AEGEE-Ankara Sustainable Summer University

Our final video!!

2009-12-10T12:43:00.000-08:00

THE GREENEST SU

2009-10-28T02:28:00.000-07:00

We won the greenest summer university award at the Agora Kiev. Thank you for your support!

:))

Buğday Association

2009-09-13T06:59:00.001-07:00

You know, the day before the last day of our event,we visited buğday association house. If you wanna support this association with your donatives here is the account number.

Buğday Ekolojik Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği- Garanti Bank Karaköy Branch-
Account Number: 6694649

for more info you can ask nuran...

see ya all...

Yerstem

Last words...

2009-09-04T02:56:00.001-07:00

Our event is over but the friendship that we build up in there will stay longer.... A big hug for all the participants and thank you for the ones that support us on the way.

Last dayss

2009-08-12T15:53:00.000-07:00

are u packing,?

So dont forget the pus these things in your travel bag :)
*your EN drinks and other stuff about EN
*swimsuit :)
*towel
*sleeping bag if you want
*drinks! :)
*flip flops
*a big smile enough for the 15 days!
*mug :)
*treking shoes or sport shoes
*photograph machine and batteries etc...
*travel insurance info

and finally I almost forgotten...

*more drinks!

Sustainable seminar!

2009-08-10T12:46:00.001-07:00

http://www2.nihankara.org/inc/content.php?lang=2&contentid=27

Arrivals

2009-08-10T12:39:00.000-07:00

guys dont forget to send me your Ankara arrival times!!

yerstem

THINK!!

2009-07-18T13:27:00.000-07:00

Visa Invitation

2009-07-07T00:52:00.001-07:00

The invitations for the visa applications will be send this week. If you haventcsend your informations to me, please send it to me as sson as possible.

Yerstem Yağan
Incoming Responsible

Surprise..

2009-06-25T10:36:00.000-07:00

Guys... we r coming with a severeal surprises for you. but you need to wait a little bit longer to learn what it is.. :)

EVENT SCHEDULE

2009-05-28T02:17:00.000-07:00

Our new event schedule is here

There may be some changes during time.So check this page regularly.

Yerstem Yağan
Incoming Responsible

Participant Lists

2009-05-18T02:15:00.000-07:00

We got the participant lists and we are working on it right now. In 1-2 days we will be back to you with results :) The list will be avaliable in this blog.

See you soon...

P.S : by the way,our server problem solved. you can reach us any way you want.

Yerstem Yağan
Participant Manager&IT

Server Problem

2009-05-11T11:28:00.000-07:00

last 5 days or so,we have a problem at our email server .Because of this, I wont be able to not read any emails sended to the fsustainland@aegee-ankara.org adress. We are trying to solve the problem.Until we figure out the problem ,you can still reach us by using our alternative email adress which is su2009ankara@gmail.com

P.S : our offical application deadline is passed but still, you can contact with me ,we can figure sth out ;)

Yerstem Yağan
Incoming Responsible&IT

su2009ankara@gmail.com

Where to apply?

2009-04-26T12:16:00.000-07:00

Just go to this link and login with your account. Find applicant button and from there submit an application. It's that easy guys :)

PROMOTION VIDEOOOOO!!

2009-04-26T01:19:00.000-07:00

Here is the our promotion video guys :) Dont forget last 4 days to apply! Hurry up :)

Finding Sustainland Promo Video - Click here for this week’s top video clips

Accomodation-imece evi

2009-04-25T01:38:00.000-07:00

some parts of our trip will be in "imece evi " if you want to check it out and see some photos of the place just click here

For some other beautiful photos of the place click here

Bulletin

2009-04-23T10:17:00.001-07:00

Wake Up AEGEE PEOPLE!!!

ARE YOU READY FOR A BOTH SUSTAINABLE AND ENJOYABLE EVENT?

AEGEE-Ankara Presents....this year’s the greenest summer university...

FINDING SUSTAINLAND !!!

APPLY NOW!!!

Finding Sustainland is going to take place between 17^th -31^st August in Ankara and the world’s second greatest oxygen emitter, Ida mountains.

Do You Know What Is Waiting For You?

· Aegean cuisine.

· A green-blue dream... mountains on one side and sea on the other side...

· Camping .

· Imece house; where you can experience sustainability through enjoyable workshops such as producing your own wine, soap, ceramics and more.

(for more information about the Imece House, www.imeceevi.org)

· Exploration diving in Aegean Sea.

· Boat trip.

· Cycling for recycling!

· Ethnography.

What’s more...?

· Daily tips for a more sustainable life through non-formal techniques.

· Participate in research and application center of green life supporters.

· And of course........PARTIES!!!

MYTHS...?

Ida Mountains is the place that the beauty contest took place which Aphrodite was the winner .......according to myths

May be there will be another beauty contest for you!!!

**What are you waiting for?

Participate in the most sustainable and enjoyable SU ever!!!**

P.S. We know that there couldn’t be sustainability without fun!! Apply and join us!!!

For more information visit: findingsustainland.blogspot.com

Also you can visit our group in facebook, too.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=94846898032&ref=ts

ATTENTION... LAST 4 DAYS!!!!!...

Magusa Agora

2009-04-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

Cyprus Magosa Agora is coming up and we will be there of course with our pr activites :) see you guys in sunny Magusa...

video

2009-04-05T23:43:00.000-07:00

Our promotion video is on the way... :)

last day for the applications is 30th April!!

2009-03-24T11:05:00.001-07:00

Don't forget guys, the last day for the applications to SU's is 30th of the April 23:00h.. You can apply us from here. Please apply lol

Yerstem Yağan

Sustainable campus

2009-03-17T01:36:00.000-07:00

Check it out this interesting web site...it may be helpful about our aim.
http://www.sustain.canterbury.ac.nz/ecomyflat/tips.shtml

To sustain or not to be

2009-02-19T14:11:00.000-08:00

Environmental issues such as the increase in pollution and the decrease in natural sources are very common in these days. How do these issues affect our life and the earth? What is waiting for us in the future if we don't take any measure? Where can we start and what can we do? Scientists are talking about a new subject: 'sustainability'. Their common belief is that we must make everything sustainable in our life so as to sustain our future. Sustainability means the ability to continue or keeping something go on. It can be classified into four basic subtopics which are ecological, social, economical and cultural sustainability. I will focus on the most important part of sustainability; ecological sustainability which is about the measures we must take to sustain the ecological life. The three things we can do for a sustainable ecology are recycling, reducing, and reusing.

To begin with, recycling is a process including three basic steps. First, we put our used materials into recycling boxes with respect to their origin such as paper, plastic, glass or aluminum. Then, the boxes are taken to the recycling centers and the materials are turned to new and useable products. Finally, these recycled products are sold cheaper than those which are completely new. Recycling is so profitable that according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's last report which published in 2008, USA gained 236 billions of dollars in 2007 from recycled products. On the other hand, according to the Environment and Forest Ministry of Turkey's last report which published in 2008, Turkey could have gained 156 billions of dollars in 2007 from recycling; however, only %5 of recyclable materials is being collected in Turkey. Using recycling boxes instead of using garbage boxes provides many other benefits. For instance, it reduces our garbage and prevents pollution. It also helps our national economy to improve. In other words, recycling saves our nature and energy sources.

Another important thing we must do for a sustainable ecology is reducing. There are two basic ways we can do for reducing. First, we must break the habit, buying things more than we need. To manage this, we can prefer small shops to big malls and shopping centers. This helps us to save money, time and energy. Because when we go big malls we buy so many unnecessary things that we are surprised when we look at ourselves carrying full bags in our hands. It also decreases the production and protects nature because the less we consume, the less resource is consumed. Also, in restaurants, we should not order more food than we need; hence, we do not leave food in our plates. Because it is be a shame to let food to go to garbage while millions of people are struggling with starvation in all around the world. We can also decrease the weight of our baggage when traveling somewhere. This makes us feel less tired while carrying our baggage. Additionally, less baggage requires less space and energy while being carried in a vehicle. Another important thing we can do about reducing is decreasing our necessities. To manage this, we can prefer public transportations to private automobiles. This will decrease the density of the traffic; hence, we save time. It encourages the society to share more and helps us to save money. We should also give up luxury and live more healthily while decreasing our necessities. For instance, we can prefer bicycles to cars when we go somewhere close. This prevents pollution and makes us fit. We can also prefer fruits and vegetables which are raised in our country to those transported from other countries. This behavior saves our money, prevents pollution and also helps our national economy to grow.

Last but not least, using our materials for different purposes instead of leaving it to garbage when it gets old is called reusing which is very necessary for a sustainable ecology. There are several ways to reuse our materials. First of all, we can use the clothes or shoes of our older relatives when those things don't fit on them. This is valid especially for children because they grow fast. Doing this saves our money and keeps us away from consuming, the most dangerous illness of our century. On the other hand, knowing that someone will use our materials after we are done encourages us to use them more cleanly. Another thing is that we can use our old materials for different purposes. To illustrate, we can use our old chairs in our garden or we can cut our old curtains into several pieces and use them to clean floors.

All in all, recycling, reducing and reusing are three extremely important things we should do to sustain our life. The nature is in a very bad situation because of global warming, air, water and soil pollution, and the lack of energy source; in fact, because of us. No other creature but Homo sapiens is responsible for this situation of the earth and only we can change the situation. If we don't do anything the earth will become an inhabitable place in fifty years. It's all in our hands: to sustain or not to be.

Weekly Meetings..

2009-02-19T08:27:00.000-08:00

Our weekly meetings are at every wednesday 17.45 @ MM120

Project Summary

2009-02-08T12:24:00.000-08:00

AEGEE-Ankara
Finding Sustainland
Summer University’09 on Sustainability
Project Summary
2009

‘Finding Sustainland’ is a summer university project by AEGEE-Ankara. The project is designed after AEGE-Europe has chosen ‘sustainability’ as the flagship project to be the vocal point of all local projects in the following two years. Members of AEGEE-Ankara had already accumulated considerable amount of awareness and energy to have this very cucial initiative on sustainability; however, the decision by the AEGEE-Europe provided the necesary courage to start. One of the two annual summer university projects by AEGEE-Ankara was allocated to that topic for the Summer 2009. Key questions about the project are briefly answered below:

1. What is the project about?

This is a summer university project about ‘sustainability’ for 40 participants from the AEGEE locals in Europe, and designed as 5 days of education in Ankara and remaining 9 days of area visit around the Kaz Mountains, the north-western Turkey.

2. Why is that topic chosen? Who are the target groups?

Observing the naked reality of unsustainable ways of living by homo-economicus in the 21st century, and seeking to use the adventage of targetting the youth who are the quickest to respond, easiest to adapt, and the most viable target of any negative or positive outcomes as they are the future carers of the earth,the future decision-makers, and the future parents to be accountable to their children, the project is aiming to shed a light on the notion of ‘sustainability’ showing how we reached that unsustainable stage, what is the current situation, what are the prospects for the future and after all, what we, as the youth, should/can do to turn the cycle to the right direction. In the final analysis, the project is a youth attempt to raise awareness among the youth and share the truth about our shared heritage, the earth which has the power to unite us and bridge the distance betwen ‘me’ and ‘we’, creating the basis for common effort and shared responsibility, as Al Gore states his Nobel Lecture in 2007.

3.When is the project supposed to take place?

The project will take place between the 17th and the 31st of the August, 2009.

4. Where is the location? How is the programme desigened?

The first round of the programme is designed to take place in Ankara. That will be the education-intensive part of the programme. Several trainers from distinguished institutions and organisations will lead the seminars, panels and workshops besides the AEGEE-Ankara stuff. Visit to the near eco-village, ‘cycling for recyling’ experience in the Middle East Technical University campus, rowing in the Lake Eymir, 3R workshops (reduce, reuse and recycle), self-made, nature-friendly t-shirts, green-breakfasts will be complimenting this relatively formal part. This round will equip the participants with the basic background about sustainability.

The second round is supposed to take place around the very natural, and still conserved beauty of the north-western Anatolia, Kaz Mountain which is said to be the second oxygen-intense region in the world, after the Alps although it is under serious threats of ecological destruction. This region will embrace the participants with variety of colours of nature either through 2 days of camping on the high hills of the mountain which is listed among valuable national parks of Turkey, or 2 days of ‘imece’ experience (kind of an eco-village managed with an ideal, small-scale sustainable social and natural environment inspired from the traditional, Turkish way of village co-opeation ), or trips to the surrounding islands of the Marmara Sea by boat, or the authentic, local fest of nomadic Turqomen. The method of inclusion will be materialized all along the activities in this round to make the participants internalize the sustainable ways of living.

5. What are objectives of the project:

The project is aiming to reach following objectves through short-term and long-term efforts.
- Raising awareness among the AEGEE-Akara members and the 40 participants to the summer university about the current discourse of sustainability.
- Constructing an internalized idea of sustainable life among the young participants.
- Resuming a region-wide network for sharing knowledge, experience and innovative ideas to be actualized collaboraively for a sustainable future for all.
- Providing the sustainability of that awareness-raising project through guidelines for the future summer university organizers on sustainability among the participants.
- Releasing a final report on the common knowledge accumulated throughout the project and sharing it with all accessible state and non-state political and economic actors.
- Finally enhancing the expansion of the necesary knowledge and belief for the construction of a sustainable future by all, for all.

For any ideas or suggestions contact address is:

AEGEE-Ankara
Merkez Mühendislik Binası No:120
ODTÜ
Ankara
Türkiye
TR-06531
+90 312 210 36 25
www.aegee-ankara.org

Nuran Torun
Finding Sustainland Summer University
Project Coordination Team
Fund Raiser
Tel: +90 505 501 73 26
+ 90 536 562 25 33
www.findingsustainland.blogspot.com

100 most sustainable corporations in the world

2009-02-04T05:12:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone,

I just found this link:
http://www.global100.org/2009/index.asp

There are 100 most sustainable corporations in the world selected every year since 2005 to be presented at World Economic Forum. You can read more about it on the website.

I was actually quite surprised to see corporations like Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Walt Disney Company on the list. Then again, as it says on the site itself, that it is still not clear how to actually measure sustainability in practice and states:
"The Global 100 companies are therefore sustainable in the sense that they have displayed a better ability than most of their industry peers to identify and effectively manage material environmental, social and governance factors impacting the opportunity and risk sides of their business."

Would be nice to hear your opinions on this matter, what do you think of the list, the initative itself, they way the corporations have been selected, etc?

With green greetings,