At the same time that Heliopolis University (HU) is launching two new faculties and receiving new students, the six-year-old educational entity bid farewell to its third batch of graduates. Around 150 graduates are now going to start a new phase in their life, aspiring to become the ambassadors of sustainable development.
Do wee need a new form of ownership to tranform capitalism? What is steward-ownership and might this be the solution? The Ownership Conference, 30-31 October 2018, Berlin will bring together “steward-owned” companies and entrepreneurs looking for solutions to succession and long-term oriented ownership.
In our time, money and bookkeeping are coming together to form an organ of perception for economic life. It is now time to give conscious expression to this organ so that it can allow me to perceive more than my own point of view, to grow beyond myself and thus to cross the threshold that separates “me” from the others and from the world.
With more relevance than ever, the conflict researcher Prof. Friedrich Glasl has told civil society activists that they have more importance than they realise and could make a significant contribution to peace processes.
This issue includes articles, both inward and outward looking, from travellers on the path of associative economics, with a particular focus on Easter themes and their universally - applicable significance.
“Times are changing, the organic sector is expanding and we have to find the right position for SEKEM in this transforming environment by grabbing its potential for the future, which SEKEM absolutely owns.”
Water researchers from Witten-Herdecke University in Germany are involved in a project in India to stop water losses. The aim is to provide a more reliable water supply not just in the major cities but also in more rural areas. … >> Stopping the water from flowing away
Newly founded student initiative wants better integration of international exchange students into university and student life at UW/H.
Von: Uni Witten Herdecke
UW/H students Johanna Mayrshofer and Alexandra Chantal Mirek have founded a new student initiative: the Witten International Network (WIN). The idea is to improve the integration of international exchange students at all UW/H faculties into university life and student activities. Based on personal experience with periods abroad, the organizers set great store by personal contacts and an atmosphere of warm hospitality.
Alexandra Chantal Mirek: “All those who honour hospitality, worship cultural diversity and dream of travels are well aware that internationality is not a passion that ends abruptly with a permanent home and time-consuming responsibilities such as studies. Enjoying a glass of wine with friends, we often revel in the memories of past trips abroad: how wonderful that we got a quick grasp of the language, how overwhelming the cultural impressions, how inspiring to see far more than the things described in conventional guide books.” She underlines that all these highlights and specific moments are closely linked with special people we meet, and this is what the new initiative plans to convey to guest students.
Ten international exchange students on average come to Witten/Herdecke University per semester, a very manageable number compared to state universities. Mirek: “Exchange students can profit from being personally taken care of. But the danger is that you go abroad with the intention to meet people and find there is no dense network of other exchange students where you could rely on support from people in a similar situation. And this is exactly where we plan to help.”
>> More information on the “Witten International Network"
