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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
Eat, sleep, protest, repeat – 5 ways teenagers can realise their inner activist
As I sat in a fancy hotel surrounded by adults, the question arose as to how big of an invitation has been given to teenagers to become involved in being creators of change. There were two other teenage girls in the room, also on work experience, in many ways we
Eamonn Casey – some personal reflections
Update: 22/07/2024 Previously posted here was an article critically reflecting the life of Eamonn Casey. As a result of information that has come into the public domain on 22 July 2024, led by an RTÉ investigation documentary, this post is currently under review.
Women’s Rights: Reality bites
Two quotes and a graphic for International Women’s Day. President Michael D. Higgins (May 24th, 2016) Women and Girls – Catalysing Action to Achieve Gender Equality at the World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul: ‘A healthy society is, by definition, unachievable if it is based on the marginalisation of women and girls’
Hygge and Happiness: Social Justice and the Danes
As I am sure most are aware from the flooded bookshelves of your local bookshop, ‘Hygge’ is the newest phenomena replacing the cold empty space where ‘mindfulness’ once sat. Hygge is a Danish concept meaning ‘cosiness’ and it is about (from what we are told) enjoying the ‘little’ things in
Exploring Change – a review of How Change Happens by Duncan Green
Duncan Green’s How Change Happens (Oxford University Press 2016) is an excellent resource for a variety of conceptual and practical reasons. It is also a book of, and for, our times, not only for its perceptive analysis of the change process as perceived by activists but also as a potential
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It is impossible to ignore or turn off from these events
Wow! What a year it’s been so far, and judging by the daily news feeds across mainstream and social media – ‘it ‘ain’t over, not by a long shot,’ as the American’s might say. While we continue to reel over the realities and future uncertainties of what ‘Brexit’ may pose
Songs of protest: The Man Don’t Give a F…
So, we were having the usual chats over lunch in the office and the subject of music came up – more specifically protest songs. There’s just something about them: everyone has their favourite. However, after discovering that one of the deved.ie team (who shall remain nameless) hadn’t heard of Billy