Michael Winter

Co-President at oikos International | Austria

"A drop is just a drop, is just a drop. Until she meets another, combined they run together. She rinses stones, cuts through walls, she crosses borders never halts. Until all the drops become on big deep blue, where every drop is just a drop, is just a drop." – Faraway Friends, 2021.   Michael Winter uses this poem to describe how he leads an international team of sustainability experts and professional facilitators. Contributing to his vision of a flourishing world for humanity on our planet, Michael stewards a community of around 1,000 active student volunteers and 10,000+ alumni at oikos. His personal mission is to empower students and their allies to lead systemic change. What Michael warmly recommends to other leaders? The, unfortunately long forgotten, skill of listening.