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Familink Travel – the social community for hospitality and travel 3 Oct 2012 | 10:58 pm
(Press Release) FAMILINK TRAVEL is here, the new web community which helps families from all over the world get in touch with each other and freely offer hospitality. Different from other similar comm...
“The Power of Small: Entrepreneurs Strengthening Local Economies” launched by SAP and Ashoka Changemakers 22 Jun 2012 | 12:33 am
Launched by SAP and Ashoka Changemakers, The Power of Small: Entrepreneurs Strengthening Local Economies seeks innovative strategies that help emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thri...
Student-driven Green Office wins international sustainability award 21 Jun 2012 | 11:01 pm
(Press Release) The International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) and oikos International recognized the achievements of Maastricht University Green Office with the ISCN-oikos Student Leadership Aw...
Oceans of Garbage: An Infographic 14 Jun 2012 | 07:33 am
Meika over from the design team at MastersDegree.net sent me an interesting infographic which I will gladly share. The direct link to the graphic is here: http://www.mastersdegree.net/ocean-garbage/. ...
Pavan Sukhdev: Put a value on nature! 22 Feb 2012 | 04:21 am
Hi to the readers, here is a very interesting video from Pavan Sukhdev on putting a value on nature. I suppose it’s somewhat of a “Stern Review” for Biodiversity. The talk might be a bit stretched and...
Limits to Growth Revisited – Call for Applications – Volkswagen Foundation Winter School 25 Jan 2012 | 08:07 am
Hanover, Germany, November 24 to December 1, 2012 Background The buzzword of our time, “sustainability”, is closely related to a book published 40 years ago, in 1972: “The Limits to Growth” written ...
oikos Ashoka Case Writing Competition Winning Teaching Case – 2011: Better Place 14 Nov 2011 | 11:21 am
(Mitteilung von oikos) Learn about the oikos Ashoka Case Writing Competition Winning Teaching Case 2011: Better Place – Shifting Paradigms in the Automotive Industries (download information in PDF) ...
The Story of Broke (from The Story of Stuff Project) 9 Nov 2011 | 12:21 pm
The newest video from the Story of Stuff Project – “The Story of Broke” talks about government spending and subsidies. Though I like the video, it doesn’t really go into what the individual can do to ...
Make a difference as an iCat Fellow (Philippines/Colombia/India/Kenya/China) 9 Nov 2011 | 12:08 pm
(Message from LGT Venture Philanthropy iCats Program) After having selected already 17 high caliber iCats Fellows for 2012, the LGT Venture Philanthropy iCats Program invites professionals to apply f...
Call for Papers: “First International Conference on Renewable Energies and Vehicular Technology (REVET2012) 19 Oct 2011 | 07:31 am
The Steering Committee and the Local Organising Committee are glad to invite you to the “First International Conference on Renewable Energies and Vehicular Technology (REVET2012)”, which will be held ...
