Interdisciplinary Programs Office Division of Environment and Sustainability 242 Affordable, Sustainable Fashion!? Supervisor: SAUERWEIN Meike / ENVR Co-supervisor: MATUS Kira / ENVR Student: AGCAL Bengi / CPEG DATTA Sharnasree / SBM SUTEDJA Amrita Saraswati / ACCT YA HUI XIAO Julia / BIOT Course: UROP1000, Summer UROP1000, Summer UROP1100, Summer UROP1100, Summer Covid-19 is an unprecedented event that led to drastic changes in people’s lives, including consumption patterns. As people have less opportunities to go out and meet others, the need to consume new or “fashionable” apparels may change too. This study aims to analyze the impact of the pandemic on HKUST student and staffs’ apparel consumption behavior by distributing a survey. The key findings from the survey are the majority of respondents did not change their consumption behavior during the pandemic; minimalism is seeing an uptrend but it is inconclusive whether the cause was sustainability awareness, and online shopping becames a new trend that may have caused people to maintain their apparel consumption intensity. Further research and interviews are needed to determine the cause-effect relationships of the pandemic, change in income and behavioral patterns, and apparel consumption behaviors in Hong Kong. Apps and Tools to Encourage Responsible, Sustainable Consumption Supervisor: SAUERWEIN Meike / ENVR Student: YU Wei Lin Whitney / EVMT Course: UROP2100, Fall Sustainable consumption is inherently tied to the choices we make in our daily lives, but very rarely are students aware of the direct effects their decisions have on the environment around them. This UROP project aims to develop a platform and toolkit for teachers, providing materials and guidance on teaching sustainable consumption in Hong Kong. To accomplish this, we developed prototype class materials for secondary school teaching, to be tested by teachers and their students in a workshop setting and evaluated the materials’ suitability for high school teaching and ability to engage participants in the topic of sustainable consumption. Further research will be conducted through a survey developed to collect teachers’ first-person experiences regarding sustainability education and teaching resources usage. Apps and Tools to Encourage Responsible, Sustainable Consumption Supervisor: SAUERWEIN Meike / ENVR Student: YU Wei Lin Whitney / EVMT Course: UROP3100, Spring Despite the increasing relevance of sustainability in all sectors and walks of life, students of Hong Kong are rarely aware of the environmental impacts of their decisions in daily life. This project aims to analyse the educational needs of educators with regards to sustainability, in order to determine how to effectively address the gap in students’ understanding of sustainable consumption. Through educator engagement and research via a workshop, survey, and interviews, it is readily apparent that despite a general recognition of sustainability-related needs, the current pool of educational resources on sustainability requires localisation to become relevant in a HK context as well as adequate support in finding a niche within current syllabi.
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