On April 29, 2018 Pune, India will be a meeting point for oikos alumni.  They will get together at 7:30pm at Malaka Spice to reminisce their time at oikos, make new connections and discuss sustainability.

On April 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm oikos alumni will gather in Mumbai at Kaitlyn’s Beer Garden.

It is an opportunity for every oikos alumni to meet old friends, make new connections and discuss sustainability with the like-minded people.

oikos Vienna will organize an excursion to Landfill Rautenweg to learn about Vienna’s waste management system.

Some questions they will attempt to answer are: How does Vienna’s waste management work? What does environmentally sound waste management look like? Can the Landfill really be seen as an alternative energy supplier?

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From the 4th to the 6th of May 2018, oikos Develop Prize is hosting a Social Entrepreneurship Competition.

THE EVENT: Students and entrepreneurs get the unique chance to develop innovative and financially viable solutions that address 2 UN Sustainable Development Goals;

SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
&
SDG 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production

Whether you have prior entrepreneurship experience and would like to learn more about developing a business or would like to live to develop an idea from scratch, oikos Develop Prize is the right thing for you! During this entrepreneurship journey, not only do you get to attend amazing workshops but also have the unique opportunity to get advice from mentors, such as MBA students from Net Impact. NOTE: You do NOT need a fully developed idea to apply, you can get to work on one from the moment you join a team ! 😀

The Prize:
– CONSULTING SERVICES FROM KPMG
– MENTORING from NetImpact
– More prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place

This year’s workshops:
Design Thinking workshop with IBM
Business Development workshop with last year’s winner BloodLink
A pitching workshop with HighTech XL

Schedule:
Monday 30th of April: Team building event from 16:00-18:00
Friday 4th of May: 14:00- 19:30
Saturday 5th of May: 10:00-16:30
Sunday 6th of May: 10:00-19:00

A perfect opportunity to meet face to face with our influential partners, share your experiences, best practices and challenges with other entrepreneurs but also to get noticed by professionals in the field.

We strongly encourage students from all educational backgrounds to apply for this event! We believe that it is the diversity that makes the best teams and our past winners include teams of designers, engineers and scientists!

The participation is FREE and oikos Copenhagen will provide enough food and drinks for all of you. In return, we just expect you to surprise the mentors, jury and us with your great and innovative ideas! 🙂

You can find more information here: https://oikos-international.org/copenhagen/projects/oikos-develop-prize/about/

What problems does plastic in the environment cause and how does it affect animals? What is Bioplastics all about and is it an alternative to conventional plastic? And what do bacteria have to do with all this?

With two contributors, the event will provide insights into current research at the University of Tübingen: Rita Triebskorn, Professor at the Institute for Evolution and Ecology, Department of Physiological Ecology of Animals, will report on the differences between microplants and macroplastics, as well as possible effects in animals. Moritz Koch, doctoral candidate in the field of microbiology will discuss bioplastics and his doctorate work, that focuses on the production of bioplastics by cyanobacteria.

Date & Location: Wednesday, May 16th, 6 pm in Kupferbau (HS 24), Hölderlinstr. 5th

oikos Tübingen will hold a Zero-Waste-Workshop to introduce ways of reusing products and expand thei life-cycle. The workshop will introduce the idea behind the Zero-Waste concept and will be followed by a discussion.

RobecoSAM is an investement specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing. They offer loads of different products such as asset management, sustainability indicied or customized portfolio benchmarking solutions. All of their investement strategies and products are designed to make a measurable environmental or social impact.

Learn more about RobecoSAM and join oikos St. Gallen in their next oikos & Pizza on the 24th of April. As always, some snacks, beer and lemonade are offered after the event. The presentation will be held in English.

Have you always wondered what a circular economy is? Join oikos Copenhagen on April 17 for this interactive event with presentations from Accenture and VIGGA.

Kristoffer Hvidsteen, Head of Accenture Sustainability Denmark, will present to us about how businesses can shift from a linear business as usual approach to a circular one, where growth is decoupled from the use of scarce and linear resource inputs. Based on Accenture’s publication “Waste to Wealth: The Circular Economy Advantage”, Kristoffer will introduce the five main business models through which companies can transform into circular practices and ten disruptive technologies that are essential for this change.

VIGGA is a maternity and kid’s wear brand, that is disrupting the global fast fashion industry by creating not only a sustainable product but also a sustainable way of using it. Monica Trabjerg Balle, Marketing Manager, will explain how the company wants to reduce waste, change consumption patterns, save parents time and money, and upset the textile industry by carving out a new market of practical (and more sustainable) shoppers. VIGGA is proof that the circular economy makes real sense, and that is beneficial for businesses, consumers and the environment alike.

The event is FREE but to secure your spot, sign up here: https://oikoscph.typeform.com/to/mjP938

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The Finance Club HEC Lausanne and oikos Lausanne invite you to their next conference given by Jean Laville, head of Swiss Sustainable Finance, on the theme of Green Finance.

What is Green Finance? Is it used only for marketing purposes or does it allow a real breakthrough?

Learn all about the concept on April 24, 2018 at 18:30.

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