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Transition now, before we swallow the Earth
By the time you read this we will have used more from nature than our planet can renew for the rest of the year. Just as a bank statement tracks income against expenditures, the Global Footprint Network reports, Earth Overshoot Day measures humanity’s demand for and supply of ecological resources
Failing to invest in breastfeeding support, we are, yet again, failing our mothers and their babies
Ciara Regan presents an update on World Breastfeeding Week 2017. Her 2016 World Breastfeeding Week report is re-posted below as, unfortunately, the facts haven’t changed. Quick link to 2017 update (below) The majority of people are well aware of the incredible health benefits of breastfeeding for a baby. I consider
Five Summer Reads in Development Education
Colm Regan reviews 5 books as part of his summer reading with recommendations for anyone interested in development and global learning. The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions by Jason Hickel Fans of Hickel’s contributions to the Guardian newspaper will thoroughly enjoy this well-written, accessible and
Yukiko Suzuki: Through a Japanese lens
Joint winner of the 2017 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie development issues blog series, Yukiko Suzuki explores development through a Japanese lens. When discussing development, it is most often measured by a country’s economic growth or through it’s performance based on the Human Development Index (HDI). Although developing countries have
Terence Mullally: GDP – Good Development Policies or Grand Delusional Policies?
Joint winner of the 2017 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie development issues blog series, Terence Mullally dons his philosophy hat to explore what ‘development’ means. Is development having a Google headquarters in your country? Is development having large institutions in your country? Is development a booming economy in your country?
Catriona O’Connor: Dinner party development
Catriona O’Connor’s blog is a runner up in the 2017 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues blog series The topic of development is one of constant discussion between academics, socialites and bar-stool politicians in modern society. We analyse the concept from an economic perspective, detaching ourselves from the lives
Calling all change makers!
Are you a change maker in your community? Are you looking to develop your skills and knowledge around global issues? Do you want to join Ireland’s network of active citizens and create long lasting positive change within your community? You could be the person we’re looking for! Drogheda based development
Searching for Syria
The civil war in Syria has continued for six long years. Over those years, more than five million people have been forced to leave their homes, their families, their communities, their work, their education in order to seek shelter throughout neighbouring countries and the rest of the world. The sheer
Dillon Hennessy: Development is…
Dillon Hennessy’s blog is a runner up in the 2017 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues blog series What is development? Does it matter? What does it mean to me to live in an unequal world? Today I want to talk about what I think development is, drawing on
Climate Change and I: Taking it personally
We live in an unequal world. There is a considerable divide between the developed and the developing world. Historically, this division has been primarily economic, as regards development. However, more recently, this division or inequality is as a result of many more aspects – climate change being one of the