Regional Dialogue Focusing on Food

Food is one of the most important links for achieving Sustainable Lifestyle. Think about what you are consuming in a day and ask yourself these questions: are we getting enough nutrients? where does the food come from; how is the food processed? how many single-use plastics are used for the meal and is it hygienic? Even though as individuals, we want to have a sustainable lifestyle, there might be other conditions, beyond our control, that do not support our desires. If we look deep down into the supply chain, agriculture could be a starting point which has a large impact on the environment. How should we deal with agro-industry waste? With the better systems, not only will the productivity of agricultural increases, but also the consumers’ and workers’ health and lifestyle will be made better and more sustainable. This course tries to bring the answer of how you can be involved in the food value chain and how you can choose to have a more sustainable lifestyle.

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Regional Dialogue Focusing on Tourism

Tourism is one of the hardest hit sectors due to COVID-19 pandemic. Huge portion of the GDP in many countries comes from the tourism sector, and tourism has multi-faceted linkages across national, and international, boundaries in lifestyles, economies, information, etc. After the pandemic, people have to change their behavior and lifestyle so the tourism sector has changed too. We are living in new normal. In this dialogue we will go down and take a look at some interesting case studies where you will learn what problems tourism industry is facing, how they are reacting, and what entrepreneurs see as opportunities to run their businesses sustainably. We will talk with experts on how Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) can be an effective tool to plan for the tourism sector. You will see why SCP is very important for now and the future of tourism growth. As we stated earlier that tourism is lifestyle. It is our experience. If we change the tourism policy, the way the tourists will experience would often change too.

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Regional Dialogue Focusing on Packaging

In this course we will learning embedding the concepts of Sustainable Lifestyles for Sustainable Lifestyles for SCP with an additional focus on COVID-19. We will see the importance between sustainability and packaging, the effect of packaging on the earth, the challenges in finding the environment-friendly alternative, various stakeholders' view on sustainable lifestyle, and the story behind their quest to make progress on sustainability. Moreover, with the widespread concern of COVID-19 pandemic, we will look into how the packaging industry will adapt, and how the trend is going to be for this sector. At the end of the course, we hope we will be aware of a global emergency. The world we want to be in the next few years is dependent on what we see today and act today. If we see and are aware, and act to resolve the negative impacts of packaging, we can do it together.

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