Between 8th February and 13th February, every day, prestigious experts and Milestone Student Societies will hold interactive online events connected to the topic of sustainability. Read this open letter from Milestone’s Head of Student Representative Council, Kinga Pőcze, about the inspiration behind the week. After reading the letter you’ll find the list of programs and links for registration at the end of the page. We hope you can join us!
Dear Human,
One evening, I made popcorn with the help of coconut oil at home to accompany me watching David Attenborough’s series, Our Planet. Little did I know, the production of the oil I used for my popcorn itself reduced many animals’ natural habitat, such as orangutans, by cutting out the beautiful, lively, and enormous trees in order to plant Coconut trees instead. Of course, I couldn’t throw out my popcorn because that would’ve been wasting food as the struggle with famine in developing countries came to my mind. I was lost, and I felt guilty.
How to cope with the guilt? I wanted to compensate for my actions against the environment with impactful efforts supporting environmental and social sustainability. Thus, I came up with the idea to organize an event series called ‘Realities of Sustainability’ to broaden my knowledge about sustainable development and climate action, which other people would benefit from.
To create change by action, we need to have a better understanding of what is really happening. During the week (8th – 14th February) I would like you to come with me and discover the realities of sustainability. With Peter Healey, Oxford professor, we will learn more about climate action and the governance of greenhouse gas removals, which are the core problems of global warming; János Mező, the Greenpeace executive director Hungary, who will share the mindset activists with us; with Athropolis Egyesület, who will share good practices in teaching sustainability. Alongside our events, as the Head of Student Representative Council, I have collaborated with some societies of our Institute to bring the topic closer to our fellow students and anyone else interested.
Our task at first is to educate ourselves, which then can turn into actions. You and I, and the other fellow humans, are the only ones who can change the future for the next generations, and we must change NOW. Let’s start it together, here, between the 8th and the 14th of February, let’s continue it together from the 15th of February.
Looking forward to meeting you,
With the greatest love,
Kinga Pőcze
someone who strives for change now.
Realities of Sustainability Events
8th of February – Life on our Planet movie night 17.00 – 20.30 – sign up here (Zoom)
Discover our planet with the Arts Society! Join us while David Attenborough, a British natural historian, tells his and the Earth’s evolution’s history and fantasizes about the future together.
Register here for the event. After registration, you’ll receive the link to join the event via email.
10th of February – Stockholm Paradigm, an evolutionary theory on climate and evolution – lecture by Bajer-Molnár Orsolya – NatSci Society 15.30 – 17.00 – sign up here (Zoom)
We are delighted to be inviting Bajer-Molnár Orsolya who will be talking about the Stockholm Paradigm, an evolutionary theory on climate and evolution. Orsolya is a researcher at Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research.
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10th February 17.00 tól – 18.30. A globális nevelésről – Hogyan jelenhet meg a fenntarthatóság az oktatásban – Anthropolis Egyesület – sign up here (Zoom)
A globális nevelés olyan oktatási szemlélet, mely a globális világ működésének megismertetését célozza. Olyan szemlélet, amely a globális világ mindennapi kihívásaira való felkészülést segíti, hogy megértsük, döntéseinkkel hatással vagyunk mások életére és a közös jövőnkre egyaránt.
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11th of February – Légy te magad a változás! – Mező János Bálint, Greenpeace 16.00 – 17.30 – sign up here (Zoom)
Az aktivizmus az önmagáért való cselekvést eszményítő világnézeti felfogás, de mit is csinál egy aktivista? Mező János Bálint a Greenpeace Magyarország ügyvezető igazgatója elkalauzol mindannyiunkat az aktivisták elméjébe és motivációs beszéde rávilágít az egyén fontosságára.
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12th of February – Climate Action in space – Astrophysics Society 16.30-17.30 – sign up here (Zoom)
Have you ever thought that there could be junk floating above your head in space far far away? Because there is! And it’s growing! But what current laws and measures do we have to eliminate or minimize the amount of space junk orbiting Earth? How can it affect the environment and annoy astronomers? What new deals could be made to solve this problem? These are questions that have and will have a growing importance in the future so don’t miss out on them! And remember, if junk made it out to space so can you:)
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12th of February – ‘What are greenhouse gas removals, why do we need them in climate policy, and who should decide what to do with them?’ – Peter Healey – 18.00-19.30– sign up here (Zoom)
Peter Healey is a research affiliate at the Institute for Science, Innovation, and Society at Oxford University. His project focuses on the essential role Greenhouse Gas Removal has in the battle against climate change. He will be sharing current research and policymaking strategies connected to environmental politics.
13th of February 14.00 – 16.00 – UN’s Sustainable Development Goals – Debating gender inequality with the Debating Society – sign up here (Zoom)
In this special collaborative debate session, we will debate and share ideas on how we can fight together for a more sustainable world. We are going to kick-off the session with a fun and informative workshop on sustainable development followed by an intriguing debate on a topic closely tied to the workshop. Our topic will be gender equality, one of the 17 goals of the UN to reach by 2050.
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13th of February 16.00 -18.00 – Whose responsibility is to govern the fight against climate change? – MUN Society – sign up here (Zoom)
This session will include two presentations on the question of whose responsibility it is to fight climate change. Afterward, we will discuss the topic together, sharing our ideas and insights.
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