Four members, based in Lagos, Dhaka, Leeds and London recorded how and what they consumed over two weeks.

A sustainability expert within Muslims Declare has now "crunched" the data and will introduce the methodology, approach and insights from this experiment.

Together we will reflect on the kinds of options available to communities in the Global South and North for reducing so called individual "carbon footprints" as an ethical consumer choice and ask - to what extent are our "carbon footprints" truly a consumer choice, and to what extent are such choices already constrained by corporate/State policy choices we have little control over? What role do governments and trans-national organisations like the G7 have in making ethical, eco-friendly choices accessible to all?

Broad Insights

"Closing the Climate Gap" means making ethical choices and information accessible to those in the global south as much as the global north. Through the insights of this small experiment the webinar will ask of all of us - how we can innovate on low budgets and make ethical choices according to muslim principles of frugality, to helps us rediscover heritage skills increasingly being lost: foraging, planting, baking, pickling, repairing or mending?

Muslims Declare: who we are

Muslims Declare believe in learning from each other to build grassroots solutions while also tackling structural issues at the policy level. Acting on the climate, ecological and human rights crises requires a culture change, one that works towards people-centred economies where those most impacted are given access to the means to make meaningful choices; where ‘living well within our means’ is integral to prosperity, rather than made its opposite.

Panel Contributors:

Naseef Ahammed: a founding member of Muslims Declare and sustainability entrepreneur based in Leeds. He is the founder of Reshift Ltd, a start-up that enables businesses to transition towards a Zero Carbon future.

Aasiya Bora: a mother, teacher, a Green Party campaigner and founding member of Muslims Declare.

Dr. Foyasal Khan: an economist by training and a Research Coordinator at the MOMODa Foundation, a research-oriented development organization in Bangladesh. He holds a PhD in economics and is a former consultant for UNDP and UNCDF Bangladesh.

Abdulrasheed Ali Musa: an irrigation field Officer and Technical Assistant based in Lagos, Nigeria. He holds a BEng degree from Ahmadu Bello University and a MSc in Water and Environmental Engineering from University of Lagos, Akoka.

Alessandra Palange : a mother, PhD researcher, Engagement coordinator at the CEE Bill Alliance and founding member of Muslims Declare.