chief Organiser oikos Winter School 2015
 My name is Carla and I am a part of the organizing team of this year's oikos Winter School. This year we invited about 27 people from all over the world to join us at the University of Witten/Herdecke for one week of learning, exchanging thoughts and reflecting on the topics of sustainability in money and trade. The group was amazing - intelligent, diverse and motivated and it was a great experience to meet with all of them! My greatest learning from organizing and experiencing this Winter School was, that it is so extremely important to deal with topics of sustainability in a global way! It affects all of us and yet we all have different perceptions of what happens and what needs to be done. During the Winter School I learned how rewarding, exhausting and necessary it is to learn about each others ideas, to become aware of cultural differences and to still find solutions together. Because change is not created by one person overnight - it needs all of our crazy, different and beautiful ideas!
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Outlook
26 - 29 March: oikos Spring Meeting 2015, London, UK
16 - 19 April: oikos Asia Meet 2015, New Delhi, India
19-24 April: oikos Model WTO 2015, St. Gallen and Geneva, Switzerland
29-31 May: oikos Germany Meeting 2015, Leipzig, Germany
19 - 22 June: oikos Young Scholars Finance Academy, London, UK
7 - 11 June: oikos Young Scholars Energy Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel
24 - 26 October: oikos Presidents' Meeting, St. Gallen, Switzerland
27 - 28 October: oikos FutureLab 2015, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Meet oikos
18 March: Anita Negri and Adriana Troxler at Sustainable University Day, St. Gallen, Switzerland
28 April: Anita Negri, Lena Hoerlein and Adriana Troxler at Impact Conference, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Contribute
Let people know what you are up to and submit your news for the next newsletter to:
newsteam@oikos-international.org
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In June 2015, Tel Aviv University, the University of St. Gallen, and oikos will host the oikos Young Scholars Energy Academy 2015 - "Managing the Transition to Renewable Energy – Towards a New Energy Paradigm". We invite PhD students and young scholars to apply to the academy by March 12, 2015.