Collaborate with NGOs to tackle the SDGs through: student volunteering programmes

Chulalongkorn University has a vision of leading sustainability in many aspects, including environmental, cultural, social, and economic. Partnership is an essential tool to enhance all of the SDG goals. Chulalongkorn University collaborates with many organizations, including government, business and nonprofit organisations. Students also play an important role in driving the SDG goal by participating in volunteering programmes.

Asian Students Environment Platform (ASEP)

ASEP program was organised through an agreement between AEON Environmental Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) and Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD). Through this programme, undergraduate and graduate students from Asian countries can learn about environmental issues, share their perspectives, and generate new ideas. Indonesia’s Universitas Indonesia hosted the Asian Student Environment Platform in 2021.The event lasted three days and took place online. Students from Chulalongkorn University applied to participate in this event in order to learn about differences in the natural environment and cultural values of each country while discussing and proposing solutions to global environmental issues. This year, 90 college students from nine different countries participated in the programme. After attending lectures, the students were divided into ten international teams for group discussions. As facilitators, faculty members from the participating universities will help to deepen the discussions. [ http://www.sa.chula.ac.th/asian-students-environment-platform-asep-2021-indonesia-online/ ]

FOOD AS A COMMONS : Achieving Food Security by Students’ Activism, Food Citizenship and Community Enterprises

Chula Right Livelihood (CURLS) was founded by Chulalongkorn University, the Right Livelihood College, Royal University of Bhutan, and Sathirakoses Nagapradipa Foundation/Suan Nguen Mee Ma social enterprise.

CURLS aims to promote the concept of Right Livelihood by living rightly on earth. By bringing together laureates of the Right Livelihood Award and like-minded resource people with independent individuals from various backgrounds and different experiences, a platform will be co-created for sharing informative and inspiring intellectual dialogues and self-reflection, leading towards future activism towards sustainability and deepening Right Livelihood. [ https://wellbeingsummer.wordpress.com/2021/11/22/chula-right-livelihood-summer-school-2021/ ]

CURLS 2021 created the programme (online event: 19– 20 October 2021) “Chulalongkorn University Right Livelihood Summer School: FOOD AS A COMMONS: ACHIEVING FOOD SECURITY THROUGH STUDENT ACTIVISM, FOOD CITIZENSHIP, AND COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES”.

CURLS 2021 aims to serve as an exploratory starting point for a long-term student-led food activism.There are numerous participants from all over the world.