Discussions on responsible consumption on university campuses all around Finland this autumn

These are the questions to which we are trying to find answers in autumn 2021, as theme weeks for sustainable development related to responsible consumption are held on Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä (JYY) in collaboration with the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL) and eight other university campuses. We can expect interesting discussions, workshops, movie nights, webinars and podcasts concerning, for instance, responsibility in the clothing and electronics industries with many specialists. The goal is to challenge students to change their consumer habits in a more responsible direction, and to promote responsible consumer decisions also within student organisations and universities.

In addition to the JYY’s events, the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL), the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (HYY), the Student Union of the University of Turku (TYY), The Student Union of Åbo Akademi University (ÅAS), the Student Union of the University of Lapland (LYY), the University of the Arts Student Union (ArtSU), the Student Union of LUT University (LTKY), and the Student Union of the University of Eastern Finland (ISYY) in Joensuu and Kuopio are organising events related to the Sustainable Development Week as well. The mutual events with other university campuses are organised together with Pro Ethical Trade Finland and Fairtrade. Some of the JYY’s events are organised in collaboration with Fingo ry, Unifi seminar and Jyväskylä Entrepreneurship Society (JES). Depending on the COVID-19 situation, the events will be held both online and face-to-face, minding safe distances.

The registrations for the events are now open! The places are limited, therefore we encourage to register for the events as soon as possible. All the registrations are closing a day before each event.

Find more information about the JYY’s Sustainable Development Week’s programme and the registrations from here; https://jyy.fi/en/for-students/sustainable-development/sustainable-deve…. All the events of the project can be found here; www.syl.fi/en/uphold-sustainability/. You can follow the events on social media with the hashtags #kekeviikko, #kannatakestävyyttä and #upholdsustainability.

The theme weeks and events are part of SYL and the student unions’ joint project Sustainability holds us up, uphold sustainability. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted the project support for communications and global education projects.