Goal 9
The story of your commitment to environmental protection and sustain- ability through your word and deed can spread awareness and inspire many others in the community. Some like-minded people might have been looking for a torch bearer in this regard – a spark to kindle a whole movement! Your Iftar might be just that!
Facts and Figures
“Problem-knowledge is knowledge about existing environmental problems, whereas action-knowledge is all about possible pro-environmental actions. But does mere information really 64 have the desired effect?”
“The talk shouldn’t have a missionary character. If so, a defiance reaction, so-called reactance, could be elicited and act contrary to motivation for a change in behaviour.
Tips for Ramadan and Beyond
- Do good and talk it up: spreading awareness about your efforts to host a sustainable and ecologically conscious Iftar may inspire a lot of other people to follow suit.
- Use your private networks to make people aware about the subjects of sustainability and environmental protec- tion; it doesn’t have to be lecturing all the time. Sitting together and chatting about these topics fits the bill.
- Use social media to spread the message, using the right mix of hashtags and tagging the people that matter; invite media people and journalists.
- Get influencers on board and ask them to use their influence for a good cause - to inspire people to adopt a sustainable and ecologically conscious lifestyle.
- Don’t stop after the Iftar; organise workshops or film screenings with the right resources and people.
- Network with like-minded people, organisations and initiatives that follow the same principles and have similar goals.
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