World Student Community for Sustainable Development

Student e-book on climate change – Call for submissions

Do you have the solutions? Do you want to be part of history in Copenhagen? Submit your story at ebook@wscsd.org! Deadline 20th October Do you want to be seen by thousands of change-makers with your successful student-run project to fight climate change? Submit your story and photos no later than 20th October! The WSC-SD is currently actively collecting stories of successful student-led initiatives tohat are successfully addressing or tackling climate change. The best stories will be published in an e-book and will be displayed during a COP15 exhibit and side event in Copenhagen, December 2009.

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Cookbook for the (sustainable) university – 14 innovations in practice

The Cookbook for the (sustainable) university is a booklet providing 14 cutting-edge examples of campus sustainability initiatives around the globe. The booklet was recently published by Morgen, the Dutch student network for a sustainable future. The booklet aims to inspire both students, facility staff and teachers to look at the opportunities of a greener campus and the social responsibility of a university as a key catalyst in developing a sustainable society.

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WSC-SD African Initiative

Global Student Initiative to promote African youth entrepreneurship The WSC-SD African Initiative focuses on contributing to developing entrepeneurship among African students and recent graduates. During the annual meeting of WSC-SD 2009, the Student Summit for Sustainability (S3) in Switzerland, members from Africa, Europe and North America formalized outcomes from the  annual meeting in Canada and launched [...]

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Outcomes of VII Latin-American Encounter of Youth for the Environment and Sustainable Development

Youth from Latin-America create the Allianz to combat Climate Change and Protect the Environment. From 16th to 19th October in Bogotá – Colombia, young leaders, governmental institutions, and international agencies of cooperation gathered in the “VII Latin-American Encounter of Youth for the Environment and Sustainable Development”, organized by Corporación Grupo Tayrona under the central topic “Actions [...]

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Student Conference | Kathmandu, Nepal

There are many young, energetic students in Nepal, who believe they can make the change. They are ready and capable to challenge the status quo, yet the battle is uphill as the powerbase is controlled by the capitalist and feudal mindset. Young people are isolated and many times they get frustrated as their zeal get [...]

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