however as prices of natural resources and commodities rise as climate change deepens and accelerates and as mountains of waste overflow landfills and stretch municipal budgets sustainable consumption is emerging as a necessary condition for continued economic growth even in developing countries but as incomes in the region grow consumption patterns become less and less ecoefficient sustainable consumption strategies make it possible to achieve ecoefficient economic growth while people rediscover reinstate and revitalize rich asian and pacific cultural values and traditions