Sustainable consumption: Sustainable consumption is a important element of environmental conservation. Accordingly, given that 1990, Green Action Week (GAW) has been observed by a number of nations to market sustainable consumption. This year as effectively, October 4 to October 10 is becoming marked as the Green Action Week by 60 organisations in 40 nations. The idea about this year’s campaign is about the coronavirus pandemic which has negatively impacted the result in of sustainable consumption, and the theme is ‘Sharing Community’. An initiative of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), the GAW is coordinated in India by Jaipur-based advocacy group CUTS International.
In a statement, CUTS International stated that the campaign has focused on encouraging sharing and collaboration given that 2018, and this year as effectively, the campaign would focus on implementing approaches to guarantee equal and sustainable access to goods and services that can advantage individuals as effectively as the planet by the signifies of collaboration and sharing.
The statement cited CUTS International Director George Cheriyan as saying that the pandemic has led to a massive raise in consumption of plastic merchandise, with even single-use plastic producing a return in the kind of gloves, masks, PPE Kits, face shields, sanitiser bottles, and so forth. Not only that but with most of the population switching to remote working and studying, the use of electronic gadgets has also enhanced by a massive margin. Cheriyan gave some figures as effectively – Kerala saw a 400% raise in sales of laptops, whilst this figure was 200% in Rajasthan. He added that estimates recommend that by 2021, 5.2 million tonnes of e-waste would be produced in India. Apart from this, due to the fact of either public transportation becoming halted due to lockdown or due to the fact of physical distancing norms, use of public cars has also enhanced as compared to the pre-pandemic levels.
In India, CUTS International has paired up with 12 organisations across 12 states outdoors of Rajasthan – Tripura, UP, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka – to work with each other on sustainable consumption and look at recovery plans to reverse the effect of existing trends.