Driving Sustainable Consumption and Production at the Local Level: Education for Sustainable Development Projects from the Global RCE Network

Published on June 8, 2023

This publication features 12 innovative education projects on the topic of sustainable consumption and production (SCP), developed by Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCEs) around the world.

The featured projects, which all focused on SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production), demonstrate the impact of multi-stakeholder community-based education on SCP, and cover a range of critical factors of SCP: resource efficiency; waste management and minimisation; and consumer behaviour. Through their initiatives, RCEs sought to raise awareness, provide knowledge and skills, and change consumer behaviours towards more sustainable lifestyles. Each project details actions that were taken by the RCE, and invites readers to apply the best practices of multi-stakeholder engagement and action-oriented learning in their regions to promote sustainable consumption and production systems.