Civil Society Organizations:Promoting Sustainable Consumption

Viktoriya MalyarchukUNENG0 “MAMA-86”www.mama-86.org.ua

Outline Defining Sustainable consumption

(SC) SC in Ukraine: key problems and

perspectives. Sectoral overview. Challenges to shift the system to

sustainable consumption. Promoting SC – action plan for CSOs CSOs as a driver of SC. Best practices.

Defining Sustainable Consumption

Sustainable consumption and production aims at reducing emissions and resource consumption, while maintaining life satisfaction.

2002 – Johannesburg World Summit for Sustainable Development gave a start to Marrakesh Process, a work to develop the 10-year framework for sustainable consumption and production.

SC in Ukraine

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Ecological Footprint of production – 3,31 (world – 2,7);Ecological Footprint of Consumption – 2,9 (world – 2,7).

Meat consumption in Ukraine: 90% growth

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Small changes – big effect. Rejecting eating meat only once a week, we can reduce emissions by 170 kg-CO2 per person a year.

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Ideas for sustainable food consumption

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Make usable alternatives though a small group’s effort.

Vegetarian cooking course, sustainable cook book;

Traditional food brand – support local producers;

Spreading veggie recipes – “Low-carbon” diet;

Greening supermarkets and production chains;

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Ideas for sustainable housing

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Connecting communities to sustainable best practices, show examples;

Eco-housing demonstration; Building sustainable homes with local

and traditional knowledge and experience;

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Ideas for sustainable mobility

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Lobby governments to invest in public transport, form cycling infrastructure;

Encouraging sustainable local instead of long-distance travel – make people discover their country;

Research on environmental impact of transport infrastructure;

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The degree of potential involvement of CSOs

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Source: action-town.eu

Individual Level: Address behaviour

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Create systems, that lead to sustainable consumption

Use examples of positive change;

Give convincing evidence, where change is most needed;

Organize a process of deliberation, learning and analysis on leading examples.

Local Level

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National Level

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What can CSOs do?

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Partnership network

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Source: http://www.scp-centre.org/

Experience: “Green Choice of Ukraine” project by MAMA-86

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Main issues:- Sustainable Agriculture- Economic Efficient and Safe Building- Environmental Education for Sustainable DevelopmentGoals: Forming environmentally thoughtful individual

consumer; Increasing citizen's environmental awareness

and activity. Empower them to claim their human rights for safe and healthy environment.

Focus: multi-apartment building household’s technology & behaviours – energy, water use, waste

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Objectives:- Demonstrate resource saving;- Encourage consumer choice of green housing

technologies;- Lobbying for legal changes to involve public in

housing & communal services reform.Stakeholders:- Households in multi-apartment buildings;- Local and national policymakers;- Business, experts.

EcoBox-Database of easy and practical solutions, helping to practice sustainable house holding:Architecture and Construction;Energy supply and Energy saving;Land use and land development;Waste management and collection.

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Economically Effective and Safe Building (MAMA-86-Artemivsk)

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Reduction in monthly payments for utility services (water, electricity and gas);

Guaranteeing public participation in drafting legislation, resulting in change of rates at the local level;

Linking 1600 households with solid waste management system;

Developing a database on green technologies for doing the household: http://www.ecovillage.in.ua/;

300 000 citizens are covered with an informational campaign on creating green house.

Economic efficient and safe building

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Organisation of workshops and trainings on relevant topic – demonstrational tours;

Bring the idea of green technologies use in households to communities (7 buildings);

Use of informational materials: magazine, “Ecobox”, “Ecophone”, leaflets, etc.

Meeting with potential partners, installing equipment.Key results:- Reducing hot water bills – 80%;- Reducing payments for heating – 70%;- A corporate enterprise established with the participation of

local society, public authorities and business.

So, there is a need and a special role for CSOs

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Start the process with a wide participation of stakeholders;

Use your imagination: how to impress the society?

Look for new demonstration tools (free exhibitions, cultural events, Media, etc);

Keep your motivation, and the changes come.

Our further plans MAMA-86 is actively lobbying adopting the 10-Years

Framework Programme for Sustainable Consumption and Production, SCP Strategy and Action Plan.

The relevant goal in National Environmental Action Plan (Development and Adoption of SCP Strategy and Action Plan) was also lobbied by MAMA-86;

We are conducting research, studying best practices, especially monitoring the situation of SCP patterns in different regions of Ukraine and neighbouring countries.

EcoBox is open for your best practices of green technologies use, so you are always welcome to share them with us.

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Thanks for attention!

We are open for cooperation!

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