DOCSLIB.ORG

European Sustainability Academy Jackson A

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
European Sustainability Academy Jackson A European Sustainability Academy Jackson A. & S. OE Drapanos, 73008 Vamos, Chania. www.EuroSustainability.org Job Specification Role Title: Business Development Manager Reports to: Managing Director Supervises: Events Co-Ordinator Start date: 1st September 2014 Working Location: ESA Drapanos, Crete, with off- site meetings and attending events as necessary. Working hours: 40 hours per week (core hours 10am – 6pm) with flexibility according to business needs. Salary: Starting salary 21k – 24k euros P.A. gross salary, dependent on expertise. Review after 6 months with potential for salary increase depending on performance. Other: Budget for travel and subsistence for business related expenses. New lap- top and phone will be provided for ESA business. 1. Introduction- European Sustainability Academy (ESA) Purpose ESA was built in 2011, in Crete, as a bespoke, ecological centre for teaching international people from large corporations, SMEs and start-ups , how to set up, manage and lead sustainable business. Sustainable business means an enterprise which makes profit and at the same time contributes a positive net impact on the environment and the community it is located in. This is called ‘Triple Bottom Line’ business, which means the success of business is measured by more than just financial profit. ESA opened in June 2012 and after 2 years of start- up and testing phase, the business is ready to develop and expand its management training and development products and programmes. The role of ‘ Business Development Manager’ is a new position which is a strategic role, working closely with ESA Founder and Managing Director, in the growth and development of ESA as a globally recognised, international academy for ‘Sustainable Business’ education and research. Since building ESA, 3000 people from around the world have visited and a significant amount of income has been contributed to the local economy from ESA activities. See appendix, ESA background, for more information. European Sustainability Academy - Tax number 998064065 - B tax office, Chania 2. ESA Programmes and Activities ESA main objective is to teach people skills and to share knowledge about setting up and managing sustainable enterprise. That includes living a sustainable life and managing a ‘sustainable self’ as a leader and manager. The core programmes at ESA are: 2.1. Empowering Leaders for Sustainability Including: 2.1.1. Making Sense and Leading Change for Sustainability This learning intervention can be adapted to suit managers and leaders of businesses of any size and at any stage of business development. Programmes can be tailored as short seminars at ESA or in-situ at the business, or as a deeper transitional learning experience retreat at ESA Crete. 2.1.2. Citizen Scientist Leadership for Sustainability Based on the successful Earthwatch model, www.earthwatch.org , these programmes actively contribute to scientific research about the environmental pressure of climate change in Crete, whilst at the same time participants gain a deeper understanding about sustainability and learn new leadership and teambuilding skills. 2.2. Empowering Women for Sustainability Including: 2.2.1. Women Innovators in Social Enterprise (WiSE) EU funded programme in collaboration with ESADE University Barcelona and St. Gallen University Switzerland with Corporate Partners KPMG, Athens. ESA is the consortium leader in Greece for the WiSE project www.Wise4Women.eu. It is well documented that women entrepreneurs can be effective drivers for economic growth. In Greece a 6 month study conducted by ESA (January 2014 – June 2014) indicates a number of barriers which discourage women from setting up business. The WiSE programme prepares Greek women to overcome these barriers and at the same time provides evidence and written papers to challenge barriers to enterprise at policy level and cultural level. 2.2.2. Women Empowerment Summit and award giving At this annual event, ESA welcomes extraordinary women from around the word including famous gender activist Princesses from Africa and other pioneers helping women in India and Argentina. The inaugural ‘Women Empowerment Award’ was given in 2013 to the women founders of Crete based hand-made natural soaps and personal care products enterprise Fisika www.fisikashop.com 2.3. Empowering Artists for Sustainability Including: 2.3.1. The Drapanos Art Foundation Academy, which brings art students from UK to ESA Crete. 2.3.2. Creative Entrepreneurs Programme Aims to help Greek artists, musicians, photographers and film makers set up their own businesses. October 2013, ESA Crete hosted a music event with famous Brooklyn DJ ‘Gramatik’. This enabled 2 local Greek music entrepreneurs Sprialmaze from Chania and Blue Square from Athens to support an internationally famous person to help develop their career as musicians. Over 400 young people from across Crete attended the Gramatik event at ESA. It was a seminal event for Crete. European Sustainability Academy - Tax number 998064065 - B tax office, Chania From 2015 ESA will launch a new training programme for aspirational Greek musicians and artists with entrepreneurial flair to help them become successful. 2.4. Educating Children for sustainability Including: 2.4.1. ESA Eco- Kids learning Local children have been engaged with ESA from the start, including learning how to make adobe bricks during the building phase. Since ESA opened, children have attended sustainability learning sessions about local flora and fauna, the need to reduce waste and increase re-use and recycling and understanding climate change in a Greek context. Some of the parents of the children have said that ESA has made them look at and appreciate the local natural environment in a different way. They now see the land that ESA is built on as beautiful, in a way that they had not noticed before. 2.4.2. Panasonic sponsored Eco- Schools learning projects Over 500 children from schools in the Chania and Apokoronas region have attended ESA to learn about climate change, solar power and new technologies for energy. Panasonic provide practical learning kits for children including eco- diaries, hybrid electric car kits and LED lantern which they make and take home. 3. Main Functions of the Role The Business Development Manager will be responsible for: Establishing and growing new ESA programmes already identified. Identifying new programme opportunities according to market demand. Producing financially underpinned strategic plans for new programmes. Working with Founder/Director to develop and enhance overall ESA strategic business development plan. Representing ESA in strategic partnerships with academia, business, business networks, funders and sponsors. Identifying new strategic partnerships. Representing ESA at relevant conferences. Day to day operational liaison and collaboration with Events Co-ordinator and website/ social media co-ordinator. 4. Qualifications, Skills and Experience Necessary Education: Masters degree in business, social enterprise or sustainability as a minimum. Experience: At least 3 years professional experience in a manger role in a business or organisation (sustainability related business/organisation preferable but not essential). Personal Attributes: A deep understanding about sustainability challenges in the world. Desire and inquiring mind to know more about sustainability challenges. A values based passion to create positive change in the world. Creative thinker. Good relationship management skills. Team player and also with entrepreneurial flair. Attention to detail and ability to see strategic big picture. European Sustainability Academy - Tax number 998064065 - B tax office, Chania Honest, accurate, reliable, trustworthy and discrete. Self- motivated, self- directed and ability to use own initiative. Confident to make business decisions and take responsibility for consequences of decisions. Flexible attitude and open to change. Thirst for adventure (previous overseas travel/ experience preferred). Good sense of humour and tolerant to diverse humours of others. Must be prepared to travel. Skills and Competencies Proficient written and verbal skills in Greek and English. Strong communications skills, written and verbal. Self- organised and good time management. Understanding of business accounting, basic profit and loss financial planning. Ability to support and guide people in internal working relationships. Ability to influence, enthuse and engage external partners and stakeholders. Proficient in using MS Office spreadsheet, word processing and presentation applications. Strong report writing and presentation skills. CV should give examples and illustrations of the above requirements. NOTE: This specification covers the core tasks and responsibilities of the role. As this is a new role it is possible that other tasks may be assigned as the role develops according to the business needs. At the 6 month review the Employee and Managing Director will reconsider the role from a practical point of view. 5. Timeline In the first instance please send a CV (in English) by email to [email protected] with names and contact details for references, NO LATER THAN 1st AUGUST 2014. Interviews: Face to face interviews will be conducted in Athens between 6th and 8th August. Face to face interviews will be conducted in Chania between 11th and 13th August. Skype interviews can be arranged if necessary. References will be followed up. Successful applicants will be notified by
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 1 Five Villages Directions Five Villages Walk
    17 September 2017 Five Villages Walk As you head down the hill there are views across the Apokoronas to Kalyves Bay and the Mediterranean. The road curves around, passes the Byzantine Agios Nicolaos church, crosses the Athimolakkos gorge and heads up past the cave church of Agia Mama, climbing into the cool and shady valley of Kyriakoselia village. From April to June the wild flowers, not necessarily rare, form beautiful pictures of colours, structure and textures. Out of the village the valley frames a view of the White Mountains, centred around the peak Mavro, and the road climbs into wild country, the views opening out alternately towards the sea and the mountains. To the left the tiny pretty white church of XXX way above Ramni becomes visible, backed by the mountain range of Agia Pnevma and Mavro. The zig zag track up to the Kallergis Refuge high in the mountains can be seen. The road winds into wooded areas with Aleppo pines and holm oak. On the right the church of Tsakistra is high above on the edge of the ridge – this is your picnic destination! Now, having climbed some 200m out of the valley, the air becomes noticeably cooler and drier, with often a gentle mountain breeze bringing the scents of thyme and wild flowers. The particularly wild scenery of massive jagged rocks interspersed with holm oak and carob gives way to more cultivated areas as the land flattens out and the village houses get close – there are olive groves and small vineyards. In Tsakistra, the church of Agios Ermitus, the hermit, is perched on the top of the hill, with views over towards the sea and mountains.
    [Show full text]
  • N° 50 Juillet 2014
    N° 50 Juillet 2014 Journal édité par l'association "Crète terre de rencontres" www.creteterrederencontres.info 34, rue des Mares Yvon 91700 Ste Geneviève des Bois Tél: 01 60 16 91 47 mail: [email protected] ———————- Directeur de la publication : Claire CHAZEAU Comité de rédaction : N. AMIOT L'association et la Crète, un nouveau départ? Ο σύλλογος και η Κρήτη, ένα νέο ξεκίνημα; N. BOURRIER J.P BOURRIER Πριν μιλήσουμε για την Κρήτη, ας δούμε λίγο τον C. CHAZEAU Avant de parler de la Crète penchons-nous sur αριθμό 50. Γιατί 50; Δεν είναι αναγκαστικά ένας J. CHAZEAU le nombre 50. Pourquoi 50? Ce n'est pas forcément σημαντικός αριθμός, αλλά για ένα σύλλογο, όπως ο '' C. DAVID un nombre remarquable, mais pour une association Crète Terre de Rencontres '', 50 τεύχη προορισμένα R. GEKIERE comme "Crète terre de rencontres" 50 numéros de sa στους συνδρομητές, που δημοσιεύονται, τρία με τέσσερα C. LEBLANC publication destinée aux adhérents à raison de trois το χρόνο, από το 1998, οπότε εκδόθηκε το πρώτο τεύχος, S. LEBLANC ou quatre numéros par an depuis le numéro 1 en είναι μία επιτυχία, καθώς επίσης και ένα σημάδι 1998, c'est déjà une belle réussite et aussi une μακροζωίας. Εκτός από μερικές επαναλαμβανόμενες marque de longévité. En dehors de certaines ru- Maquette : στήλες, αφιερωμένες στις δραστηριότητες του συλλόγου, briques récurrentes consacrées aux activités associa- J. CHAZEAU σε σύντομες ειδήσεις, σε παιχνίδια..., περίπου 200 άρθρα tives, à des nouvelles brèves, à des jeux..., cela repré- C. DAVID είναι αφιερωμένα στην Κρήτη. Και εφόσον βρισκόμαστε sente environ deux cents articles consacrés à la σ' ένα τόσο καλό δρόμο, βέβαια δεν θα σταματήσουμε Conception site internet : Crète.
    [Show full text]
  • KRETA – OKTOBER 2014 – APRIL 2015 Den 25. Oktober Kjørte Vi En
    KRETA – OKTOBER 2014 – APRIL 2015 Den 25. oktober kjørte vi en tur til Chania for å handle på Lidl. På tilbakeveien kjørte vi innom Izedin festning. Den ligger rett ved siden av hovedveien mellom Almyrida og Chania. Festningen ble bygget i 1872 av den tyrkiske kommandanten på Kreta. Tidligere sto det et mindre tårn her. Festningen er oppkalt etter eldste sønnen til Sultan Abdul Aziz. Festningen ble etter hvert også benyttet som fengsel. Den siste dødsdommen som ble eksekvert i Hellas var i 1972 og det var på denne festningen. Senere er festningen blitt stengt. Den åpnes når det holdes konserter der om sommeren. Det er imidlertid mange som jobber for å restaurere festningen. Festningen var stengt, men vi tok en spasertur utenfor Fra høyden hvor festningen ligger ser vi rett ned på murene. hovedveien. Vi ser litt av Souda-bukta og Kalives. Denne festningen ligger rett ved den lille landsbyen Kalami. I lia nedenfor går det noen geiter og spiser på det tørre krattet som er der. Fra høyden ser vi søndre del av Souda-bukten. Kalives ligger til høyre og Almyrida nedefor fjelltoppen. Fjelltoppen heter Drapanos. Kalami Almyrida Drapanos-fjellet Den 26. oktober var det et kraftig tordenvær. Spesielle farger. Hotellet som vi bodde på ligger her Den 27. oktober kjørte vi til Paleochora på sydkysten for å besøke Frode og Tove Børresen som vi traff på flyet fra Gardermoen til Chania. Vi bodde på Pal Beach Hotel. Paleochora ligger på en halvøy, og det er en sandstrand på vestsiden og en steinstrand på østsiden. Det bor omtrent 2000 mennesker her og den dominerende næringsveien er turisme.
    [Show full text]
  • 2002 Discovering the West of Crete After We Discovered the North-East
    2002 Discovering the west of Crete After we discovered the north-east and south-east of Crete in 2000 and 2001, This year we wanted to explore the west of the island. Slowly we got infected with the Crete virus. We only bought the airline tickets and we would see where we ended up. Only our first address was booked: Paleochora: I reserved a studio here for the first days. Chania airport We took off from Schiphol on May 22 and 3,5 hours later we landed on the military airfield at Chania in the northwest of Crete. After our experiences at the airport in Heraklion this was quite a relief: as soon as the plane stopped, a large bus arrives, everyone get out of the plane on to the bus and 5 minutes later you are in the baggage hall with 2 (!) baggage carrousel. They had a hard time with it today, because up to 2 times there was a power cut. Already after 20 minutes we had our backpacks and in a taxi we were on our way to Chania. 15 minutes later we got off at the bus station in the centre of the city. That went so smooth! The bus to Paleochora arrived right on time. Our backpacks were placed in the luggage compartment at the bottom of the bus. Together with all other luggage, newspapers and magazines intended for shops in the south. The buses on Crete also serve as a transport bus. Paleochora The bus left punctually at 2.30 pm and we drove along the north coast to Tavronitis and there we turned south.
    [Show full text]
  • Plus Praktische Maxi-Faltkarte Für Unterwegs! ADAC Reiseführer
    ADAC Reiseführer plus KRETADörfer ∙ Strände ∙ Museen ∙ Wanderungen Historische Stätten∙ Kirchen ∙ Hotels ∙ Restaurants NEU! TIPPS für Familien und cleveres Reisen plus praktische Maxi-Faltkarte für unterwegs! ADAC Reiseführer Kreta Dörfer ∙ Strände ∙ Museen ∙ Wanderungen Historische Stätten ∙ Kirchen ∙ Hotels ∙ Restaurants Die Top Tipps führen Sie zu den Highlights von Cornelia Hübler Intro Kreta Impressionen 6 Entdecke die Vielfalt 8 Tipps für cleveres Reisen 12 Kochen, klicken, Kröten retten 8 Tipps für die ganze Familie 14 Reiten, schwimmen, Rennen fahren Unterwegs Chania – Das Land der Weißen Berge 18 1 Chania 18 Ano Vouves – Erzengel-Michael-Rotunde 2 Bucht von Chania 24 3 Rodopou 26 4 Kissamos und Polirrinia 27 5 Gramvousa 29 6 Balos Beach 6 Falasarna 30 7 Innahorion 31 Sfinari – Kefali – Elos – Milia – Vlatous – Agia Sofia – Topolia-Schlucht 8 Moni Chrissoskalitissa und Elafonisi 33 9 Paleochora 34 10 Azogires 36 11 Sougia 38 12 Samaria-Schlucht 39 13 Askifou und Sfakia 40 Imbros – Chora Sfakion – Glikanera – Loutro – Frangokastello 14 Gavdos 43 15 Akrotiri 44 16 Aptera 46 17 Drapanos 47 Vamos – Moni Karidi – Sellia – Kalives – Almirida – Gavalohori – Kokkino Chorio 18 Georgioupolis 48 See von Kournas Rethimno – Häfen, Strände, Schluchten um den inselhöchsten Berg 50 19 Rethimno 50 20 Argiroupoli 58 Miriokefala 21 Armeni 59 22 Moni Arkadi 60 23 Eleftherna 61 Margarites 24 Panormos und Bali 63 Melidoni-Höhle 25 Nordöstliches Psiloritis-Gebirge 65 Axos – Sventoni-Höhle – Zoniana – Anogia 26 Amari-Tal 67 Thronos – Monasteraki – Vizari
    [Show full text]
  • Crete Bird Report 2000 and 2001
    CRETE BIRD REPORT 2000-2001 WEATHER: 2000: Sunny and overcast in the first week in April with a hot southern wind in the west on 5th, then bright anda cold wind for the rest of April until 18th when there was rain and cold winds for 3 days. It was clear and settled from then onwards until the first week in May when there were strong winds and storms and large numbers of migrants on the south coast were reported. From the 9th May the weather was more settled. Strong winds reported on Ist June, which brought in Gulls including Audouin’s at Elounda. In the Autimn, late September and early October, there was some bad weather with gale force winds, driving rain and very little sunshine. Passage of birds was noted on 7th and 8th October. The rest of the month was settled with occasional brief showers. 2001: April began cold and wet with temperatures of 13° recorded in Plakias, on 3rd, and cold and wet, bright intervals and then heavy weather, which brought in migrants. Weather still cool and unsettled until 10th, but good birding resulted. Late April was warmer and humid with thunderstorms and Sahara sand, then sunny but persistent fresh blustery N W winds. During the last week of April the weather settled at last with temperatures of 27° and continued hot with strong northerly winds, then settling by 8th May when it became hot with cloudless skies. The Autumn was hot in September and October. The weather broke in early November with the winter rains arriving.
    [Show full text]
  • CRETE – AGII APOSTOLI While We Were Waiting for Cataract Surgery For
    CRETE – AGII APOSTOLI While we were waiting for cataract surgery for Anne Berit, we found out that we would shorten the waiting time by 'jumping' on a trip to the South of Europe. She has a very bad eye sight, so I had to lead her down and up the stairs and read the menus at the restaurants, but we wanted to travel anyway. We found a trip that went from Thursday 3 May to Thursday 10 May. We booked it a couple of days before the trip went, so we got it for half the normal price. The trip we chose was with Apollo, one of the Nordic region's leading tour operators with around 500 employees and one million travelers a year. We flew with Novair, which is Apollos own airline. It was founded in 1997. Due to the fact that the plane from Gardermoen had a departure time at 07.20, we chose to stay overnight at a hotel near the airport so that we did not need to get up at the middle of the night at Kongsvinger to drive to the airport. In such cases, we have usually stayed at the Radisson Blu Hotel, which is within walking distance of the airport terminal. We think it is convenient to walk from the hotel in the morning, directly to the departure terminal. When we tried to book there, it was fully booked. We also tried the Park Inn Hotel, which is also within walking distance, but it was also fully booked. The choice finally ended at Clarion Hotel® & Congress Oslo Airport.
    [Show full text]
  • Environment Handbook Apokoronas 2017
    333 ENVIRONMENT HANDBOOK APOKORONAS 2017 environment [email protected] Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ApokoronasEG/ CONTENTS Contents ABOUT US ................................................................................................................................................... 3 APOKORONAS ............................................................................................................................................. 4 WASTE ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 COUNTRYSIDE ............................................................................................................................................. 9 WATER ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 BEACHES ................................................................................................................................................... 12 19 ENERGY ..................................................................................................................................................... 14 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ................................................................................................................ 17 BOOKS ...................................................................................................................................................... 20 POEM .......................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • August on Crete Kournas in August Primiere for Kournas New Products at Mandali News About the Donkeys Ordering Local Products
    Bekijk de webversie Mandali, local products and more... Hello {{voornaam}}, Through this newsletter I would like to inform you about our Mandali store in Kournas. You read about the products that we sell, I give you some background information about the products, I give you information about the activities that we organize and also general information and news about Kournas and Crete. I hope you will enjoy reading it. August on Crete It is August on Crete and that means plenty of sun, warm, sometimes very warm, a little wind, sometimes a stormy wind and off course there are tourists. Yet it is not as busy as last year in August. It is said that Crete has 20 to 30% fewer tourists this year. The most famous tourist attractions are overcrowded (at Elafonissi and Balos Gramvousa it is crowded with people, cars and buses and at Preveli you can see a bit of beach among the people). Many tourists are disappointed when they see this bustle: it does not look like the pictures in the travel guide. Fortunately, there are still less busy and less beautiful wellknown places to visit for those who want to discover the real Crete. Celebration day Yesterday it was August 15 and that means a national holiday in Greece. Greeks around the world today celebrate the 'Summer Easter', the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. They also celebrate the name day of those who bear the most popular female name in Greece, Maria. This day is celebrated not only in Greece, but in most Catholic and Orthodox Christian countries around the world.
    [Show full text]
  • A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Spiders of Crete
    Belgian Arachnological Society ARABEL Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. BY ROBERT BOSMANS, JOHAN VAN KEER, ANTHONY RUSSELL- SMITH, TORBJÖRN KRONESTEDT, MARK ALDERWEIRELDT, JAN BOSSELAERS AND HERMAN DE KONINCK. Arachnological Contributions Newsletter Belg. arachn. Soc., volume 28 (suppl. 1). 2013. ISSN (Online Edition) 2295-3035 ISSN (Print Edition) 0774-7225 Published: Brussels, September 2, 2013 Spiders of Crete. A catalogue with all currently known species (Araneae) from the Greek island of Crete. BY ROBERT BOSMANS (1), JOHAN VAN KEER (2), ANTHONY RUSSELL-SMITH (3), TORBJÖRN KRONESTEDT (4), MARK ALDERWEIRELDT (5), JAN BOSSELAERS (6) AND HERMAN DE KONINCK (†). (1) Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium (2) Bormstraat 204, bus 3, B-1880 Kapellen op den Bos, Belgium (3) 1 Bailiffs Cottage, Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0JU, United Kingdom (4) Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, POBox 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden (5) Begoniastraat 5, B-9090 Melle, Belgium (6) Rerumnovarumlaan, 2, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium Arachnological Contributions. Newsletter of the Belgian arachnological Society 28 (suppl.). 2013 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0B8D44F7-F784-43C7-BD96-AA8B2B2CD852 ARABEL v.z.w. / a.s.b.l. Bestuur/Bureau VOORZITTER/PRÉSIDENT: Léon Baert Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen Vautierstraat 29 1000 Brussel ONDERVOORZITTER/VICE-PRÉSIDENT: Mark Alderweireldt Begoniastraat 5 9090 Melle SECRETARIS/SÉCRÉTAIRE: Robert Kekenbosch Meerweg 51 1601 Ruisbroek PENNINGMEESTER/TRÉSORIER: Domir De Bakker Jozef Duthoylaan 64 8790 Waregem BIBLIOTHECARIS/BIBLIOTHÉCAIRE: Johan Van Keer Bormstraat 204 bus 3 1880 Kapelle-op-den-Bos WEBMASTER Dries Bonte Universiteit Gent, TEREC K.
    [Show full text]
  • Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, Particularly the Xerocrassa Radiation
    Systematics and Evolution of the Helicellinae (Gastropoda:Helicoidea) from Crete, particularly the Xerocrassa radiation Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorgrades der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) im Fachbereich Biologie der Fakultät für Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften an der Universität Hamburg vorgelegt von Jan Sauer aus Lich Hamburg 2011 Genehmigtvom Department Biologie der Fakultätfür Mathematik,Informatik und Naturwissenschaften an der UniversitätHamburg aufAntrag von Herrn Priv.-Doz. Dr. B. HAUSDORF WeitererGutachter der Dissertation: HerrProfes"sor Dr. E. GITTENBERGER Tagder Disputation: 23. April 2010 Hamburg,den 01 . April2010 A t QU"'t+ "'U'Q \ ProfessorDr. Axel Temming Leiterdes Departments Biologie INHALT SUMMARY i ZUSAMMENFASSUNG iv GENERAL INTRODUCTION 01 CHAPTER 1 REVISION OF THE HELICELLINAE OF CRETE (GASTROPODA: HYGROMIIDAE) 08 Summary 09 Introduction 10 Materials and Methods 11 Systematics 14 Biogeography and Speciation 109 CHAPTER 2 THE PERFORMANCE OF SINGLE-LOCUS, MULTI-LOCUS AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA AND DIFFERENT ANALYSIS METHODS IN DELIMITING SPECIES OF A CRETAN LAND SNAIL RADIATION 117 Summary 118 Introduction 119 Materials and Methods 120 Results 126 Discussion 139 CHAPTER 3 RECONSTRUCTING THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE RADIATION OF THE LAND SNAIL GENUS XEROCRASSA ON CRETE BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL SEQUENCES AND AFLP MARKERS 156 Summary 157 Introduction 158 Materials and Methods 159 Results 162 Discussion 170 CHAPTER 4 DISCORDANT AND CONCORDANT PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF MITOCHONDRIAL AND AFLP
    [Show full text]
  • International Sustainability Summit 1St October – 14Th October 2012
    European Sustainability Academy International Sustainability Summit 1st October – 14th October 2012 www.EuroSustainability.org You are invited to join us at the inaugural ESA Sustainability Summit at the newly opened European Sustainability Academy, management teaching and research centre in Crete. The main aim of this unique 2 week event is to leverage expertise, knowledge and energy from internationally diverse sustainability enthusiasts to create practical and relevant projects for sustainable socio- economic change. It has been said that for sustainability to be realised we must forget past thinking, remember some ancient thinking and apply that to the present. Crete is the perfect location to reflect on this proposition. World class expert speakers from business, academia and policy making will descend on the village of Drapanos in the paradisiacal Apokoronas region of north- west Crete between 1st – 14th October to present their latest work, practical experiences, knowledge and tools. This unique 2 week event will consist of experiential learning and debate around 4 themes of: Sustainable Self Sustainable Living Sustainable Business Sustainable Planet Ten Days full of experiential, practical and leading edge knowledge. Multiple dialogue streams and expert panel debates. Commitment to action through 4 practical sustainability projects as an outcome of the summit. Sessions lead by international sustainability leaders from academia, business and policy making. Hosted at the stunning and unique ESA ecological construction in an ancient Cretan olive grove. 1 About the programme ESA Sustainability Summit experience includes a tapestry of mixed learning processes including traditional lectures, reflective sense-making in the natural ‘agora’ spaces of ESA, debating dialogue in true ancient Greek style.
    [Show full text]