Discussion Series: Getting Started with Curriculum Change
Want to start working on improving the teaching at your school but don’t know where to start? You’re not alone! Join us for a series of calls where we can share our experiences, challenges, and ideas about starting local curriculum change projects. The main focus of our first call is Motivation: What do we want to change and why do we want to change it? | READ MORE |
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oikos Case Writing Competition: Get to know the winners
We are delighted to introduce the winners of the oikos Case Writing Competition 2019. Our expert judges along with oikos student members and alumni reviewed outstanding submissions and awarded prizes to 3 cases that explored the future of urban bicycle delivery, tackled the issue of over-tourism, and chronicled the innovation in bio-digester technology in Mexico. Now, it's your turn to use the cases in your classrooms. | READ MORE |
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Keep an eye on upcoming events and activities
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oikos IMPACT around the globe
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LEAP Meeting 2019: What is leadership, anyway?
Over 65 oikos members, alumni, and partners from 24 cities gathered together in Leysin, Switzerland, from 25th to 31st October 2019. The goal of the meeting was clear-cut - to share knowledge, exchange ideas, develop new partnerships and above all, inspire each other to lead change. The main task of the participants? Rediscover their true potential and rethink the idea of leadership. | READ MORE |
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The Power of Imagination: Four hours to walk the earth as a refugee
Fear, rush, bewilderment, stillness, despair, and relief – they felt it all. Our participants at the LEAP Meeting 2019 took part in the Refugee Awareness Game – “Passages” to confront the plight of refugees and reimagine their life. Janina Hoffmann, one of the participants, shared her feelings and thoughts in a blog. | READ MORE |
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30 seconds with Stephen Snider
Stephen Snider is a student at Harvard. A random Instagram post brought him to oikos and inspired him to start a chapter in Boston, USA. He already teamed up with us and organized a join oikos-Harvard e-conference. In October, he also joined oikos members at the LEAP Meeting 2019.
This month, Stephen talked with us about his passion for Sustainable Finance, explained why he decided to start the oikos chapter and discussed his recent oikos experience. | READ MORE
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Alumni Portrait: Yoon-Joo Jee
Just a few years ago Yoon-Joo Jee was an active oikos member in Lille, France. Today she is a successful social entrepreneur. Yoon-Joo co-founded “Snowball Effect”, a social enterprise that aims to make impactful solutions go viral through effective replication.
“We know solutions exist to tackle the world’s biggest issues. The problem is that they stay at a local scale and are not replicated enough to address a similar issue elsewhere.” - said Yoon-Joo. To learn how her start-up addresses the issue and to become one of the social entrepreneurs or “replicators” engaged in the initiative READ MORE.
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The Emerging oikos Structure: Reflections on theory and practice
oikos is constantly innovating and evolving. We know, we should. In order to respond to existing challenges and address the needs of new generations of members and alumni, we strive to become more and more transparent and resilient. Hannah Brack, former oikos chapter president, active LEAP coach, and Working Group member, looked at the theory and practice of ever-changing oikos structure and shared her perspectives on the topic. | READ MORE
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The Financial Times Measures Social Impact of Universities Worldwide
The Financial Times set to identify the best practice examples of ethics, social purpose, and sustainability in business schools and universities worldwide. They asked higher education institutions to share their initiatives and activities that were launched with an aim to create a greater social impact. A panel of experts that included oikos International - represented by oikos President Clementine Robert, and Curriculum Research Manager J.Christopher Proctor - compiled a list of impactful initiatives that could inspire academics, students, university management and others across the globe. READ MORE
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"Young people may lack experience but they also have clear sight."
David Attenborough
English Broadcaster and Natural Historian
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oikos Cases Program: Donate to support the development and use of cases on sustainability in classroooms worldwide
What is happening outside our dusty classrooms in business and industries? oikos Cases Program looks for inspiring cases of sustainability-driven change in the business world and motivates faculty to use these cases for teaching. If you want to help us further develop our program, and contribute to the process of embedding sustainability into the education curriculum, consider donating to the Cases Program. The Cases team would be happy to answer your questions at case@oikos-international.org | DONATE
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Do you want to join our team and contribute the oikos vision and mission? Take a look at all our openings. | READ MORE
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