Sustainable Living
YWAM Samoa
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Description
The main instrument through which the partnership is implemented is the YWAM network of YWAM campuses and young missionary volunteers. The leaders of YWAM Samoa are missionaries trained in and actively involved in the further development and adaptation of sustainable technologies to suit Pacific environment and conditions. Its a program that is part and parcel of YWAM's work internationally as well and this provides the guarantee that implementation will continue to occur as a matter of course.Practical training including on inclusive and sustainable attitudes and technologies are carried out at the YWAM camps and within communities where the beneficiaries are trained as they build bio gas digesters and related sustainable livelihoods including piggery (as a source of waste as well), gardening, water catchment, and fish ponds. The idea is to give the beneficiary the skills and ability to do it themselves in the future and the maintain their systems.
On hands training is provided to beneficiary communities and families in the building of their biogas digesters and related technologies and sustainable livelihoods including piggery (as source of waste for digesters, protein and income). This ensures that underatsnding and skills re the technologies are passed on to the beneficiaries. The training involves instructions on faith-based principles of inclusive and sustainable living as well and as such helps to build the adaptive capacity and the correct attitudes of the trainees as well.
The Partnership is to be coordinated by YWAM Samoa with the support of the partners mentioned above. YWAM has had partnerships with development partners, governments, communities/churches and private sector in the past and the plan now is to look at formalising these partnerships in an ongoing arrangements for extending the coverage of activities through the Pacific. Consideration is being made for the YWAM project to supply the necessary training and technology know-how for a UN implemented project in Tuvalu and Kiribati. YWAM has also been invited to attend an important project formulation workshop of the US Government funded climate change fund for civil society. These indicate an increase in recognition of the YWAM initative and possibilities for future partnerships
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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- Asia and Pacific
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Fono Fepuleai, Director, YWAM Samoa