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1. April 24: Celebrate with a FAWCO Workshop – Why Self-Confidence Matters in Your Life — virtual meeting (2023-04-24)

(Events Calendar/April 24: Celebrate with a FAWCO Workshop – Why Self-Confidence Matters in Your Life — virtual meeting)

... your own self-confidence. Empowerment for us all! Welcome! Leading this session is Ileana Rontea, AWG Languedoc Roussillon, and hosted by FAWCO’s Workshop Coordinator, Lyla Taylor, AWC Zurich. Please ...

Created on 11 February 2023

2. September 13–14: Region 6 Regional Meeting (2025-09-13)

(Events Calendar/September 13–14: Region 6 Regional Meeting )

... AWC Liechtenstein and AWC Zurich have organized a weekend at Valbella Resort in the Lenzerheide. This is an opportunity to learn from each other, make new friends, and develop cross-club events. The area ...

Created on 21 May 2025

3. Book Review: The Other Einstein

(Recommended Books)

... fascinating in so many ways. Firstly, you have to admire the courage of a young woman from Eastern Europe who decides to leave home to study physics at an elite Zurich university with only male students. ...

Created on 21 March 2023

4. We LOVE Vintage

(Environment Articles)

... are two photos of me in my jacket, first taken in the 1990s in Zurich at one of our tree planting projects, when it was already old, and the second one taken a week or so ago in our back garden!  Still ...

Created on 26 November 2021

5. Win-Win-Win Holiday Gift Giving

(Environment Articles)

By: Environment Team members Anne van Oorschot, AWC The Hague; Ann Zulliger, AWC Zurich; Alexandra Vo, AWG Paris & FAUSA; Valerie Garforth, FAUSA; Jocelyn Fitzgerald, AILO of Florence; Christine Riney, ...

Created on 26 November 2021

6. UN Liaison Annual Report 2020

(Conference Reports)

... on the Status of Women Geneva Anne Riz-Sandweiss (AWC Bern) is Treasurer and Paula Daeppen (AWC Zurich) serves as Parliamentarian on the Board of NGO CSW Geneva. The UN in Geneva closed down in March ...

Created on 29 October 2021

7. Thinking in Systems with Donella Meadows for the Future of Our Planet

(Environment Articles)

By Ann Zulliger, AWC Zurich In 1992, a book appeared that was important enough to be translated into 30 foreign languages and 30 million copies were printed. Donella Meadows was the lead writer of The Limits ...

Created on 20 April 2021

8. Transformation of Our Food Systems, by Hans R. Herren, Benedikt Haerlin, IAASTD+10 Advisory Group

(Recommended Books)

Reviewed by Paula Daeppen, AWC Zurich I would like to recommend an important new book, Transformation of Our Food Systems by Hans R Herren, Benedikt Haerlin, IAASTD+10 Advisory Group.  The title may ...

Created on 12 January 2021

9. On Fire – The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, by Naomi Klein

(Recommended Books)

Reviewed by Karen Rudin, AWC Zurich Do you need a kick-start to pull you out of the winter doldrums? If so, look no further than Naomi Klein’s book On Fire – The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal. ...

Created on 12 January 2021

10. 6 Environment Books for Adults

(Recommended Books)

... clout, on the one hand, and control in the hands of communities on the other.    A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Reviewed by Ann Zulliger, AWC Zurich A Sand County Almanac was written by ...

Created on 03 November 2020

11. Lessons from Corona Applied to the Climate Crisis

(Environment Articles)

by Karen Rudin, AWC Zurich The recent COVID-19 crisis was only a couple of weeks old when the media began reporting one unexpected positive effect. Worldwide greenhouse gas emissions were markedly reduced ...

Created on 22 August 2020

12. UN Liaison Annual Report 2019

(Conference Reports)

... Paula Daeppen (AWC Zurich), Georgia Kallis (AWO Greece), Pam Perraud, Anne Riz (AWC Bern), Tara Scott (AWC Central Scotland), Rhonda Staudt (AWC Berlin), and UN Liaison Laurie Richardson (AWA Vienna). ...

Created on 20 January 2020

13. What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming

(Recommended Books)

by Karen Rudin, AWC Zurich I have just read the book What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming, by Per Espen Stoknes. (Terrible title and misleading, actually, but a good book.) ...

Created on 30 December 2019

14. Paula's Take-away

(CSW Blogs)

Paula Daepppen (AWC Zurich) Reflections on B+25 Promoting gender equality is not a cost to communities, society or businesses - it is an Investment! Gender equality recognizes that empowering women ...

Created on 05 November 2019

15. Clubs in Action: Global Climate Strikes

(Environment Articles)

... timeline, we did not stay long after the group arrived at the Plaza del Sol, but we took pictures of ourselves and friends plus our favorite signs.     Joan Evers (AWC Madrid) Zurich An enormous number ...

Created on 13 October 2019

16. The Environment Team...What’s in it for Me? Informative Articles

(Environment Articles)

... Zurich), Jule Deleroi (Augsburg IWC), Amal Lahlafi (AIWA Rabat), Rena Levin (AWC Oslo), Karen Rudin (AWC Zurich), Ann Zulliger (AWC Zurich), Valerie Garforth (FAUSA), Amanda Drollinger (AWC Central Scotland), ...

Created on 19 September 2019

17. FAWCO Clubs Go Green

(Environment Articles)

... in the Lebanese ‘throw-away mentality’ in order to preserve the beauty of this country.”  Marie-Bénédicte Luxem is the FAWCO Rep of AWC Zurich, a large club with 240 members. She made the environment ...

Created on 12 June 2019

18. Our Personal Food Choices for Health and Environment

(Environment Articles)

by Paula Daeppen, AWC Zurich  I can imagine that nearly everyone who is reading this article is already doing many things to help preserve the viability of our planet. Whether it be recycling, avoiding ...

Created on 20 April 2019

19. 2019 Biennial Conference Coverage - Saturday, March 23rd

(2019 Edinburgh)

... GENERAL MEETING - SESSION 3   Announcements   Roll call and approval of minutes - Mary Stewart Burgher, Secretary   Tribute to Lucy Laederich - Paula Daeppen, AWC Zurich and Georgia Regnault, ...

Created on 04 March 2019

20. EcoKids: Children and Recycling

(Environment Articles)

By Environment Team member, Karen Rudin, AWC Zurich  Every parent knows that children are concrete and hands-on oriented. This makes recycling a perfect area for teaching kids some of the principles ...

Created on 27 January 2019