2. 18th ASEF University (AU18)
42 Participants from 33 Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) countries
Zsuzsanna Vári-Kovács and Alvin Chia
3. 18th ASEF University (AU18)
• “Conscious Consumers for
Environmental Sustainability”
• Academic presentations and
interactive workshops
• Topics included: Behavioural
Economics, impact of social
media campaigns
Zsuzsanna Vári-Kovács and Alvin Chia
4. 18th ASEF University (AU18)
Street action campaign
• Creative way to promote
sustainable consumption
Zsuzsanna Vári-Kovács and Alvin Chia
5. Learning Points: Responsibility
The art of taking personal
responsibility
• Individual level
• Community level
• National level
Zsuzsanna Vári-Kovács and Alvin Chia
6. Learning Points: Civil Society
Engaging civil society
Zsuzsanna Vári-Kovács and Alvin Chia
8. Learning Points: Education
• Lack of complex
knowledge and
comprehensive
information source
• Differences between
educational systems in
Asia and Europe
Zsuzsanna Vári-Kovács and Alvin Chia
10. Conclusion
• The act of sustainable consumption starts from ourselves
• There is the need for people-centric, non-discriminatory
policies and activities to encourage mass participation
• There is the need for comprehensive (non-) formal education
on sustainable development to change behaviour
Zsuzsanna Vári-Kovács and Alvin Chia
