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Connect for change – NYCI and UNICEF event for young people and the 2030 development agenda
Grace McManus reports from an event for Ireland’s post-millennials on preparing for the era of the sustainable development goals, organised
Earth Overshoot Day 2015 – it takes 1.6 planets to support humanity’s demand on nature…but we only have one.
Six days from now we will have used up our ecological budget for 2015. Our ecological footprint is how much
Peace and Peace Matters – the Global Peace Index Report 2015
For the past 8 years, the Global Peace Index (GPI) has been prepared by ‘think tank’ the Institute for Economics
Ireland’s newest political parties just aren’t compatible with Ireland
Migration is a human rights issue. The universal declaration of human rights outlines that humans have a right to social
Read this: the GENE Review 2015
At the request of Irish Aid, the Global Education Network Europe (GENE) are in the process of carrying out a
Read this: on religion and social change
I spotted Michael Edwards’ article on opendemocracy.net last week that’s well worth a read. It explores the role of religion
Successful Futures – a new opportunity in Wales?
The Wales Alliance for Global Education (WAGE) held its first seminar in Cardiff on 9th July 2015. Colm Regan of
‘Unofficial Ireland and our sense of ourselves…’
They say the past tells us a lot about the present. Queuing at immigration in the early morning at Lusaka
Encyclical with a distinctive ‘edginess’
With his encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home (available online as a long-form letter) Pope Francis has

Hats off to the SDGs – a brief analysis of the plan to change the world
Where does one even begin to unpack the new sustainable development goals (SDGs)? When in doubt of what to think