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Welcome to the December edition of our newsletter! For the last time this year, we take a look at what happened in the preceding months in our community. We also inform you about upcoming opportunities that you can already mark in your 2020 calendar.

December at oikos is a month of bittersweet farewells and new beginnings. We already said goodbye to the oikos Board 2018/2019 and welcomed seven astonishing members to the Board 2019/2020. You can read their stories below.

We are grateful to the whole oikos community - our members, alumni, partners, and supporters - for their astounding commitment, ingenious ideas, and continuous help throughout the past year.

Happy Holidays!

Economists for Future: Sign the open letter to demand action
Sign the open letter from Economists for Future and urge economists worldwide to take action for the climate. "This is not about having more environmental economists. This is about the whole discipline embedding its thinking and its methodologies within the context of a finite planet."READ MORE
oikos UPDATES

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 third call is Campaigning: How to get your message out on campus. READ MORE

LEAP Webinar: Discovering Leadership and Higher Purpose
On 15 January 2020, at 18:00 CET, Professor Robert E. Quinn will talk about Leadership and Higher Purpose. The webinar is meant to encourage participants to reconsider conventional ideas on leadership and take action to make a positive impact. This is an open LEAP Webinar, so everyone is invited to join.  READ MORE
oikos Calendar
Keep an eye on upcoming  events and activities
7 January - oikos Community Hours - online
9 January - oikos Talk: Sustainable mobile banking with Tomorrow - Graz, Austria
14 January, 19:00 - Discussion Series: Getting Started with Curriculum Change III - Campaigning - online
15 January, 18:00 - LEAP Webinar: Leadership and higher purpose - online
15-22 March - oikos Winter School - Witten, Germany
3-5 April - oikos Curriculum Academy - Lausanne, Switzerland
10-12 April - oikos Spring Meeting - Baku, Azerbaijan
oikos IMPACT around the globe

oikos FutureLab 2019: Building partnerships for a sustainable future
The FutureLab conference brought together over 90 students, professors, entrepreneurs, and sustainability thought leaders in Geneva, Switzerland, on 1 and 2 November 2019.  Through a mix of keynote talks, workshops, and panel discussions, the participants representing over 20 nationalities, examined sustainability challenges and opportunities, shared their innovative solutions, and drew blueprints for collective action.| READ MORE

oikos and Leysin American School students walk and talk the SDGs
Some 50 university students from all over the world hiked the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Trail in Leysin, Switzerland, on October 26, 2019. The expedition was led by two 9th graders, Antonio and Sean, and their teacher John from the Leysin American School (LAS). If you want to learn more about the hike in the beautiful Vaudois village READ MORE and who knows, maybe, you will find some inspiration to organize similar projects with school children in your community.

oikos Cologne Alumni Meeting 2019: Bringing the past and present together
In September 2019, oikos Cologne hosted its first Alumni Meeting in twenty years of the oikos Cologne history. Today, they share how they achieved the milestone and what bringing the past and present oikos generations together can teach us all. |READ MORE
oikos Stories
oikos Stories: Insights from one board to the next
As one year closes, another opens. As our 2018/19 board says their goodbyes, our 2019/20 board says hello, both offering us some insight into oikos International - where it was, where it is going, and what could be improved. |READ MORE 
Interesting Reading
About Economizing in Family, City and State: A look into the research of the founding fathers of oikos
Prof. Dr. Phil. Andreas Strunk and Julia Köhler, CBS student and president of oikos Copenhagen, wrote an article “About Economizing in Family, City and State”. The article looks at the challenge of integrating sustainability in our institutions and organizations by examining the work of oikos' founding fathers Hans-Christoph Binswanger and Hans Ulrich. |READ MORE
Quote of the month

"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and
working together is success.

Henry Ford

American Industrialist and Business Magnate
1863-1947

Get Involved
Join our team: We are looking for oikos International Working Group members
Have you ever wondered what the oikos international work all is about? Have you ever wanted to influence what we do? Here is your chance! We are looking for passionate oikos members and alumni who would love to gain hands-on professional experience and contribute to our international activities. | APPLY 
Join our team: We are looking for a Cases Program Manager
Do you want to support our efforts in embedding sustainability into higher education and help shed light on sustainable practices in business and industry? Join our international team as a Cases Program Manager and organize the oikos Case Writing Competition next year. | READ MORE
Are you an oikos Chapter wanting to showcase your initiatives? Reach out to us at newsteam@oikos-international.org
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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