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Together with the help of the local and international community, we set up a unique program of events to encourage sustainable thinking.
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🌍🎬 The Crossroads Festival 2024 in Graz, a festival for documentary films and discourse, is coming soon! 😍
🗓 From October 31 to November 9, exciting events will be held on sustainability and societal change. 🌱🌍
💡 Stunning visuals and inspiring stories offer ways to act and encourage hope. 🌱🌟 The Crossroads festival invites participants to explore key developments of our time, showcasing new documentaries that highlight people 👥, initiatives 🌱, and movements ✊ working to preserve our life-supporting systems and social achievements, aiming for a good life for all. 🌟🎬
📽 Many films screened will have their Austrian premieres and have received various awards. 🏅 Post-screening discussions allow the audience to engage with filmmakers and protagonists and explore the topics addressed in the films. 🗣👥 The program also includes additional lectures 📚, debates 🗣, and workshops 🛠.
🌿 The focus will be on Green City Lives 🏙 on Saturday, November 2, 2024. We’ll also be there, organizing a fitting clothing swap event 👚♻️ and presenting oikos Graz! 💚
What is a clothing swap event? 🧐
A clothing swap lets you refresh your wardrobe 👕✨, discover new styles, and reduce your environmental footprint 🌍 while having a great time with friends. 👥
How does it work? 🤔
Gather clean, gently used items, bring them to our event, and trade them for new favorites! 🧥🔄♻️ Here, you can sustainably refresh your wardrobe, reduce your ecological footprint, and have fun. 🌍🎉
👥 Enjoy mingling, refreshments, and fashion-forward conversations for a reconnecting and inspiring experience. 🗣🍹
📌 When? November 2, 1:00-5:30 PM (CET)
📌 Where? Forum Stadtpark, Stadtpark 1 (First Floor)
Location: Forum Stadtpark (Stadtpark 1, 8010 Graz, First Floor)
Target group: Our Clothing Swap Event is not only aimed at environmentally conscious individuals and those looking to adopt a more eco-friendly lifestyle, but also offers a unique opportunity to enjoy mingling, refreshments, and fashion-forward conversations. This reconnecting and inspiring experience is perfect for documentary film enthusiasts and socially engaged people who enjoy discussing important topics. While open to everyone, the event is especially tailored for students and young people, appealing to anyone interested in sustainability issues. Additionally, it attracts those who enjoy cultural events and want the chance to meet people from diverse backgrounds.
13:00 - 17:30h
(CET)
1:00 PM - 5:30 pm
(CET)
🌍🎬 The Crossroads Festival 2024 in Graz, a festival for documentary films and discourse, is coming soon! 😍
🗓 From October 31 to November 9, exciting events will be held on sustainability and societal change. 🌱🌍
💡 Stunning visuals and inspiring stories offer ways to act and encourage hope. 🌱🌟 The Crossroads festival invites participants to explore key developments of our time, showcasing new documentaries that highlight people 👥, initiatives 🌱, and movements ✊ working to preserve our life-supporting systems and social achievements, aiming for a good life for all. 🌟🎬
📽 Many films screened will have their Austrian premieres and have received various awards. 🏅 Post-screening discussions allow the audience to engage with filmmakers and protagonists and explore the topics addressed in the films. 🗣👥 The program also includes additional lectures 📚, debates 🗣, and workshops 🛠.
🌿 The focus will be on Green City Lives 🏙 on Saturday, November 2, 2024. We’ll also be there, organizing a fitting clothing swap event 👚♻️ and presenting oikos Graz! 💚
What is a clothing swap event? 🧐
A clothing swap lets you refresh your wardrobe 👕✨, discover new styles, and reduce your environmental footprint 🌍 while having a great time with friends. 👥
How does it work? 🤔
Gather clean, gently used items, bring them to our event, and trade them for new favorites! 🧥🔄♻️ Here, you can sustainably refresh your wardrobe, reduce your ecological footprint, and have fun. 🌍🎉
👥 Enjoy mingling, refreshments, and fashion-forward conversations for a reconnecting and inspiring experience. 🗣🍹
📌 When? November 2, 1:00-5:30 PM (CET)
📌 Where? Forum Stadtpark, Stadtpark 1 (First Floor)
Location: Forum Stadtpark (Stadtpark 1, 8010 Graz, First Floor)
Target group: Our Clothing Swap Event is not only aimed at environmentally conscious individuals and those looking to adopt a more eco-friendly lifestyle, but also offers a unique opportunity to enjoy mingling, refreshments, and fashion-forward conversations. This reconnecting and inspiring experience is perfect for documentary film enthusiasts and socially engaged people who enjoy discussing important topics. While open to everyone, the event is especially tailored for students and young people, appealing to anyone interested in sustainability issues. Additionally, it attracts those who enjoy cultural events and want the chance to meet people from diverse backgrounds.
13:00 - 17:30h
(CET)
1:00 PM - 5:30 pm
(CET)
📢 Excited for the new semester? So are we! 🙌 Join us for our Semester Opening on Tuesday, October 29th, 2024! 🥳
Do you care about the planet and want to create a meaningful difference? 🚀🌿🌍💚 We do too! 🙋♀️
In our Semester Opening, you will have the opportunity to meet our #changemakers and learn more about our projects, values, mission, and what awaits us this semester. 😍🙌👥🌿
oikos Graz is a student-led organization focusing on Sustainability, Responsible Leadership, and Sustainable Economics based in Graz, the capital of Austria’s green heart. 💚🇦🇹 As a non-profit organization, we build on a strong foundation of volunteers from different academic backgrounds. What unites us is the common drive to create a more sustainable economy and responsible businesses. We don’t focus solely on the economic sector but aim to promote sustainability in all areas of need.
We inform, educate, and transform academia for a more sustainable future! 🙌🌿🌍
We are actively involved in diverse climate protection projects and strive to bring about #change among students and youth in the Graz area.
🧐 We will present our projects in more detail over the next few days leading up to the Semester Opening! Stay tuned on our Instagram page! 👀 By clicking on the blue button, you will be taken to our Instagram page.
📌 When? October 29, 7:00-9:00 PM (CET)
📌 Where? Das schubertNEST (Elisabethstraße 27, 8010 Graz)
Location: Das schubertNEST (Elisabethstraße 27, 8010 Graz)
Target group: All students from universities and colleges of higher education in Styria, as well as students from other universities across Austria, and young people who care about the planet and want to create a strong positive impact and meaningful difference.
19:00 - 21:00h
(CET)
7:00 PM - 9:00 pm
(CET)
🌍🌱 Join our workshop: “From Impact to Practice: How to Make Climate-Friendly Food Choices”! 🌱🌍
Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the environment? 🤔🌱 Do you want to learn how your dietary choices can contribute to a more sustainable future and how to make conscious food choices? 🤔💡 Would you like to connect with like-minded individuals who share your enthusiasm for this topic? 🤔👥 If so, don’t miss our workshop and be part of the change! 🌟
🌱 As part of this year’s Sustainability Day at the University of Graz, under the theme “How will you eat tomorrow?” 🥗, we are organizing a workshop not only designed to be informative but also highly interactive, engaging, led and facilitated by our oikos Graz Team! 🥰💙 The workshop is also part of the oikos Academy 2024 under the motto “Road to Carbon Neutrality”! 👣🌿
🔔 Registration is open from September 26 until October 8 (11:59 p.m.). You can find the link 🔗 at the end of the description.
📊 Did you know? 🤔 Food production has a major impact on the environment in several ways:
➡️ Food Production currently accounts for one-quarter of the world’s GHG emissions (26%) 😰
➡️ 70% of global freshwater withdrawals are used for agriculture 🚰
📈 Discover how different diets impact climate change 🌍, from methane emissions 🐄💨 to the carbon footprint of food production 👣🍽️. You’ll calculate your carbon footprint and learn how daily habits affect the environment 🌱. We’ll introduce the EAT-Lancet Study’s Planetary Health Diet (PHD) 🥦 and the benefits of plant-based eating for both health and the planet 🥗💪.
🛒 Get tips on sustainable shopping: learn to identify organic labels ✅🥕 and avoid greenwashing 🚫💚.
💡 Impact also plays a key role in this workshop! 🌍Participate in a brainstorming session 🧠 where we’ll explore how you can actively contribute to sustainability through your diet and inspire others. 🥕👥📢 Your ideas can help shape the university’s role in promoting sustainable nutrition. Share YOUR SUGGESTIONS on HOW the University of Graz can enhance sustainable nutrition initiatives! 🏫🍽️ All suggestions will be forwarded to the Environmental Management Department, so you can be part of the solution! 🤝🌱
👩🍳 We’ll conclude the workshop with hands-on practice, preparing climate-friendly snacks together! 😋🌱
🎁 All participants will receive a voucher from Parks Bio Fairtrade Coffee Shop ☕ valued at 10,00€! 🎉 The workshop can be conducted in German or English. 😍
📌 Time? 11.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. (CEST)
📌 Where? Das schubertNEST (Elisabethstraße 27, 8010 Graz)
If you want to save a fixed spot for the workshop, you should register at the following link: https://nachhaltigkeitstag.uni-graz.at/de/anmeldungen-2024/workshops/?esraSoftIdva=58250 🔗✅
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📖🔗 Sources: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food https://ourworldindata.org/food-ghg-emissions
Location: Das schubertNEST (Elisabethstraße 27, 8010 Graz)
Target group: Every year, Sustainability Day takes place on the University of Graz campus. Organized and planned by students, the university primarily aims to raise awareness of important environmental issues among students and University of Graz staff. However, the program is also open to other interested individuals. Our workshop is primarily aimed at students and employees of the University of Graz, but it is also open to other interested in the topic.
11:30 - 13:30h
(CEST)
11.30 AM - 1.30 pm
(CEsT)
What happened so far...
Uniting for a Greener Future: The Impactful Alliance of oikos Graz and the EU for the EU Green Week 2023 - Empowering the Movement for a Sustainable Future
In line with the Year of Competences, the partner events focused this year on the theme of competencies for sustainable, resilient, and socially fair communities.
Throughout Europe, partner events were organized by schools, universities, NGOs, government agencies, etc. These events are designed to raise awareness of the importance of environmental protection and the promotion of sustainable lifestyles and to educate people.
We held two workshops and a talk/discussion on three separate days during EU Green Week.
Digitization and sustainability are considered to be the greatest challenges in the 21st century, but the connection between the two topics has so far received little attention. At our workshop "Aus- und Einwirkungen der Digitalisierung auf Umwelt und Gesellschaft" which we held in German, the influences of digitization on society and the environment were addressed and discussed in depth in an interactive part.
Climate change is not gender-neutral. It has a disproportionate impact on women and girls worldwide due to existing gender inequalities and power structures. The talk / discussion "Women & Climate Change" not only critically discussed the gender-specific risks of the climate crisis for women and girls, but also how gender equality can be one of the solutions.
In order to advance global challenges, we need certain skills and qualities to meet them. The Inner Development Goals fill exactly this gap!
In the workshop "Navigating Complexity through the Inner Development Goals" our goal was to give an overview of the IDGs, why we need to develop these inner dimensions and dive deeper into IDG Thinking.
We reflected on our thinking skills and how they apply them to our own situations, as well as the opportunities they can offer us to gain these skills and how we can use IDG Thinking to drive change in our daily lives (personal and professional).
In addition to theoretical input, participants will have the opportunity to deepen these skills in interactive activities.
Cooperation with the first Geco-festival!
We are very grateful to the Geco-Festival Team for the opportunity to participate in the first Grazer Eco Festival (Geco)-Festival 2023 celebrated in June at the Sustainable Shopping Market and to offer the Workshop "Becoming a Sinnflunencer:in"!
Recently the date for the next Geco-Festival was published and will take place again next year from June 14th - 16th, 2023 at the main square in Graz (Hauptplatz). We are very excited to participate in next year's Geco-Festival! We have this weekend already well noted on our calendar!
The last Geco-Festival was a great experience to be able to network with people, inform them about what we do at oikos, and a valuable opportunity to get inputs through a list we made to improve projects or collect new project ideas through the general public. We will make sure that all project ideas and improvements will be implemented in the coming winter semester.
semester opening - SS 2023
At the beginning of each semester we open our doors to curious minds & show you what we are working on
How to find us
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Merangasse 18
8010 Graz
Austria - +43660 4398125
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info@graz.oikos-international.org
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