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Facilitating Student Activism

Facilitating Student Activism. Leuphana University Lüneburg World Student Environmental Summit 2013. Helen Steiniger & Alina Zalewski. Activism. efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental change frequent connotation : revolt or demonstration

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Facilitating Student Activism

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  1. Facilitating Student Activism Leuphana University Lüneburg World Student Environmental Summit 2013 Helen Steiniger & Alina Zalewski

  2. Activism • efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental change • frequentconnotation: revoltordemonstration • ourfocus: University-inducedactivism, exemplifiedbyLeupana University Lüneburg

  3. Leuphana University

  4. Leuphana University

  5. Leuphana University LEUPHANA SEMESTER Conference Week Science makes Historyfor Reflections Science & Responsibility ProjectsSeminarsConference Disciplinary Limits of ScienceMajor Introduction Methods of ScienceInterdisciplinary and disciplinary First Week

  6. Keep-Cup

  7. Usedful

  8. Lünebohne

  9. Lunatic

  10. World Student Environmental Summits (WSES)

  11. WSES 2013 Lüneburg: Vision • empower 72 studentsfrom 28 universitiesaroundtheglobetoinitiatechangetowardssustainability – on a locallevelwith global impact • Theme: Universitiesactingforsustainability!

  12. All delegatesandorganisers

  13. Organisingteam

  14. WSES 2013: E-learningplatform

  15. Day 1: Intro

  16. Day 1: Poster presentations

  17. Day 2: Inspiration

  18. Day 2: Inspiration & Networking

  19. Day 3: Transforminguniversities

  20. Day 3: Transforminguniversities

  21. Day 3: Transforminguniversities

  22. Day 4: Fromideastoprojectrealities

  23. Project samples • University of Monterrey, Mexico: weekly intervention programme atlow income school near campus • Cairo University, Egypt and Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic: 2nd Page • Keele University, UK: Run workshops on upcycling local materials in the community • University of Victoria, Canada: The Campus Community • University of Brussels, Belgium: Sustainable furniture on campus

  24. Outlook: Relaunchof WSEN • Set up Transition Comittee • Call for Applications for Summit 2015 • Legal structure: NPO with regional sub-chapters • Follow-up on projectrealities

  25. Interactive online platform

  26. Outlook: WSEN Global Summit 2014 • Stellenbosch University, South Africa • 30 June to 5 July 2014 • Theme: Coming back to Life! • First summit in the global South • Vision: Incorporating a ‘developing world’ framework within the larger narrative of sustainability 

  27. Thank you for your attention  Interested? Stay in touch! http://www.wsen.org/ or info@wsen.org

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