September 25, 2022

Weeklong SDG Festival Held by Campus With A Conscience to Drive United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals

I In a concerted effort, a city came together to spread knowledge of and support for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. At Sunway University in Sunway City, over 20,000 students from all over the Klang Valley came together for a week-long festival of events and activations in support of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its global initiative of Local Action for Global Goals 2022.

This festival took place from Monday, September 19, 2022, through Friday, September 23, 2022, and it was a stunning display of unity.

…one-of-a-kind festival, the first of its kind in Asia, included talks, performances, interactive workshops, corporate sustainability displays from Volvo, Uniqlo, The Body Shop, and Huawei, daily flag parades, on-stage demonstrations, a sustainable marketplace, and a place to network with leaders, changemakers, activists, and the private sector…

This one-of-a-kind festival, the first of its kind in Asia, included talks, performances, interactive workshops, corporate sustainability displays from Volvo, Uniqlo, The Body Shop, and Huawei, daily flag parades, on-stage demonstrations, a sustainable marketplace, and a place to network with leaders, changemakers, activists, and the private sector. There was also a live musical performance, including a touching rendition by the kids from the Spastic Children's Association of Selangor and Federal Territory.

The event at Sunway University was truly inclusive thanks to a magnificent and unforgettable adaptive fashion show by Dawn Adaptive.

Numerous foreign dignitaries joined the excited attendees on campus, including HE Dr. Joachim Bergström, the Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia, who gave the event its official opening; HE Sami Leino, the Finnish Ambassador to Malaysia and Brunei; HE Dr. Peter Blomeyer, the German Ambassador to Malaysia; and Anikó Farkas, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Hungary to Malaysia.

The local community was represented by YB Michelle Ng, ADUN Subang Jaya, who added, "Governments have a responsibility to facilitate this for their citizens because slowing climate change requires behavioural change."

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