Sustainable Production and Consumption Learning Cases

Project Summary

The Sustainable Production and Consumption (SPC) Learning Cases project drew inspiration from UNU-IAS’ annual offerings of the ASEAN+3 Leadership Programme on SPC for government and private sector decision makers, since 2008.

Building capacity and influencing decision makers cannot be achieved by providing awareness and learning concepts on SPC alone. It is imperative to expose them to real-life cases that demonstrate a change process from a business-as-usual scenario to one which effectuates, or has the potential to, change in behavior and systems – cases that influence, or has the potential to influence, policymaking and change practices.

The project started in mid- 2012 under the coordination of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Several ProSPER.Net-member institutions, namely Prince of Songkla University (PSU), TERI University (TU), University of the Philippines (UP), and Yonsei University (YU) participated, each one contributing to at least one learning case. Other partner organizations – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Philippines – as well as some Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCEs) in the region also provided support by contributing cases.

The aim of the project was not only to provide resource materials for the ASEAN+3 Leadership Programme on SPC but also for other capacity building initiatives of UNU-IAS and partners on SPC and related fields including those offered by the RCE and ProSPER.Net communities.


Learning Cases, Teaching Notes and Slide Presentations
  1. Financial Gradients: Methods and Perspective for Financial  Policy in Sustainable Development Action
    Learning Case / Teaching Notes / Slide Presentation
  2. The Dilemma of the Cheonggyecheon Restoration in Seoul
    Learning Case / Slide Presentation
  3. Greening a Campus-led Economy Through a Low-Carbon Transport: The Case of Prince of Songkla University
    Learning Case / Teaching Notes/ Slide Presentation
  4. Sustainability-led Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia
    Learning Case/ Teaching Notes/ Slide Presentation
  5. Malaysia’s Rare Earth Processing Plant: Nurturing Greening Capabilities
    Learning Case / Teaching Notes/ Slide Presentation
  6. Participatory Development of Indigenous People in the Bataan Natural Park
    Learning Case / Teaching Notes/ Slide Presentation
  7. Effective Collaboration on SCP in the Philippines: DNR-CCC-WWF SCP and Green Economy Project
    Learning Case / Teaching Notes/ Slide Presentation
  8. Sustainable Rural Development in Greater Phnom Penh: Promoting Eri-Culture in Cambodia
    Learning Case / Teaching Notes/ Slide Presentation
  9. Weaving wealth: Resource efficient and cleaner production and supply chain integration for more sustainable rattan and bamboo craft in Viet Nam
    Learning Case / Teaching Notes/ Slide Presentation
  10. Resource efficient, cleaner production for rice milling in Cambodia
    Learning Case / Teaching Notes/ Slide Presentation
  11. Introducing Green Technology in Developing Nations: A Case of Indian Railways
    Learning Case / Teaching Notes/ Slide Presentation