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  • Special Course on Renewable Energy

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    We are happy to announce a YES Special Course on Smart Renewable Energy Systems. Applications close: June 10th, 2013. The course will take place outside Bremerhaven, Germany, 8-19 September 2013. Applications from all disciplines are encouraged. We welcome students from upper level undergraduate (3rd year), as well as graduate students [...]

  • Special Course on Sustainable Agriculture

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    ACTIS in collaboration with ETH Zürich hosts a 15-day special course 11-25 August 2013: Sustainable Agriculture and the World Food System. Download the course brochure (PDF) or read more and apply on the ETH website.

Past courses

A list of all YES courses held to date is provided below.

Basic Courses:

YES Switzerland

2001 – 2010
15 courses in partnership with AGS, MIT, University of Tokyo, ETH Zurich and Chalmers University
2011
1 course in partnership with the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences and the World Resources Forum, Davos

YES Latin America, Costa Rica

2002 – 2005
2 courses in partnership with INCAE Business School and CATIE

YES Central and Eastern Europe, Slovakia and Austria

2006 – 2008
3 courses in partnership with the Technical University of Vienna and the University of Economics Bratislava

YES Africa, Kenya

2007 – Current
1 course in partnership with UNEP and Egerton University in Njoro/Nakuru
1 course in partnership with UNEP in Elsamere, Naivasha

YES Japan

2007 – Current
4 courses in partnership with Hosei University

YES Australia

2009
1 course in partnership with the International Water Center Brisbane
(IWC – a joint venture of the University of Queensland, Monash University, Griffith University and the University of Western Australia)

YES Serbia

2011 – Current
2 courses in partnership with the Environmental Engineering Group Novi Sad

Water and Sustainability, Sinai Desert, Egypt

2008
In partnership with the Wadi Environmental Science Center, Cairo, Egypt.

Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Stellenbosh, South Africa

2009
In partnership with the Sustainability Institute of the University of Stellenbosch.

Sustainability through Social Entrepreneurship, Armenia, Colombia

2010
In partnership with AVINA