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Climate change quiz – take the test
Are climate scientists being alarmist, and does technology hold THE answer to tackling climate change? Take the quiz and test your knowledge
Event: What You Need To Know About The Food Systems Summit 2021
Join us on Thurs 11th February for an open discussion with Olive Towey and Sophie Healy-Thow to find out what’s happening at the summit and how you can play a role in transforming how we produce and consume food, and meeting the challenges of climate change.
What is it about us? The non-Indigenous peoples of Australia
On Australia Day, Phil Glendenning reflects on the colonial facts of Australia’s history, the disregard for its First People and the urgency to act now following the killing of George Floyd
Event: Framing the debate – documentary making and activism in education
Join us on 27 January 2021 for a screening of Never Waste a Crisis, a short documentary film on how human rights are being undermined during the COVID19 crisis, followed by a lively discussion with producer Emmet Sheerin from Trócaire and climate activist and campaigner Alicia O’Sullivan
Have your say! Readers survey 2021 now open
The 2021 reader survey is open – have your say on a changed world, and how we can support you in it
The History Wars
Irish people are no strangers to debates about history, statues and their many and conflicting interpretations. An reflection by Richard J Evans
Your sports club, Texaco and the environment
Are Texaco’s sports grants to community clubs across Ireland a thinly veiled mask for ‘greenwashing’ from the impact of their extractive business in countries like Ecuador? An opinion piece by Tom Roche.
Human Rights Day – live!
Follow the Human Rights Day 2020 live-blog for happenings and activities throughout the day during a time of unprecedented change during the first year of a Covid-19 world
Call for resource submissions open – education resources during an era of climate promises, populist politics and pandemics
Submit or recommend resources to be included in the Ireland-wide audit of development education and global citizenship education resources.
Under Lockdown – a poem by Adam
A poem, written by Adam, age 9, as part of the Generation Lockdown series
The Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Series
Development Economics – Question What you Read
What does it mean to critically engage with what you read and why does it matter? Emily Ramsay investigates microfinancing in development economics – the good, the bad and the neoliberal
The Expression Recession
From the 2019 Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Series Final Five, Ronan Daly explores the erosion of freedom of expression and the potential subsequent impacts
Corruption Redefined
Conor O’Brien, a 2019 Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Series Final Five finalist, explores corruption in its many guises.
Dress For Success: Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals Through The Adoption of Ethical Shopping Habits
From the 2019 Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Series Final Five, Emma Beatty dresses for success with her Sustainable Development Goals shopping skills and takes on fast fashion.
Check out more posts from contributors to the series.