oikos Spring Meetings

Tentative programme

"Sustainable Lifestyles"

 

Details subject to change.

 

 

Saturday, 28 January 2012

08.30

Tea

09.00-10.00

Welcome address

10.00-10.45

Ice breaking session

10.45-11.15

Urban Poor and Self Help Groups (tentative)

11.15-13.15

Site Visit to Self Help groups in Urban Slums (to be finalised)

13.15-13.45

Lunch

13.45-14.45

Sustainable Management of Space: Traditional designs and designers (tentative)

14.45-15.45

Lets design our dream building: competition using plastic cups and bottles (tentative)

15.45-16.00

Tea Break

16.00-17.00

City Resource Management and Leadership - A discussion with City Municipal Commissioner

17.00-17.30

Screening of Documentary/film on cities and resource management

17.30-18.00

"Robust and Sustained Business Models" – A discussion (Initiated by Pranav Gajjar, an intro to the visit to Sunday market)

18.00-19.30

Presidents Meeting : Role and future of oikos Asia chapters coordinated by an EB member

19.30

Pizza Time! (Dinner)

 

 

Sunday, 29 January 2012

06.00-08.30

Bicycle to Market in Ahmedabad old city

08.30-09.30

Tea and breakfast

Parallel Sessions:

Parallel Session 1 (25 participants)

09.30-10.15

Handmade paper making – Theory of doing – CEPT Clay Club – (tentative)

10.15

Visit to CEPT Clay Club – demonstration

Parallel Session 2 (25 participants)

09.30-10.15

Organic Farming (tentative)

10.15

CEPT Farm-organic farming

13.30-13.45

Lunch Break

13.45-14.15

Starting a New Chapter: Whats at the International Front?

14.15-15.00

Parallel sessions

I: Sustainable career opportunities - meeting with oikos alumni

II: oikos Advisors Meeting

15.00-16.30

oikos Mela – each of the chapters put up their stalls describing their activities for public

16.30-17.00

Tea and snacks

17.00-18.30

Mela continues

18.30

Vote of Thanks and Dinner

 

* Mela means a gathering, meet or a fair. Stalls would be provided for chapters to put up their works. They could also host interactive games.

 

oikos – students for sustainable economics and management