Albert Camus Dixit

"Whatever our personal weaknesses may be, the nobility of our craft will always be rooted in two commitments, difficult to maintain: the refusal to lie about what one knows and the resistance to oppression".

We cannot find more accurate words to define or responsibility with climate change.

OIKO goes Island Hopping Again!

OIKO LOGICA has been awarded a new Climate Change Project. The GCCA will conduct the formulation of a support program to Climate Change Adaptation in Mauritius. Strategic objectives of the climate change adaptation policy framework are to: 

• Foster the development of strategies, plans and processes to: (i) Avoid, minimize or adapt to the negative impacts of climate change on key sectors and assets of Mauritius, namely agriculture, water, fisheries and ecosystems; (ii) Avoid or reduce damage to human settlements and infrastructure, and also possible loss of lives caused by climate change. (iii) To build capacity to understand, analyse and pre-empt in a timely manner in the wake of future climate change impacts within the Republic of Mauritius.

• Integrate and mainstream climate change adaptation into core development policies, strategies and plans of the Republic of Mauritius. 

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Seychelles

Maia Island in The Seychelles, a small island in peril

There are around 51 small island in the world under severe threat. Maia is one of them.  In spite of the amazing beauty, geographical situation and cultural diversity, this small island shares similar economic and sustainable development challenges with sister islands in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. They have very poor availability of resources such as drinking water or energy, a small but rapidly growing population, specially due to traffic of tourist, insularity, vulnerability and remoteness, susceptibility to natural disasters, excessive dependence on international trade for agricultural imports and vulnerability to globalization.

OIKO LOGICAs has been invited by MWH and The Global Climate Change Alliance to identify and formulate a Support Program to the National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change in Seychelles.

OIKO LOGICA is opening a new office in Palma de Mallorca. The sun, the beauty of the island, the food and the people have convinced our team to open a headquarters in the old Town of Palma de Mallorca. Come and visit us when you are around.

 

Sustainability and Globalization in Latin America

OIKO LOGICA has been selected by German GIZ - CEPAL consortia to be part of a team together with GFA Consulting Group GmbH to conduct the Evaluation of the impact of a major multidisciplinary UN Program: "Sustainability and inclusive growth through Globalization in Latin America". In January, February and March we will be traveling to Uruguay, Brasil, Chile and Panama, among other countries, to conduct interviews with Government officials and program beneficiaries and collect evidence of program impacts. Too bad we missed the Carnaval in Rio this time! 

The world until Yesterday

We are inspired by Jarred Diamond's writing: humanity's increasing dissonance with the natural world. He describes how small groups of humans – ranging from a few dozen to a few hundred hunter-gatherers – survived several ice ages, kept close to nature and still managed to conquer the world. "I believe the few remaining tribes and nomad groups left on the planet have a great deal to teach us," he says and it is this belief that inspired The World Until Yesterday.

 Jarrred Diamond´s is not shy about pointing out the lessons from traditional societies

Some tribal customs, such as widow-strangling, will not be missed, of course. "We should not romanticise traditional societies," he says. "There are horrible things that we want to avoid, but there wonderful things that we should emulate."