oikos Newsletter
October '14
be informed - get involved - make a difference
Dear Reader,
Indeed, the greatest annual event in the oikos calendar is just a month or so away. oikos members from across the world will converge at the FutureLab 2014 followed by the oikos Conference. If you have joined one of the Learning Circles, you now have the opportunity to put forth your innovative ideas and make yourself heard among some of the brightest visionaries. Do not miss the chance to meet the great crowd of oikos members, alumni and partners!
In the meantime, our President elect Anita Negri has arrived in St. Gallen and is learning oikos trade secrets from Lenka. Moreover, Lenka has just returned from the Copernicus Alliance Conference in Prague where she spoke about student potential and concrete actions students can take to transform economics and management education towards sustainability.
In this edition, we also introduce our new editors, a sprightly duo from the mystical land of India!
oikos Students
Become an Executive Board Member 2015!
 New oikos Executive Board members will be elected during the Legislative Meeting, prior to the FutureLab 2014. We are looking for expert strategists who are passionate about changing the world. If you want to engage in oikos on an international level and develop your skills in a truly global setup, apply for the oikos Executive Board! The deadline for applications is October 31st.
The oikos Conference 2014: Register NOW!
The 26th oikos Conference on 13th - 14th November, 2014 is slated to be bigger, better and more insightful.
This year, around 100 participants will devote themselves to the challenges of supply chain sustainability, particularly in the food and textile sectors. Why is a sustainable supply chain crucial to businesses? Where do companies face obstacles, and how do they try to overcome them? What more can and should be done in this regard? This is your opportunity to mingle with some of the brightest minds in the industry and academia and contribute towards enhancing supply chain sustainability.
Find out more about the programme and register now at www.oikos-conference.org.
Join the Future Lab Learning Circles
Not able to make it to the FutureLab but still interested in sustainable Finance, Management, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Supply Chain/Fashion or Energy?
Then join the Learning Circle with the topic of your interest and gain experience, knowledge and establish networks!
Learning Circles offer the opportunity to interact with people with a common interest and gain experience, knowledge and establish networks in their area of interest. We currently have 7 Learning Circles: Economics, Energy, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, Finance, Leadership, and Management.
Central and Eastern European Meeting 2014 in Prague
 The third annual oikos meeting for Central and Eastern Europe stirred up a discussion about the world’s current food systems. Set in Prague, the beautiful and ancient capital of the Czech Republic, the CEE Meeting 2014 was called "Food(Re)Cycle”. The program comprised lectures, inspiring seminars, interactive oikos member presentations and delicious food.
oikos Summer School 2014, Georgia
 The first oikos Summer School was held in Tbilisi, Georgia, with the theme of Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability in Emerging Markets. There were case studies to solve, places to see, mountains to climb, evening discussions in the pool and much more.
oikos Alumni
LinkedIn for Alumni
 Are you an alumna/alumnus? Keep in touch via Linkedin.
Saurav Kumar Das & Nimisha Ghorpade
Dear oikees,
I am Saurav Kumar Das (Skud) , the current President of oikos Jamshedpur. My association with oikos well and truly began as an enthusiastic participant at the oikos Asia Meet 2014 which was a great learning experience for me. I was part of the team that won the Green Quiz on sustainability and was also part of the team that was runner up in the ‘My Green Idea’ challenge. As President of oikos Jamshedpur, I lead a team of 18 to undertake highly productive and innovative projects on sustainable development. I am involved in organizing Joy of Giving Week in the city of Jamshedpur where we encourage citizens to come forward and get involved in acts of benevolence like donating food & clothes, sponsoring education of children and spending time with the differently abled community.
I am quite grateful for being given the opportunity to serve as an editor of the oikos newsletter. It gives me the platform to interact with oikees across the globe and bring onboard my earlier experiences as an editor of our college newsletter. I am thoroughly excited and look forward to the prospects of bringing exciting new stories to the oikos community. I eagerly look forward to attend the , the FutureLab and network with my fellow oikees.
Cheers!
Skud
Dear oikees,
I am Nimisha Ghorpade, a member of oikos Pune. A few months back, while researching on an article I came across the Asia Meet on the oikos website. The word sustainability and economics, immediately captured my environmentalist attention having just completed my Masters in Environmental Sciences. I wrote to Pratik, president of oikos Pune and I had the chance to attend an amazing conference with them. Post the Asia Meet, I had the opportunity to become a member at oikos Pune which is where I started my oikos journey. Before I knew it, I was attending the Summer School in Georgia and the CEE Meeting in Prague, all thanks to Pratik & Ankit. The Summer School was an eye-opener to sustainability in a social enterprise and a platform, where I met people from different backgrounds and ideas, inching towards saving the environment. Then, there was the CEE Meeting, in the beautiful city of Prague which captured my heart and made me rethink my role as a consumer. I realise that my time in oikos is how the Gerogians love their wine; more the time, greater the maturity. It has been a rollercoaster ride so far of making new friends, self-learning and satisfying inner futuristic questions which are like inner demons playing mental tag.
It's overwhelming that in a few months so much has happened. Being a passionate environmentalist who believes in nature and people, in that particular order, I always wondered how to equate economy with ecology and the dire consequences of people making a choice between the two. And that's what oikos has unravelled for me. In my free time, I can be found with a book reading in a quite corner, clicking pictures and educating women, children and the society. I love being woken up to songs, dancing like there's no tomorrow and writing poetry.
I look forward to this new inscribing journey with Saurav who is passionate about writing and everything in general.
Till then, saving one tree at a time.
Swaying hellos and squishy hugs ,
Nimisha
Hope you enjoy what we write and shower us with your appreciation as we take baby steps to evolve.
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Outlook
07 - 09 November: Chapter Presidents Meeting
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10 - 11 November: oikos FutureLab, St. Gallen, Switzerland
13 - 14 November: oikos Conference, St. Gallen, Switzerland
8 December: oikos Case Writing Competition - case submission deadline
19 - 22 January: oikos Young Scholars Entrepreneurship Academy, Weggis & Zurich, Switzerland
22 - 28 February: Winter School 2015, Witten, Germany
26 - 29 March: Spring Meeting 2015, London, UK
Meet oikos
10 October: Anita Negri, Lenka Parkanova, Adriana Troxler and Julia Weber at the Doc Net Symposium, St. Gallen, Switzerland
27 November: Anita Negri at the Sustianable Finance Summit, Geneva, Switzerland
Contribute
Let people know what you are up to and submit your oikos News for the next newsletter to:
newsteam@oikos-international.org
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We are accepting submissions in three different competing tracks: Sustainable Finance, Corporate Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship. Deadline is December 8, 2014.