{"id":6874,"date":"2022-02-02T14:58:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T06:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/?p=6874"},"modified":"2022-02-02T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T06:58:50","slug":"no-singular-universal-path-to-sustainable-living-iges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/2022\/02\/02\/no-singular-universal-path-to-sustainable-living-iges\/","title":{"rendered":"No singular, universal path to sustainable living \u2014 IGES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies\u00a0has released the \u201cSustainable Ways of Living Issue Brief Series\u201d as part of the\u00a0Sustainable Lifestyles and Education\u00a0(SLE)\u00a0Programme\u00a0of the One-Planet Network.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The SLE\u00a0Programme\u00a0has recently supported 24 projects aimed at creating sustainable lifestyles in cities and communities based on their unique needs and\u00a0opportunities.\u00a0These projects\u00a0highlighted that\u00a0there is no single universal path towards sustainable living because each region, country, and community\u00a0has\u00a0specific needs, barriers, and opportunities\u00a0that must be addressed. However, there are key sustainable living elements that were\u00a0common among the 24 project locales. These include:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The interconnection of sustainable everyday living and sustainable livelihoods;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The need to reinforce alternative ways of meeting to greatly reduce negative\u00a0environmental and social impacts; and<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The need to shift from a focus on individual choice to building inclusive community capacities\u00a0that are fair.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The projects also surfaced various\u00a0interrelated\u00a0issues that must be addressed in order to enable sustainable living during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0These are:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Leveraging untapped resources, including natural assets, community and group knowledge, and social networks;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Value creation through bridging diverse types of knowledge and skills; and\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Collaborative learning and creation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The published Issue Brief Series aims to succinctly introduce\u00a0these three issues based on the experiences and learning from the 24 projects.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0The project led by ICLEI Southeast Asia focused on engaging local communities to promote sustainable energy consumption and carbon emissions reduction. The objective was accomplished by improving their access to pertinent information and helping them visualize the benefits of EE&amp;C. A comprehensive understanding of EE&amp;C is one of the keys to transitioning to a sustainable pathway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Issue Brief can be accessed\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iges.or.jp\/en\/pub\/sl-issue-briefs\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\" data-contrast=\"none\">HERE<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies\u00a0has released the \u201cSustainable Ways of Living Issue Brief Series\u201d as part of the\u00a0Sustainable Lifestyles and Education\u00a0(SLE)\u00a0Programme\u00a0of the One-Planet Network.\u00a0 The SLE\u00a0Programme\u00a0has recently supported 24 projects aimed at creating sustainable lifestyles in cities and communities based on their unique needs and\u00a0opportunities.\u00a0These projects\u00a0highlighted that\u00a0there is no single universal path towards sustainable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,70,51,69],"tags":[656,487,481,482,484,483,489,490,488,657],"class_list":["post-6874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-news","category-featured-publications","category-news","category-publications","tag-10fyp","tag-24-projects","tag-iges","tag-institute-for-global-environmental-strategies","tag-one-planet","tag-one-planet-network","tag-programme","tag-sle","tag-sustainable-lifestyles-and-education","tag-sustainable-ways-of-living-issue-brief-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6876,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions\/6876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icleiseas.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}