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february 2019

AFDxTalk: Be Aware of What You Wear Social Impact Factory Utrecht Vredenburg 40

18feb19:1521:30AFDxTalk: Be Aware of What You Wear

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Clothes make the (wo)man. The earth hosts a huge diverse group of people and clothing is one of the most obvious ways to spot our differences and similarities. Clothing is embedded

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Clothes make the (wo)man.

The earth hosts a huge diverse group of people and clothing is one of the most obvious ways to spot our differences and similarities. Clothing is embedded in culture, religion and nationality. Clothing is also a way to express yourself and for many people, clothing is essential to the way they live.

But this need for self-expression also has big downsides. Child labour in East-Asia and other parts of the developing world is one of these downsides. The growing pressure on the global climate by the clothing industry is another. The rising trend of ‘fast fashion’ in the West has been one of the biggest contributing factors in these growing ecological and societal problems. But how big are these issues exactly? And what role can science, the business world, the government and we, the consumer, play in fighting them? Becoming aware of the issues we’re facing and discussing these questions gives us valuable insight into the world of clothing and the many sustainable solutions surrounding it.

By inviting three guest speakers on the 18th of February, we will explore the issues relating to the clothing industry in an informative and interactive session. The end goal: becoming aware of what you wear!

THE SPEAKERS:

The first speaker is Anneke Smelik, a Radbout University professor, specialised in Visual Culture. Her current research focuses on slow fashion and issues of sustainability, as well as technological advances in fashion.

Eva, from the social enterprise MudJeans, will tell us more about the mission of the company: creating new jeans out of old ones and working completely according to the principles of a circular economy.

Our last speaker, Henriëtte-Floor, works for the NGO ReShare, part of the Salvation Army. She will tell us more about the mission of ReShare and also has a bit of insight into the actions the government take in fighting problems in the clothing industry

Join us on the 18th, let these interesting speakers expand your knowledge of the clothing industry and become conscious of what you wear!

Time

(Monday) 19:15 - 21:30

Location

Social Impact Factory Utrecht

Vredenburg 40

Organizer

Academics for Development Utrecht

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AFD Drinks February! Grand Café Lebowksi Domplein 17

26feb21:0023:59AFD Drinks February!

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Yay! Another AFD drinks! Join us for a relaxed evening with drinks, good vibes and a lot of fun! Anyone who wants to come say hi is more than welcome to

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Yay! Another AFD drinks!

Join us for a relaxed evening with drinks, good vibes and a lot of fun! Anyone who wants to come say hi is more than welcome to do so. Find out more about AFD, hang out with us for the first time or catch up with AFD family members you haven’t seen in a while. The board will be at Lebowski at 21:00 and is already excited to see you all there! 🍸

Time

(Tuesday) 21:00 - 23:59

Location

Grand Café Lebowksi

Domplein 17

Organizer

Academics for Development Utrecht

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march 2019

Utrecht College Tour & AFD - Jan-Paul de Beer

20mar20:0021:30Utrecht College Tour & AFD - Jan-Paul de Beer

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Geld verdienen en er ook nog een goed gevoel aan overhouden? Onze nieuwe gast doet dat door kinderen te laten springen en dansen in de klas. Want door te bewegen

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Geld verdienen en er ook nog een goed gevoel aan overhouden? Onze nieuwe gast doet dat door kinderen te laten springen en dansen in de klas. Want door te bewegen leer je meer. 🤸‍♂️🤾‍♀️

Maar hoe begin je een sociale onderneming? En hoe lukt het om ook nog eens omzet te draaien met al je goede bedoelingen? Jan-Paul de Beer is oprichter van Springlab en zorgt ervoor dat kinderen niet meer de hele dag stilzitten in de klas! 🧐

Dit interview organiseren wij in samenwerking met Academics for Development Utrecht. Zij houden zich veel bezig met sociaal ondernemen.

Ben jij ook benieuwd naar dit sociale ondernemen? Kom dan naar onze sessie met Jan-Paul de Beer op 20 maart om 20:00 in de Kargadoor!

Time

(Wednesday) 20:00 - 21:30

Location

De Kargadoor

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Board Recruitment Event - AFD, Aiesec, SOLVE, & Enactus Stairway to Heaven Mariaplaats 11/12, 3511 LJ

27mar19:3022:00Board Recruitment Event - AFD, Aiesec, SOLVE, & Enactus

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⭐ INFO SESSION BOARDYEAR at AIESEC / SOLVE Consulting / Enactus / Academics for Development ⭐ Are you interested in a challenging parttime ór fulltime boardyear? Then join the boardyear information

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⭐ INFO SESSION BOARDYEAR at AIESEC / SOLVE Consulting / Enactus / Academics for Development ⭐

Are you interested in a challenging parttime ór fulltime boardyear? Then join the boardyear information session of AIESEC Utrecht, SOLVE Consulting (Dutch only), Enactus Utrecht (Dutch only) ánd Academics for Development all together on Wednesday 27 March in Stairway! We will give presentations about the ins- and outs of a boardyear at our organizations and afterwards you can walk by our stands to ask the boardmembers all your questions and learn more about the different positions and their own experiences. Be there!

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Program:

19:30 – 20:00 – Walk in
20:00 – 20.30 – Start presentations
20:30 – 22:00 – Information stands with boardmembers

Time

(Wednesday) 19:30 - 22:00

Location

Stairway to Heaven

Mariaplaats 11/12, 3511 LJ

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december 2019

AFDxDoc: The Chocolate Case Social Impact Factory Utrecht Vredenburg 40

02dec19:0021:00AFDxDoc: The Chocolate Case

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Ever wondered how Tony Chocolonely’s was born?  Find out at our screening of Tony Chocolonely’s documentary: The Chocolate Case. For more info and for tickets, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afdxdoc-the-chocolate-case-tickets-77758332265

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Ever wondered how Tony Chocolonely’s was born?  Find out at our screening of Tony Chocolonely’s documentary: The Chocolate Case.

For more info and for tickets, please visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afdxdoc-the-chocolate-case-tickets-77758332265

Time

(Monday) 19:00 - 21:00

Location

Social Impact Factory Utrecht

Vredenburg 40

Organizer

Academics for Development Utrecht

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january 2020

Mid-Term Presentations and Drinks Social Impact Factory Utrecht Vredenburg 40

16jan19:0022:00Mid-Term Presentations and Drinks

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Academics for Development Utrecht presents the mid-year presentations! Are you interested in finding out how our project teams are doing on their projects so far? Would you like to share your

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Academics for Development Utrecht presents the mid-year presentations!

Are you interested in finding out how our project teams are doing on their projects so far? Would you like to share your knowledge with our project teams? Or do you simply want to learn more about our interesting projects in the Philippines, Tanzania and Uganda? Come join us on the 16th of January!

During this event, our three project teams will present the findings and ideas they have worked on from October until January. For them, their presentation is an opportunity to share their project ideas with an audience and receive feedback from invited experts. After the presentations, there will be a short break. Hereafter, the audience will leave and the teams will proceed to critically reflect on and improve their ideas under guidance of their coach, in order to work further towards a successful project implementation.

Every presentation will be followed by a questions and feedback session from the audience, which you are invited to be part of!

Afterwards, you are welcome to join us for drinks at Hofman Café!

Time

(Thursday) 19:00 - 22:00

Location

Social Impact Factory Utrecht

Vredenburg 40

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march 2020

AFDxTalk: Future Food

09mar19:0022:00AFDxTalk: Future Food

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What will you be eating in 2050? Our current food system is one of the biggest catalysers of the most pressing environmental issues. Moreover, the population keeps growing and growing, with

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What will you be eating in 2050?

Our current food system is one of the biggest catalysers of the most pressing environmental issues. Moreover, the population keeps growing and growing, with less and less resources available. This is creating a big shortfall between the amount of food we produce today and the amount needed to feed everyone in 2050.

As incomes rise, people will increasingly consume more resource-intensive, animal-based foods. At the same time, we urgently need to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural production and stop conversion of remaining forests to agricultural land. This calls for questions on how to make our food production more sustainable. How will we sustainably feed a constantly growing population? And what is necessary to make changes to more sustainable forms of food production? How do we motivate our population to consume these sustainable alternatives?

Fortunately a lot of entrepreneurs and consumers are already challenging the way we currently think about, produce and consume food. Many people are adapting a vegan lifestyle, restaurants are putting insects on the menu, scientists are experimenting with lab grown meat and many entrepreneurs are finding solutions to reuse food waste.

By inviting several guest speakers that are paving the way, like @buggznl, we will explore the issues relating to the future of our food industry in an informative and interactive session. The end goal: becoming aware of what you eat!

The event is free, but seats must be reserved!

 

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(Monday) 19:00 - 22:00

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AFD Board Recruitment Info Evening

26mar19:0022:00AFD Board Recruitment Info Evening

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Are you our next board member? We are looking for our successors! Tired of theoretical classes? Ready to turn this knowledge into a practical experience? Are you currently in your 2nd

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Are you our next board member? We are looking for our successors!

Tired of theoretical classes? Ready to turn this knowledge into a practical experience? Are you currently in your 2nd bachelor, 3rd bachelor or 1st master year and looking for a way to spend your time in a useful way? We are looking for you!

Let’s be honest, we are at a time when the world is changing at a pace never seen before. Take your chance and participate in this change. Joining AFD is your opportunity to become part of a bigger movement we call social entrepreneurship. We are a group, team, family of students dedicated to have durable social impact through a hands-on approach.

At this info-event, we’ll present all the available positions within the board and you can talk to us to get more personal information about what each function entails. Don’t hesitate, get out of your comfort zone!

Find more about each board member function: http://afdimpact.org/branches/utrecht/board-recruitment/

Let us know if you’re coming by signing up via Eventbrite!!

 

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS APRIL 21st!

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(Thursday) 19:00 - 22:00

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april 2020

Board Information Session: AFD, Aiesec, Enactus, SOLVE, & UtrechtInc

21apr19:0021:00Board Information Session: AFD, Aiesec, Enactus, SOLVE, & UtrechtInc

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⭐ INFO SESSION BOARDYEAR at AIESEC / Enactus Utrecht / SOLVE Consulting / Academics for Development / UtrechtInc Students⭐ Are you interested in a challenging parttime ór fulltime boardyear? Then join

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⭐ INFO SESSION BOARDYEAR at AIESEC / Enactus Utrecht / SOLVE Consulting / Academics for Development / UtrechtInc Students⭐

Are you interested in a challenging parttime ór fulltime boardyear? Then join the board year information session of AIESEC Utrecht, SOLVE Consulting (Dutch only), Enactus Utrecht (Dutch only), UtrechtInc Students and Academics for Development all together on April 21! We will give presentations about the ins- and outs of a board year at our organizations and afterwards you can walk by our stands to ask the board members all your questions, learn more about the different positions and their own experiences and have some drinks. If you are interested in a board year, this is your chance! Be there!

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(Tuesday) 19:00 - 21:00

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may 2020

Impact Session

06may19:0020:00Impact SessionGet inspired by social entrepreneurship and discover how to have an impact through our board.

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🔸 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗨𝗦 🔸 Academics For Development is a global student organization founded on social entrepreneurship. Every year we organize hands-on projects across the world and on-campus events. Through these projects

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🔸 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗨𝗦 🔸
Academics For Development is a global student organization founded on social entrepreneurship. Every year we organize hands-on projects across the world and on-campus events. Through these projects and events, we strive to give students the opportunity to enrich themselves and have durable social impact.

But what the heck is social entrepreneurship?! How can 1 person have such an impact? And what does that even mean, durable social impact?

🔸 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧🔸
During this 1 hour during event, we want to inspire you and clarify…
… How you, as a student, can have real impact through social entrepreneurship
… What it means to be part of AFD

For the first part we therefore invited two inspiring speakers who will each tell you a story on how they got in touch with social entrepreneurship
→ Speaker 1: Laurens De Poorter is an MBA Candidate at Harvard Business School and the co-founder of TeleCorona and AFD. He will tell the story on how he encountered social entrepreneurship for the first time.

→ Speaker 2: Diane Delava is an expert on the topic of social entrepreneurship and co-founder of Mattrvest, an inclusive impact investment firm. She will tell you the story on how she was able to pull off her start-up.

Finally, we will provide you with some information on what it means to be part of our international student organization. We will represent the different branches from all across the world, our mission and the different functions involved. Time is foreseen for you to ask all your questions regarding the organization and the stories of our speakers.

‼️ Reserve a spot via the ticket link. Registering is free, afterwards you you will receive the link to join the session.

🔸 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗙𝗗 🔸
For more information about a specific branch and their recruiting policy, click the links below.

Ghent:
https://www.facebook.com/AcademicsForDevelopmentGent/

Stellenbosch:
https://www.facebook.com/AFDStellenbosch/

Montreal:
https://www.facebook.com/AFDMontreal/

Utrecht:
https://www.facebook.com/AFDUtrecht/

Leuven:
https://www.facebook.com/AFDLeuven/

Louvain-La-Neuve:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/AcademicsForDevelopmentLLN/

Antwerp: mail to
expansion@afdimpact.org

Time

(Wednesday) 19:00 - 20:00

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june 2020

Impact 2020: job/internship and inspiration fair

09jun11:0017:00Impact 2020: job/internship and inspiration fair

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We have organised this ONLINE job-/internship- and inspiration fair especially for YOU, the student that “doesn’t know yet what they want to do, but definitely wants a job where they

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We have organised this ONLINE job-/internship- and inspiration fair especially for YOU, the student that “doesn’t know yet what they want to do, but definitely wants a job where they make some kind of difference”. We feel you, buddy. Let’s get together virtually on the 9th of June and explore your options. ✨

We’ll be announcing our amazing partners very soon!

Learn about what they do, what their vision for the future is, and get inspired. Maybe, there’s a future job waiting for you! 🌱

Difficult times ask for innovation! AFD Utrecht will host IMPACT 2020 ONLINE. All of our partners will be introduced to you one-by-one through this page. So be sure to mark “going” to be updated about all opportunities. ✨

See you online on the 9th of June!

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(Tuesday) 11:00 - 17:00

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september 2020

Project Information Evening

15sep19:3021:00Project Information Evening

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Are you curious who we are, what we do and how you can have a social impact through joining us? Feel free to ask us any question you have in

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Are you curious who we are, what we do and how you can have a social impact through joining us? Feel free to ask us any question you have in mind on Zoom💚

Link to Zoom: https://uni-bonn.zoom.us/j/97867751445?pwd=RVJXZ2ZaRW9tT0podlJsS3pjcmk1UT09
Meeting ID 978 6775 1445
Password 122333

We are looking forward to meet you all!💚

 

Time

(Tuesday) 19:30 - 21:00

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Q&A session

24sep19:3021:00Q&A session

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At the Q&A session, we will only shortly present AFD, but this session is really all about the projects and former project students. Our project partners will be there to

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At the Q&A session, we will only shortly present AFD, but this session is really all about the projects and former project students. Our project partners will be there to present their projects and answer any burning questions. Additionally, we have invited some former project students to talk about their experience with AFD.

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(Thursday) 19:30 - 21:00

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november 2020

Impact Case Day 2020

14novalldayImpact Case Day 2020

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Companies have a power to change the world that can't

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Companies have a power to change the world that can’t be underestimated.

How can they have a positive impact and make their business more successful at the same time? Discover all this and more at the Impact Case Day. Place yourself in the shoes of our amazing partners, crack the case and challenge the status quo!

Are you curious about sustainability and social entrepreneurship? Then Academics For Development has the perfect day planned for you. Together with our inspiring partners, we proudly present you:

IMPACT CASE DAY 2020 (online)
An interactive day where students are challenged to solve real life cases of businesses concerning sustainability.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
– Learn about sustainability, the SDG’s and social entrepreneurs
– Get in contact with our partners, who have proven their commitment towards sustainable development
– Meet many other interesting, like-minded and ambitious students
– Get more experienced in solving business cases
– Go home with a certificate
– Get the chance to win a prize

HOW CAN YOU APPLY?
Register in teams of two by sending your CV’s to utr@afdimpact.org. Deadline to apply is October 31st

 

Time

All Day (Saturday)

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