oikos Co-President Patricija Zizyte joined two panels as a speaker last month — one with HESI, and another with Sulitest & Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) — diving deep into the role of higher education in shaping a better future.
Patricija represented youth, students, and of course oikos International at the panel — and these are a few key messages she brought to the table:
🔹 We talk a lot about 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, but I wanted to remind everyone: 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀. Before we act, we need to build intrapersonal and interpersonal capacities — learning how to 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
🔹 Students and faculty need 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 — and I don’t mean more buildings. I mean more 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
🔹 Students who care about sustainability are already organizing, exploring, and learning. Support them. Fund them. Let them 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴.
And for those who aren’t there yet — meet them where they are. Help them find 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 or 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 the world actually needs.
These are just the snippets, you can watch the full Sulitest panel on Youtube now!
