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Dear IE Alumni,

Together, we can make positive change happen: At IE we are committed to fostering environmental conscientiousness on and off campus and want to encourage behaviors that nurture a more sustainable planet. In doing so, IE has recently launched the Sustainability Office, which aims to tackle social, environmental and economic challenges to make IE and its overall community more sustainable. We want you to be a part of this movement and share with you the various sustainability initiatives currently being implemented on campus and worldwide.

   

Earth Day: Become a Climate Change-maker!

Looking to join the battle against the climate crisis? Whether you are an experienced climate activist or a first-time change driver, you are in a prime position to make a lasting impact. We live on one planet—and we must fight as one to save it! Join us for the official launch of the 1Planet4All next Thursday, April 22nd. 1planet4all is part of a European Commission initiative that seeks to bring together visionary young Europeans in the fight against the climate emergency. IE University will be collaborating in this initiative led by Ayuda en Acción to mobilize our young university students to fight the Climate Crisis. Join us and learn to become a climate change-maker! For event registration see here.

Remember to join the movement and pledge to make an impact in your day-to-day life through sustainable actions. Together, we can rewrite our future.

Calling for proposals!

Do you have a great idea for a sustainbility-related intiative? Something that is by our community, for our community?

Approved proposals will be funded up to 1.000€ (depending on evaluation, budget and feasibility). To submit a proposal, see HERE

Please join our next meeting on May 5th, 14:00 - 15:30 to hear the latest proposals or to present your idea! Register here.

Anyone from across the entire IE community is welcome to join for these quarterly meetings as well as to present sustainability proposals.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Celebrating Our Diversity: IE Global Village Day

The 15th annual Global Village Day, which took place on April 8th, was a testament to what our community is: resilient. With performances in Segovia’s Creativity Center, and 9 different dinners in Madrid (Global Conversations at the Table), the IE community celebrated its diversity in the midst of a global pandemic in an innovative way. The dinner series, which also included many performances and Kahoot competitions, allowed attendees to learn about nine different international cuisines while speaking about culture, food, fun facts, and even about achieving the Sustainable Development Goals! Spearheaded by the IE Net Impact Club, the IE SDGs Club, and the IE Geographic Clubs, and sponsored by the IE Foundation, this year’s edition supported local businesses and embraced the geographic and ethnic diversity of our IE community. Click HERE to see the video.

Our mission with the Faces of Change campaign is to put a spotlight on our community members, to share their stories and to show that when we give voice to others, together we become stronger! These amazing women of the IE University community were invited to share their stories of impact with their younger selves and with all of us. They have grown, learned and embraced being part of the Chain of Change IE University. Enjoy the video & visit the web page.

Women Leading the Future of Spain’s Finance Sector

The IE Talent & Careers team is delighted to invite you to a special Women in Finance event that will take place next Thursday, April 22nd from 9:30-11:00 in Spanish. The event will take place in a hybrid format, both in the Aula Magna for in-person participation, and online via Zoom. The session will focus on the topic of women’s leadership and building an equal future in the post-Covid world. The debate will specifically center around how to create a more diverse and inclusive trajectory in the finance and technology sectors. Speakers will include Marta Echarri, Director General of N26, Patricia Benito, Director General of Openbank, Lupina Iturriaga, CEO & Partner of Fintonic, Daniel Espejo, Country Manager of Klarna Españaand will be moderated by Javier Tordable, Professor of Fintech MIF and Head of Finance at the Talent & Careers department.
We look forward to seeing you there! Click HERE to register.

*Please note that you need to have the valid IE green Health Passport in order to attend the event in-person

Take part in the IE Free Rice Challenge!

The IE Rotaract Club is delighted to invite you to join the second edition of the FreeRice Challenge. Starting today, you can register by contacting the club (rotaractsegovia@gmail.com), to join the interactive platform created by the World Food Programme, which helps give grains of rice to hungry families in need. The idea is simple: for every trivia question the user answers, 10 grains of rice are collected to donate. Within the IE Community, we like to host a friendly competition to see who can raise the most grains of rice during the challenge. Last year our event raised 188,700 grains of rice and the winning team was Eco Club Segovia. Can you help us beat the IE record this year?

2021 IE Reforestation Initiative

Today, the IE community is reforesting the La Ventilla park with 150 trees being planted over the course of 90 minutes.  This park, located very close to the IE Tower will soon be a place for students, professors, and all members of our institution to enjoy and gather together. This reforesting initiative is part of the solidarity race organized last December in which IE students ran hundreds of kilometers in support of planting more than 600 trees throughout 2021. Click HERE to find out more. 

Health Diplomacy: Managing the COVID-19 response from inside an Embassy

On behalf of the Global Transformation Club, the DACH Club and the IE School of Global and Public Affairs, you are invited to a special hybrid session TODAY at 4:45 with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Kingdom of Spain. His Excellency Wolfgang Dold will enlighten us about the challenges brought by the COVID-19 crisis within embassies and how he and his team managed to provide reassurance and help to German citizens abroad when borders were closing. Make sure to sign up by clicking HERE!

IE Blueprint: Sustainability Projects

Campus Life has designed IE Blueprint, a space of expression for our students’ ideas on the areas of Diversity, Humanities, Creativity, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability. IE University promotes these values and places them at the core of its academic programs and extracurricular activities. We want to invite all our visitors and community to take a break and have a look through our student minds.

Do you want to tell us your story?  Click HERE for more information on how to apply, and HERE to see the video.

Liquid Learning with a sustainable core

Our students are immersed in a technologically innovative environment, preparing them to take a leadership role in the modern world’s new digitally transformed landscape. Together with innovation, humanities, and diversity, IE University breeds entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, creating an ecosystem that expands far beyond the confines of the campus, where students and graduates can grow and develop their innovative start-ups. Sustainability, joins our efforts in every single learning activity we design, coordinate, implement and evaluate. In this video, Professor Ruxandra Iancu explains how she implements IE’s Liquid Learning Model nurturing it with a key sustainable core.

Alumni Taking the Lead: Carlos Piñeyroa, EMBA 2012

Chosen by the Acumen Academy as one of the 15 fellows of the 2021 cohort in Spain, Carlos Piñeyroa is the co-founder of the association Shall We Talk?, an organization that works to improve criminal and penitentiary mediation. As an Acumen fellow, Carlos will be able to bring his association to a new level that allows it to develop as a social enterprise around productive dialogue. They have trained Armed Forces in international peace missions and more than 1,000 police officers in alternative conflict management. The Association is also starting a project in order to alleviate the effects that digitization is causing on the poorest classes. For more about Carlos see here.

Second round of applications English tutoring in Cañada Real

Do you know English and Spanish? Would you be interested in making an impact in the community? The IE SDG Club is opening a second round of applications for bilingual volunteers to teach English online to the youth in the community of Cañada Real. As the job market continues to favor English and bilingual speakers, these classes are an important, generationally impactful step in the future job opportunities of the residents of Cañada Real. Contribute to the IE Chain of Change by applying through the following form: https://forms.gle/kszVoVnn2Zf8Ds1j6  

Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram to hear some testimonials from volunteers that have been engaged in this initiative!

STEMTalentGirl - April Workshops

The StemTalentGirl Group from the ASTI Foundation continues their workshop series with two upcoming events: the STEM Talent Girl Digital Day, on Tuesday, April 20th at 17:00, the Artificial Intelligence and Science session on April 22nd at 17:00, and the Business Model Canvas on April 27th at 17:00. The STEM Talent Girl Digital day includes sessions with different PepsiCo professionals, including its IT director and SC director, who will participate in a round table led by Monica González Arrébola, its Infrastructure and Operations Senior Manager. Different topics will be discussed around technology: its use internally, its great impact, and some of the curiosities of our day-to-day. In the business model design workshop on Tuesday, April 27th, participants will be able to develop the business model of their ideas. We will go through all the elements that are part of a business plan in a visual and iterative way. Taught by Borja Garzón Casado, Digital Learning Manager, this session will reveal the famous Business Model Canvas. To see recordings of previous workshops see the following links: MASTERCLASS with Rosa García ang MASTERCLASS with Clara Grima

Acumen Fellows for Spain

Congratulations to Borja Santos (Executive Director, School of Global and Public Affairs) and Carlos Piñeyroa (IE Alumni and Founder of the association Shall we talk?), who have been selected this year as two of the 25 Acumen Fellows in Spain. The Acumen Fellows Program is a global initiative that promotes social advancement through investment in companies with purpose.  In Spain, the Acumen Fellows Program aims to transform the socio-economic system by discovering and accompanying leaders committed to the development of innovative projects.  Borja works to foment educational excellence and positive purpose. He looks forward to the training and knowledge he will gain as an Acumen Fellow to mobilize and advance social change.  For more about Carlos, see the Alumni Taking the Lead Section above. 

Reforestation opportunity with Bombay Sunset

This upcoming Saturday, April 24th, we invite you to join Bombay Sunset (an IE Alumni-run fashion start-up) in planting trees in a forest 30 minutes north of Madrid, in Guadalix de la Sierra. It will be an opportunity to spend time outdoors and there will be some meditation sessions organized. Please sign up HERE to volunteer.

 

Fundación Mapfre Awards for Social Innovation finalist projects

Nine transformative startups were selected as finalists for the Fundación MAPFRE Awards for Social Innovation, boosted by IE through the Center for Social Innovation & Sustainability. The awards, which support initiatives that generate positive change and societal impact, will hold a contest between three geographical regions—Brazil, the rest of Latin America, and Europe. Among the entries, there were projects focused on improving e-health, accident prevention and sustainable mobility, and the economics of aging. Do you want to learn more? Click on this link.

Women supporting women to enhance their online businesses strategies

As part of the Digital Transformation for Inclusive Business Development Project led by the Center of Social Innovation & Sustainability at IE, beneficiaries worked with students from the Bachelor in Communication and Digital Media at IE University. This project allowed them to work with real clients and acquire the knowledge needed for the future. At the same time, beneficiaries had the chance to improve their branded content, all while helping students to better know the real world. Read more here.

What does ‘Freedom’ mean?

Should freedom be politicized?  Is it the same as free will? If you are free, do you need to take others into account? In this article IE Professor Borja Santos Porras, explores these ideas as well as many others. (In Spanish)

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Are you interested in reducing food waste?

Food waste accounts for 8-10% of all greenhouse gas emissions in Spain. We are developing a project to mitigate this problem and need your insight! If you have any experience within this field or are interested in this project, please contact ciclefruits@gmail.com

   

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