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New Oikos Affiliate: Oklahoma Interfaith Power and Light
Dec 15, 2008
Oklahoma Interfaith Power and Light
 
Institutional Affiliation: Religion
 
Seeking to mobilize a religious response to global warming and to promote energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.
 
Visit the Oklahoma Interfaith Power and Light at: www.oipl.org.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2008 8:00pm
New Oikos Affiliate: JustHope, Inc.
Dec 15, 2008
Institutional Affiliation: Service
 
We envision a world interconnected by cross-cultural partnerships of mutuality and trust working cooperatively to inspire, hope, increase justice, and nurture the common well-being of the world.
 
Visit JustHope at: www.justhope.org
 
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Posted: Dec 15, 2008 7:48pm
Oikos Affiliate: LaGrange College
Jan 13, 2008
We are pleased to announce that LaGrange College has registered as an Oikos Affiliate. LaGrange College is one of the two institutional hosts for Oikos.

Institutional Affiliation: Education

Visit LaGrange College online at www.lagrange.edu
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Posted: Jan 13, 2008 7:26pm
New Oikos Affiliate: VITU Energy and Environment Protection Club
Jan 13, 2008
We are pleased to announce that the Energy and Environment Protection Club has registered as an Oikos Affiliate.

Institutional Affiliation: Education

 
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the VITU Energy and Environment Protection Club (E2PC) is to raise awareness around the globe and act as a think tank to promote and undertake practical approaches for energy conservation and efficiency and renewable energies. We hope to keep Energy and Environment protection club as a leader in environmental stewardship through the presentation of innovative ideas and raising awareness on campus.
OBJECTIVES
The broad objective of the energy and environment protection club is to make students aware of the importance of energy in day to day life, make them understand the gravity of the energy crisis we are going to face, and seek solutions for this. It intends to help create proper energy consciousness, at least in the next generation.

The main objectives are:

· To develop knowledge in the world concerning various energy sources

· To help students to undertake small projects in the field of energy

· To help and motivate students to develop systems to provide energy for various end uses in an environmentally and economically sustainable manner.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2008 7:18pm
New Oikos Affiliate: Oklahoma United Methodist Coalition for Sustainability and Faith
Jan 13, 2008
We are pleased to announce that the Oklahoma United Methodist Environmental Coalition for Sustainability and Faith has registered as an Oikos Affiliate.

Institutional Affiliation: Religion/Faith

Visit the Coalition online at www.okumec.org
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Posted: Jan 13, 2008 7:10pm
New Oikos Affiliate: Turtle Rock Farm
Jan 13, 2008

We are pleased to announce that Turtle Rock Farm: A Center for Sustainability, Spirituality and Healing Retreats has registered as an Oikos Affiliate.

Institutional Affiliation: Religion/Faith

Visit Turtle Rock Farm on the web at www.turtlerockfarmretreat.com 
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Posted: Jan 13, 2008 7:02pm
New Oikos Affiliate: The Peace Education Institute
Jan 13, 2008
We are pleased to announce that The Peace Education Institute has registered as an Oikos Affiliate.

Institutional Affiliation: Education

Activities include summer peace camps for children and youth, cosponsorship of the Peace Festival held every year in November, and training scholarships for young adults.

Visit the Peace Education Institute at: www.peaceeducationinstitute.org
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Posted: Jan 13, 2008 6:55pm
New Oikos Affiliate: The Silence Foundation
Jan 13, 2008
We are pleased to announce that The Silence Foundation has registered as an Oikos Affiliate.

The mission of the Silence Foundation is to share spiritual practices with all ages toward more peace locally, globally.

Visit The Silence Foundation at www.silencefoundation.org.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2008 6:49pm
New Oikos Affiliate: Owen Wimberly Center for Continuing Education in Religion
Jan 13, 2008
We are pleased to announce that the Owen Wimberly Center for Continuing Education in Religion at Oklahoma City University has registered as an Oikos Affiliate.
Institutional Affiliation: Education

The Owen Wimberly Center for Continuing Education in Religion at Oklahoma City University offers a variety of workshops and lectures for both clergy and laity on topics related to issues of ministry, theology, and religion. The Center seeks to help persons understand the importance and relevance of relgion in relation to issues of peace, social justice, and ecological sustainability.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2008 6:41pm
New Oikos Affiliate: Vivian Wimberly Center for Ethics and Servant Leadership
Jan 13, 2008
We are pleased to announce that the Vivian Wimberly Center for Ethics and Servant Leadership at Oklahoma City University has registered as an Oikos Affiliate.

Click here to visit the VIVIAN WIMBERLY CENTER FOR ETHICS AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP online.

Institutional Affiliation: Education

Established in 2002, The Vivian Wimberly Center for Ethics and Servant Leadership oversees the Oikos Scholars Program for Social and Ecological Responsibility and OCUServes, the service-learning program at Oklahoma City University. The Center hosts a number of lectures and workshops each year on a variety of ethical issues and provides co-curricular support for the university’s ethics minor, which is offered through the department of philosophy. Oikos Provost Dr. Mark Y. A. Davies is Founding Director of the Center, and Prof. Dann May serves as Assistant Director.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2008 6:29pm

 
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