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oikos Johannesburg will pursue sustainability oriented projects with a direct and measurable impact on the environment. An example of this is the nascent Siyakhana Garden Project, which utilises a sustainable form of agriculture, permaculture (permanent-agriculture) techniques in order to provide food and nutrition for low income bracket communities. Date: Throughout the year Contact Alexandra Leisegang: Alexandra.leisegang@gmail.com
In conjunction with member universities in Johannesburg, universities outside Johannesburg, and firms in the business of engineering and the built environment, oikos Johannesburg would carry out projects geared toward promoting sustainability-oriented practice. Students primarily, but not exclusively, from the Engineering and Built Environment Sciences would present research and models to decision-makers in the public and private sector that will practically show sustainable approaches in the field. The essential objective here is to encourage tertiary institutions to meet the needs of their ecological and social environmental. The inaugural project will focus on sustainable housing and energy and resource management. Date: September 2008 Contact: Sakalima Yoyo: sakalima_y@hotmail.com
As the WTO is the platform where decisions are made and future trade is fostered, we think it is important to deal with the WTO and the way decisions are made to understand the current rules of world trade. With this in mind, we decided to create a 3 day simulation of the WTO - the Model WTO. On a yearly basis the event brings together 80 highly motivated students from all over the world. We want to educate students from all over the world and offer them the possibility to discuss and negotiate new rules for world trade by consensus. Ten selected countries with influence in current world trade participated in each committee to enable realistic negotiations with comparable solutions. Furthermore, the delegates met regularly with other delegates from their countries to act as one country by harmonising their behavior in the negotiations. This procedure shall make log-rolling possible, giving countries the possibility to put pressure on peer countries in one committee and make concessions in another in return. Date: April 2008 Contact Katlego Moilwa: katlego86@gmail.com |
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