Oikosnet Europe had its Annual Conference in Budapest 2nd-7th of September. We continued our work which has started allready couple of years ago. In this conference "next steps" were taken with help of Collaboration Market. We wanted to know, what we as an Association want to be in the near future and what are those first concrete acts towards this direction. We indeed found four priorities, guidelines which will unite our diversity by proclaiming what do we want to be as members of Oikosnet Europe. And even more, what do we want to do together.

As a first react to this, I´m thinking now one of the priorities, which as a matter of fact, is also an act. That is the idea of greening our centers. Several centers were allready in Budapest ready to shere knowledge and good practices with others. And more will follow, I know.
Actually God as a Creator gave us this task. It is said in the Bible, that God told us as Gods co-workers to take care of the creation. However we have turned our backs to this original duty. I believe, that with this priority of greening our centers we might be allready looking over our shoulders.

Sirpa Koriala
President of Oikosnet Europe

Plenary Meeting at Raday College