Responsible consumption at ABWA
Aditya Birla World Academy
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Academic institution
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Description
We have adopted Goal 12 'Responsible consumption and production' as a school and organisational goal to instil awareness among students and undertake actionable projects at the school and community level.
This entails a series of ongoing projects for students of different grade levels towards this goal.
Grade-wise projects have been undertaken. This includes:
- Upcycling old plastic bottles into 'Ecobricks', which are donated to an organisation that uses these ecobricks to construct roads and make furniture.
- Making handmade paper: Old waste paper collected in schools is used by students to make handmade paper using simple technology. This is used by students for note-taking and some of it is donated to poor students in the community.
- Thrift fashion: Students collect older clothes and repurpose them. These clothes are then donated to poor people in need or sold in a fashion statement.
- Community awareness: Students visit underpriviliged children through a foundation, Akanksha, where they conduct literacy programs based on SDGs.
- Beach cleanups: Students visit the local beaches in Mumbai on Saturdays to participate in cleanup drives.
- Batti Bandh: Students organise 'Earth Hour' in school and their societies at regular intervals as a means to conserve electricity.
- Newsletter: Students write a monthly column in the school newsletter to keep the talk about SDGs going.
The Green Cell is a group of teachers who lead the sustainability project at the school (ABWA). They work closely with the Green Club, a student-driven club with members from all Middle School and Senior School grades. This club is led by the 'Dustbuster' the leading student council member who looks after green initiatives of the school.
The Cell and Club utilise home room time in class to orient the larger student body with SDGs, and take up ongoing projects related to responsible consumption and production.
The school has been undertaking several green initiatives, but this is our first year looking at these through the lens of SDGs. We hope to provide students a platform and motivate them to use their innovation and technology to action SDGs in the community.
Aditya Birla World Academy, The Aditya Birla Integrated School, Aditya Birla Education Academy, MPower - The Foundation
SDGS & Targets
Goal 12
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
12.1
Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries
12.1.1
Number of countries developing, adopting or implementing policy instruments aimed at supporting the shift to sustainable consumption and production
12.2
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.2.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
12.2.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP
12.3
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses
12.3.1
(a) Food loss index and (b) food waste index
12.4
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
12.4.1
12.4.2
(a) Hazardous waste generated per capita; and (b) proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment
12.5
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.5.1
National recycling rate, tons of material recycled
12.6
Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.6.1
12.7
Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
12.7.1
Number of countries implementing sustainable public procurement policies and action plans
12.8
By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
12.8.1
Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education; and (d) student assessment
12.a
Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production
12.a.1
Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing and developed countries (in watts per capita)
12.b
Develop and implement tools to monitor sustainable development impacts for sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
12.b.1
Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic and environmental aspects of tourism sustainability
12.c
Rationalize inefficient fossil-fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption by removing market distortions, in accordance with national circumstances, including by restructuring taxation and phasing out those harmful subsidies, where they exist, to reflect their environmental impacts, taking fully into account the specific needs and conditions of developing countries and minimizing the possible adverse impacts on their development in a manner that protects the poor and the affected communities
12.c.1
Amount of fossil-fuel subsidies (production and consumption) per unit of GDP
SDG 14 targets covered
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| Responsible consumption at ABWA - Mon, 10/09/2023 - 23:11 | On track |
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