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Energysavers 2012
“We want you… to become an Energysaver!” – that was the message addressed to students of four greatest Warsaw universities in November and December 2012 that expressed the main idea behind the Energysavers project. The fourth edition of oikos Warsaw initiative devoted to promoting sustainable energy consumption was fully supported by oikos International Project Development Fund. The Energysavers project was aimed at uniting students to make a difference. oikos Warsaw attempted to convince them of the importance of saving: the project was to prove that saving money may be easily combined with saving the natural environment. The grounds for the success of the project was an innovative combination of education, practice and the sense of competition and achievement: about 400... »
Spring Meeting in Maastricht Accomplished
oikos Spring Meeting 2013 in Maastricht. oikos’ biggest project has, also this year, come to an end. The organising team in Maastricht hopes to have left a touch of sustainable investors in all the participants. Read all about it! The participants of the oikos Spring Meeting 2013 have all officially departed and beautiful memories are left in the air of Maastricht. The Chief Organiser, Anita Negri, had started off the conference by stating that the “Spring Meeting is a unique event, and it was an honour to organise it”. By virtue of the participants the turn-out was, in fact, unique. The theme of sustainable investment was embraced by the vast combination of activities. Participants had the opportunity to... »
Reutlingen and Lausanne, Welcome in oikos!
There is no better way of entering the year 2013 than having more fantastic people in the oikos community. We are happy to introduce two new oikos Chapters in accession represented by students of HEC Lausanne and Reutlingen University. Read more about their plans and advisors. oikos Lausanne oikos Lausanne was kick started by José Luis Ibarra, Sébastien Bianchi, Lucas Bosonnet and Franck Canavesi, the graduate students of the Faculty of Economics and Management, who strive to combine economy with social equity and respect for the environment. oikos Lausanne already started creating links with sustainable enterprises and institutions in their region and among others going to organize a case study writing competition in the upcoming semester. The case study will be... »