Start a new Chapter!
- oikos members at the Spring Meeting 2008
- You are interested in sustainable development?
- You want to promote sustainable economics and management?
- You want to be part of a group of students who will be the future leaders and have fun running cool projects?
- You want to exchange experiences and knowledge and want to broaden your horizon in an international network?
- You want to make a difference at your university and there is no oikos group yet?
If your say YES to at least two of the above questions:
Create your own Chapter at your university and be a sustainability entrepreneur!
We at oikos International are happy to support you in the process of founding your oikos group that in the end will be eligible to become an official oikos Local Chapter.
Get to know the benefits of starting your own Local Chapter!
How oikos members characterize oikos Chapters
Words taken from an inquiry in October 2009, what oikos members think about oikos Chapters. Here are some explanations...
Kateřina Krpatová, president oikos Prague
- useful: because we talk about the issues in society
- creative: there are many projects (which haven´t been before at all)
- multi-faceted: you have a choice in your behaviour
Laurie Edelberg, president oikos Brussels
- convivial: any members can come and the atmosphere is relaxed, pleasant and great
- involved: it stands up, support human rights, get informed and interested about the trends
- open: to anybody, any ideas...
Rizwan Shamim, president oikos Dhaka
- focused: both on the oikos vision and mission and local i.e. regional perspectives
- committed: towards sustainability through youth involvement
- action-based: broad participation of students and people from the academia to make an impact
Why found an oikos Chapter?
"It's about meeting people, making a difference, cool and interesting topics, international exchange."
"The oikos family empowers students to apply sustainability in their life, on their campus, to make a difference. The CO2 neutral campus is a start..."
Malko Ebers, founder oikos Constance
"There are many aspects of oikos to like: a strong and supportive international community, sharing a passion for making the world a better place, and having the resources to actually inspire meaningful changes."
Allison Mills, founder oikos Ashland
"It is fun to work for oikos. Though purely voluntary, working with oikos goals enables us to get in contact with big names in academia, corporate and social sectors.
"It gives me immense pleasure to be a part of oikos network worldwide, after a year of accession. Sustainability here in this part of the world (south asia) is totally a different idiom. These developing nations, unlike most of the member nations of oikos network coming from western world, define sustainability and its components in a totally dissimilar fashion. Poverty, economical well being and other related factors being the major goal, gives this concept of sustainability a whole new look. Being part of oikos empowers students and peers to have a more wider view towards the horizon."
Tashaffi Khan, founder oikos Dhaka
"My personal motivation to start a local chapter at CEU was to apply my academic knowledge into activities. I believe that academic knowledge is the stepping stone to make changes but application creates changes. With the belief I initiated Oikos budapest."
Humaira Malik, founder oikos Budapest
KB 10/2009