Our newbies, the oikos LEAP Advanced cohort 2018/2019 had their first peer-to-peer call and webinar in December. Focused on the topic of Transpersonal Leadership, the webinar featured John Knights, an international thought leader and coach. Click "read more" to learn about the webinar and follow the link to have a quick glance into how the Advanced cohort began their journey at the LEAP Meeting 2018.  

Our alumni maintain strong bond with oikos and fellow oikees. Time after time, they get together to discuss their favourite topic of sustainability and reminisce about their oikos experience. Recently, oikos alumni met in Basel on November 11th, in Vienna on November 20th, in Zurich on November 23th, and in Brussels on December 3rd. Learn more about upcoming alumni events here.

 

oikos Lausanne hosted the third Francophone Meeting from the 16th to 18th of November, 2018. Our French-speaking oikos members and alumni coming from Lausanne, St Gallen, Reims, Brussels, Leipzig and Moscow had a chance to gain insights on the role of sustainability and innovation in agriculture. The participants and speakers engaged in fruitful discussions and exchanged ideas on sustainability.

 

On November 13th, 2018, oikos Bayreuth hosted a discussion on sustainability. As the concept rose to prominence and became one of the most frequently used terms, its meaning extended and got all-encompassing. The participants of the discussion tried to untangle these many dimensions and implications of the concept of sustainability. In groups, they broke down the term and tried to turn sustainability into an operational strategy.

 

Here they are! The new oikos International Board: Alexis, Benoit, Clementine, Eva, Jakob, Sarah, Sophie, and Wyatt. This team of eight enthusiastic change-makers will lead the oikos community in 2019. They have already held a strategy meeting, outlined their domains and mapped out priorities for the next year. Learn more about the Board's plans and motivation, in their letter to the community.

Food security is one of the pressing challenges in international development. It deals with issues related to the food production capacity and with identifying efficient ways of production. In the latter realm, quinoa plays an interesting role as it suggests a viable alternative for producing protein for human consumption. But is the global production of this localized crop a sustainable option for the world? And if so, what are the decisions available for smallholder quinoa farmers?

Read more in this article co-authored by Carlos Vargas during his tenure as an oikos PhD fellow at the Department of Banking and Finance of the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Sarah Martin, the Vice President of Programs is looking for members of a Project Development Working Group, that will support oikos chapters in transforming education curricula at the local level. The group members will take the lead on developing and perfecting oikos International projects. Submit your application and become a part of our Working Group! If you want to learn more, contact Sarah at sarah.martin@oikos-international.org. Applications are open till December 18th.

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