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Saturday, May 5th is Climate Impacts Day!

Hållbart Universitet is connecting the dots between climate change and the dramatic local effects it will have here in Southern Sweden, one of which is sea level rise. To raise awareness of the relationship between some of our unsustainable actions and the effects, HU members and LivsCykel members will be biking from Lund to the seaside town of Lomma. Here, a picture of the group will be taken and the estimated sea level rise if the ‘business as usual’ approach to climate change continues will be shown. Biking back to Lund, the group will again connect the dots – this time between the problem and the solution and between cultures – by joining the kick-off for the LivsCykel project raising awareness about eco-mobility in South Africa.

Would you like to join the bike ride? Then meet us at Domkyrkoplatsen on May 5th at 11:00!

Learn more about the LivsCykel project here.

Dear HU Members!

You are hereby warmly invited to HU’s Annual Meeting!

It will take place on May 7th at 17:15 in the LUS-Conference Room in AF-Borgen, 4th floor.

We will take up the following points during the meeting:

• Welcome
• Economy (review of the annual budget)
• Budget
• Operational Report (highlights of last/this year)
• Freedom of Liability for the Old Board
• Election
• New Board Meeting
• Bills (amendments to the by-laws)
• Operational Plan
• Other Issues

Please note that any members’ bills (suggested amendements to the by-laws) need to be submitted to info@hallbartuni.se no later than three weeks before the annual meeting.

Election

At the meeting we will also elect a new board:

Chairperson (President) – has a general overview of the organization; hosts the member meetings; is responsible for external relations

Vice-Chairperson (Vice-President) – supports the work of the Chairperson; replaces the Chairperson in case of his/her absence

Cashier - in charge of paying HU’s bills; keeps track of HU’s financial matters; is in contact with Folkuniversitetet concerning funding

Communications Officer – sends out a weekly newsletter; in charge of advertising HU’s events and activities

Nation Frog Board Member – keeps track of the Nation Frog

In addition, there are two spots as General Board Members.

You can either nominate yourself or someone else for any of the board positions until April 23. You simply need to send an e-mail to Ellen to info@hallbartuni.se indicating your/your nominee´s name, the position and a short description of why you/your nominee should be elected.

If you have any questions concerning any of the positions, please don’t hesitate to send us an email!

We look forward to receiving your nominations!

Dear all,

Welcome to join a study group on the Green Economy and Rio+20. As you all know, the Rio+20 meeting will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-22 of June this year. One of the main themes for the conference is how the world can move towards a green economy.

So, we want to start a study group around the green economy at Lund University. The plan is to meet weekly during the spring. The study group will be open to students in LUMES, IIIEE and to all other students that are interested. The study circle is a collaboration between Hållbart Universitet and Students for Interdisciplinary Dialogue.

The first meeting will be Monday the 19th of March 18.30-20.30 at Social Science Union building (Paradisgatan 5s, http://www.samvetet.lu.se/). For this occasion we will introduce the topic, the idea and formation of the study circle and a first task for our group.

For the 19th we will also have a discussion based on the report ”Women in the Green Economy”, that we will have a workshop about the next day. For this occassion you should read the draft report and we also recommend you to read the following:

1. Rio+20 general information on the main theme of the green economy: http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/greeneconomy.html

2. UNEP Green Economy Report ”Towards a Green Economy – Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication”
http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/Portals/88/documents/ger/ger_final_dec_2011/Green%20EconomyReport_Final_Dec2011.pdf

3. Draft report on “Women in the Green Economy”, will be sent out later

The second meeting will be Tuesday 20th of March 12.00-15.00 in Rio, LUCSUS (Sölvegatan 10, 4th fl, http://www.lucsus.lu.se/html/where_to_find_us.aspx ), and that will be a Skype talk with a Swedish Member of the European Parliament, Mikael Gustafsson, who is the President of the Committee of Women’s Rights of Gender Equality. Mr. Gustafsson is currently writing a report for the committee on ”Women in the Green Economy”. He will introduce the topic between 12.15-12.45 (bring your lunch), and afterwards we will have a workshop where we will come up with ideas on how to improve the report.

For the upcoming meetings we would like to continue on Mondays between 18.30-20.30, and we are thinking of taking up topics such as: green growth, extended producer responsibility, energy issues, transition towns, regional green policies, degrowth, green industries, etc.

Being part of the study circle means taking active part in preparing readings, speakers, introducing topics and leading discussions.

Please let us know if you will join us, latest by Sunday the 18th of March. We are looking forward to see you.

Best,
Moa, Roman & Nicole

Green Economy Study Group Organizers