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Meet the People Behind oikos: Constance Allet
1. What motivated you to join oikos and to dedicate your time to be Head of Community? My motivation to join oikos and dedicate my...
May 2, 20232 min read
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Meet the People Behind oikos: Alexia Colamonico
In this blog post, we introduce Alexia Colamonico, project head at Curriculum Change and ask her a couple of questions! 1. What motivated...
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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Meet the People Behind oikos: Robin Düblin
We asked Robin, co-project head at ChangeHub, a couple of questions so that you can get to know him better! 1. What motivated you to...
Mar 30, 20231 min read
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Meet the People Behind oikos: Pierrine Imboden
We asked Pierrine, co-project head at ChangeHub, a couple of questions in this article so that the oikos community can get to know her...
Mar 22, 20231 min read
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Meet the new oikos President Alexander Degenhardt!
Recently we elected Alexander Degenhardt as our new president at oikos. In this blog post, we will ask several questions to our new...
Dec 28, 20222 min read
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Enjoying Food Sustainably: Oismak at oikos
A nice dinner can be one of the things one looks forward to the most after a long day at university or when a fancy dinner is in the...
Dec 8, 20223 min read
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A Guide to Fast Fashion: Climate Change and the Way we Must Change
Over the last 200 years, we have constructed a society that feeds off excessive consumption. Owing to this, a climate change has...
Nov 30, 20224 min read
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A Roadmap to Sustainability for all HSG Student Clubs
In November of 2022, the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 27 required multiple leaders and politicians to board an airplane...
Nov 24, 20222 min read
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oikee Wednesday: Olivier Widmer
Get to know Olivier Widmer, Team Member of the oikos Evolve ! To get to know him better, we asked him four questions on his time with...
Nov 24, 20211 min read
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oikee Wednesday: Esmee Weltverden
Get to know Esmee Weltverden, who is part of the oikos Change on Campus (Change HUB) Team. To get to know her better, we asked her four...
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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oikee Wednesday: Hanna Vogelmair
Get to know Hannah Vogelmair, who is part of the oikos Community Team. To get to know her better, we asked her four questions on her time...
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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The first edition of the oikos Impact Report is published!
Imagine a sailing boat on the open sea. Multiple factors influence the direction of the ship, the flow on the water and wellbeing of the...
Oct 28, 20212 min read
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The last push!
Now that we are heading into our final days of exams, we wanted to share with you just a few tips and tricks on how you can lead a more...
Jul 2, 20214 min read
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Positive Impact Rating 2021: University of St.Gallen
The Positive Impact Rating 2021 results were launched today at the UN PRME Global Forum, summarizing the social impact levels of 46...
Jun 17, 20215 min read
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We are finalists in the International Green Gown Awards 2021!
oikos St. Gallen has been shortlisted as a finalist in the category of student engagement in the International Green Gown Awards 2021!...
Jun 1, 20211 min read
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Running Dinner IGNITE x oikos
Six people - Three courses - 2 Clubs! oikos and IGNITE are united by sustainability and now also their love for good food, wine, and...
May 21, 20211 min read
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elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization
As part of our project in which we interview HSG Alumni working in the field of sustainable finance we had the chance to talk to Tina...
Apr 30, 20211 min read
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Climate Change Summit at the White House
Last week the president of the USA Joe Biden invited global government leaders to join him for an important summit about climate change....
Apr 30, 20212 min read
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oikee Wedensday: Noemi Zeindler
Get to know Noemi Zeindler from the oikos Conference Team. Having just recently joint oikos we wanted to know what she is expecting and...
Apr 28, 20212 min read
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oikee Wednesday: Samuel Halter
Get to know Samuel Halter, who is part of the Change on Campus Team since 2019. To get to know him better, we asked him four questions on...
Apr 21, 20212 min read
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evolve Conference 2021
Get ready for the 2021 evolve Conference! We are proud to announce this year’s topic - envision the future of social entrepreneurship. We...
Apr 20, 20211 min read
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Throwback Sustainability Week 2021
Monday 15.03.21 Nutrition seminar with betteryou AG The Sustainability Week started with an insightful event about nutrition. Ben from...
Apr 19, 20215 min read
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Virtual Hatha Yoga
21 oikee members met for a virtual Hatha Yoga session together with Alexa Mattes, a former oikos conference team member, who is a...
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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Report on Responsibility and Sustainability 2020
This week our Blog is covering a very special topic, which is also extremely relevant: the UN PRME Report. The university of St. Gallen...
Mar 31, 20213 min read
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oikee Wedensday: Frederik Meier
Get to know Frederik Meier, Project Head of the Sustainability Week Team. Frederik joined oikos in June 2020 and next to his studies he...
Mar 31, 20212 min read
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oikee Wedensday: Kristina Heilinger
Get to know the Project Head of Oismak Kristina Heilinger on our oikee Wednesday. Besides her studies and Oismak, Kristina has her own...
Mar 24, 20212 min read
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Reuse and Reduce
The words "thrifting" and "upcycling" may directly trigger images in some readers' minds. "Brockenhaus", "Freitag Bags" and "Toilet paper...
Mar 23, 20212 min read
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Un-Dress x Vinokilo Clothing Swap
Do you have items of clothing hanging in your closet without being worn and only serving as placeholder? Then go ahead and bring these...
Mar 21, 20211 min read
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Sustainable Investment with SUSI Partners
Investments in sustainable energy infrastructure are gaining in popularity: the asset class provides investors with stability and...
Mar 17, 20211 min read
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oikee Wednesday: Oliver Meyer
Get to know Oliver Meyer from the Sustainable Finance Team on our first oikee Wednesday. This is the first post in a series of...
Mar 17, 20212 min read
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International Women’s Day
On March 8th the International Women's Day was celebrated all over the world. Even though the sustainability goal of gender equality...
Mar 15, 20211 min read
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oikos kick-off event recap
Last Tuesday, we held our first community event this semester - the oikos kick off event. Almost 40 members joined us for this event,...
Mar 12, 20211 min read
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Sustainability Week St. Gallen 2021
Are you ready to WALK THE TALK?💪🌱 The Sustainability Week St.Gallen is getting closer! From March 15 to March 18, they will be hosting...
Mar 11, 20211 min read
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oikos&pizza X Impaakt
Ever wondered how the true impact of a company can be measured? Sure, there are ESG data and CSR reports for that, but to they really...
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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Reusable cups at the HSG
The Reusable Cup Project intends to introduce reusable cups within the Mensa and try to move away from the single-use carton cup. Would...
Mar 5, 20211 min read
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Our president Anna Kurth at the Xyneto Exchange 2021
On the 18th of January, the Xynteo Exchange took place. It was an event, that brought together University students as well as business...
Mar 3, 20211 min read
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Curriculum Change Academy – Open Evenings
During the 3-day oikos International Academy 2021 (February 26 – 28), students and early researchers will work together on the topic of...
Feb 17, 20212 min read
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Reimagining management education: Positive Impact Rating comes to the University of St.Gallen!
The Positive Impact Rating was launched today at the University of St.Gallen, giving our students the chance to evaluate our school on...
Jan 7, 20212 min read
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Official Report of the oikos Conference 2020
The oikos Conference Project has released their official report on the event, which took place last year from 16.-18. of November....
Jan 5, 20211 min read
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Festive Greetings From the Marketing Team!
The oikos Marketing Team wishes you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Enjoy these warm and bright days with your families, stay...
Dec 23, 20201 min read
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Anna Kurth - New President of oikos St. Gallen
After being a part of the oikos Conference team, Anna Kurth has been elected the new president of oikos St. Gallen in December 2020. To...
Dec 23, 20201 min read
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News Announcement
We have some news to announce!🤩 Last Thursday we held our general assembly via Zoom. An integral part of the assembly was the election...
Dec 11, 20201 min read
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Oikos&Pizza X Oxara X Student Impact
On the 24th of November, oikos&Pizza had their second event. This event was in collaboration with Student Impact, th e leading...
Dec 1, 20202 min read
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oikos Conference 2020 – Evolve beyond
During this uncertain Covid-19 crisis and the continuously changing measures, the oikos Conference 2020 faced several challenges and had...
Nov 23, 20202 min read
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Organic wine tasting
Our Winetasting event took place Monday, 9th November. Due to the current situation, we held this event online. Nevertheless we spent an...
Nov 17, 20201 min read
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Sign up for the virtual oikos Conference 2020 now !
The virtual oikos Conference 2020 (16 & 17 November) will be all about SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS STRATEGIES. The conference features...
Nov 6, 20201 min read
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Gesundheitswoche - "Presentation on simple, healthy and sustainable cooking at HSG"
On the 19th of October, the first HSG Health-Week 2020 has started. Our OISMAK Project Head, Kristina Heilinger, prepared a workshop on...
Nov 6, 20201 min read
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Change on Campus Workshop
On the 13th of October, Change on Campus organized a sustainability strategy case workshop together with B Lab, Student Impact, the...
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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oikos St. Gallen has reached 97 active members
At the end of September, our Recruiting Event took place, where we welcomed students that applied for our various teams and projects. The...
Oct 22, 20201 min read
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oikos&Pizza x Yova
On the 1st of October, the first oikos&Pizza event took place at the HSG. After a long stop forced by the COVID-19 safety measures, we...
Oct 9, 20202 min read
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