Facilitating Student Activism Leuphana University Lüneburg World Student Environmental Summit 2013 Helen Steiniger & Alina Zalewski
Feb 23, 2016
Facilitating Student ActivismLeuphana University Lüneburg
World Student Environmental Summit 2013
Helen Steiniger & Alina Zalewski
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Activism• efforts to promote, impede, or direct social,
political, economic, or environmental change
• frequent connotation: revolt or demonstration
• our focus: University-induced activism, exemplified by Leupana University Lüneburg
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Leuphana University
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Leuphana University
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Leuphana University
First Week
Science & Responsibility
ProjectsSeminars
Conference
Disciplinary Limits of ScienceMajor Introduction
Methods of ScienceInterdisciplinary and disciplinary
Conference Week
Science makes History
for Reflections
LEUPHANA SEMESTER
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Keep-Cup
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Usedful
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Lünebohne
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Lunatic
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World Student Environmental Summits (WSES)
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WSES 2013 Lüneburg: Vision• empower 72 students from 28 universities
around the globe to initiate change towards sustainability – on a local level with global impact
• Theme: Universities acting for sustainability!
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All delegates and organisers
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Organising team
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WSES 2013: E-learning platform
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Day 1: Intro
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Day 1: Poster presentations
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Day 2: Inspiration
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Day 2: Inspiration & Networking
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Day 3: Transforming universities
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Day 3: Transforming universities
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Day 3: Transforming universities
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Day 4: From ideas to project realities
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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
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Outlook: Relaunch of WSEN• Set up Transition Comittee
• Call for Applications for Summit 2015
• Legal structure: NPO with regional sub-chapters
• Follow-up on project realities
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Interactive online platform
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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
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Thank you for your attention
Interested? Stay in touch!
http://www.wsen.org/ or [email protected]