The Department of Home Economics proudly celebrated World Home Economics Day 2025 with the theme, Tackling Overconsumption. The day was commemorated through a special online event organized by the Asian Regional Association for Home Economics (ARAHE).

The World Home Economics Day (WHED) was initially a public relations event in 1982. Since then, the 21st of March has highlighted a home economics theme that the International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE) feels deserves public recognition in response to current events. By addressing the problem at hand and promoting the discipline of home economics through discipline-centered interventions, the WHED celebration is a step toward tackling social and economic problems.

For this year, Tackling Overconsumption arose as the main theme to address our current way of living. We are using more resources than our planet can provide, leading to devastating effects relating to health, the economy, climate change, pollution, and loss of life.

The effects are shown in the popcorn brain condition of an individual and how one finds oneself in an echo chamber of an environment. She further lists more effects of digital overconsumption, but the most important ones are the strategies that she provided. Digital detox, finding new hobbies, curating your environment, practicing mindfulness, and seeking support are just a few of the ways to escape the cycle, and while it can be difficult for most of us, it is not impossible.

While the association could not meet in person, it was an overall successful event that left every participant and audience with a new insight to take home. All of those in attendance are filled with vigor in answering the call of tackling overconsumption—not through sacrifice, but in using home economics to create a better life for the future generation.