oikos Newsletter
March '14
be informed - get involved - make a difference
Dear Reader,
As March ushers in spring, oikos is happy to bring new prospects for student and alum alike. We are excited to welcome oikos ANU from Kenya, and spend 30 seconds with Rose Karimi, oikos ANU Advisor. The Spring Meeting in Copenhagen and the oikos Asia Meeting in Pune are approaching, and remember to apply by March 20 to join the Executive Board or work as oikos International President. For alumni, there are two upcoming events in March (Lausanne) and May (Zurich). This month, Student Reporter launched its Editor Fellowship Program and has three exciting opportunities for students in environmental reporting and collaborative mobility. Do not forget to connect on social media with the oikos Facebook, oikos Linkedin, and oikos Twitter!
oikos Students
 oikos Asia Meeting - register now!
'Innovation in sustainability' is the theme to which oikos Pune will dedicate three days (23 - 25 May) of oikos chapters gathering in Pune, India. Do not miss the opportunity to learn about sustainability innovations, but also get inspired by local traditional knowledge and environmentally friendly practices in this amazing region.
 oikos enters Kenya
We are happy to welcome oikos ANU, the new chapter at the Africa Nazarene University in the oikos community! The energetic team of oikos ANU already started their first projects such as the Waste Management Training or the Student Case Study Competition. On behalf of whole oikos, we wish oikos ANU best of luck in all the sustainability efforts in Africa.
 Call for New President & EB
Are you passionate about sustainability and working with students across the world? Why not join the Executive Board or work two years full time as the oikos International President to make a difference? Deadline to apply is March 20, with more information about both roles here.
 See you soon in Copenhagen!
The oikos Spring Meeting team can’t wait to welcome whole oikos community at the Spring Meeting 2014 in Copenhagen. The programme will allow you to approach the topic of sustainable city from different angles such as policy, mobility, energy, urbanism or consumption. You will also develop your own perspective when designing the model of sustainable city and experiencing the Copenhagen. Have a look at the sessions and get ready for the action!
 Student Reporter
If you have ever wanted to work with an "experimental newsroom" of student reporters, check out the Student Reporter Fellowship and Student Reporter opportunities. Apply by March 15 here to manage five volunteers as they cover business and economics phenomena for Under-30s around the globe. Apply by 15 March here to be a reporter on the global food crisis or apply by 31 March here to be a reporter for the World Collaborative Mobillity Congress.
oikos Alumni
Save the Date
oikos Finance Initiative
 Working on oikos projects that integrate sustainability into finance education and research? Or just interested in the topic? Join our new oikos Finance Initiative group on Facebook.
30 seconds with Rose Karimi
 My name is Rose Karimi Kiwanuka of Africa Nazarene University, Business School.
My first encounter with oikos was at the oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy 2012 in Zurich while pursuing my PhD at the Rutgers Business School, New Jersey. My interaction with students and faculty from different countries and management fields gave me a different, global perspective on sustainability that I didn’t have before. I was eager to learn more about sustainability and decided to be a change agent who would transform management education and practices in Africa to ensure a more sustainable future. It was during one of the outdoor activities at the academy in the picturesque Swiss Alps, that I mentioned to Jost Hamschmidt of my intention to begin an oikos chapter in Kenya. He introduced me to Lenka Parkanova, the oikos President and the rest is history! We now have oikos, ANU in Nairobi, Kenya and I am one of the advisors.
My vision for oikos, ANU is for it to become something that businesses and individuals in Africa can look up to whenever they think of best practices in sustainability. I would love it if every business, organization and individuals in Africa committed to sustainable practices through the influence of oikos ANU.
This is my dream, and that’s my motivation to become an oikos chapter adviser. I’m working to turn it into a reality. The road map for oikos ANU is ambitious but not impossible. If you’ve ever been frustrated by an entire continent not even for a moment thinking about sustainable practices in any of their actions, you’ll understand what oikos ANU is trying to accomplish here. I think too often students are written off, so this is a good opportunity for Africa Nazarene University oikos students to show that they are perfectly capable of taking their studies and experiences at university and applying them to real life. I commit to help the chapter achieve the goals it has set.
Sustainability is the foundation of our future and we need to know how to make it better. That is why I will not rest until we have a critical mass of oikos chapters in Africa to transform our continent.
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Outlook
20 March: oikos Alumni Event, Lausanne, Switzerland
3 – 6 April: oikos Spring Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark
7 – 10 April: oikos Young Scholars Energy Academy 2014, St. Gallen, Switzerland
6 – 11 April: oikos Model WTO, St. Gallen, Switzerland
8 May: oikos Alumni Debates: What is a Sustainable Bank?, Zurich, Lausanne
23 – 25 May: oikos Asia Meeting: Innovation in Sustainability, Pune, India
Meet oikos
19 – 21 March: Jordi Vives Gabriel, Business and Human Rights, Copenhagen
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