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It’s not all about the horsemeat!
No better time to consider what’s on and off our plate than in the wake of the European horsemeat scandal. Had you ever, prior to this, stopped to take account of what you are buying and eating – and wasting? Continuing on my quest to convert to a sustainable lifestyle,
TY Students from Bray use art to investigate contemporary slavery
“We are Transition Year students from Presentation College, Bray and what we would like to share with you is real and happening now. We and our classmates were shocked and angry upon hearing these facts.” *This blog was written by Patryk Labuzek, Andrew Dore and Conor Davenport as part of
2013 elections: Breaking the cycle of political violence in Kenya
On 4th March Kenyans will be going to the polls to vote in national elections. Memories of the post-election violence that gripped the country in 2007-08 are vivid, and many fear similar violence could occur again when the polls close. But political violence in Kenya is more than just a
At it again – infant formula milk manufacturers
The breast milk of mothers has been described as the closest thing there is to a ‘silver bullet’ when trying to tackle malnutrition and reduce death rates among new-born babies. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends colostrum, the milk produced at the end of pregnancy, as the ideal food for
Post-2015 global development framework and the role for development education
The Irish Presidency of the European Council is well underway – but what does this mean for the development agenda and development education? Siobhán Sleeman investigates the opportunities for young people and the public to participate in building the post-Millennium Development Goals framework.
‘Not Men, For Flags’: Northern Ireland and its path to peace
In one of his less well-known war poems Wilfred Owen looks forward to a future when men and women no longer do battle for flags but rather strive to improve the human condition. Writing about life in the trenches he provides this thought: We laughed, -knowing that better men would
Israel, Caherciveen, the Telegraph and ‘anti-Semitism’
Recent months have seen a storm of criticism and comment of Trócaire’s campaign to boycott goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. This piece responds to one such commentator, Ruth Dudley Edwards, who accused Trócaire of disseminating ‘hatred’
My ‘walking the talk’ moment on our environment
Having lived for years in African countries and loving the wonderful sunny climates there, I became very negative towards Ireland’s natural environment and was very cynical and irritated when people would constantly comment about how ‘green’ Ireland is. Of course it is – it’s always raining. The opportunities for glimpsing
Cartoon: on affluence and the environment
From the cartoon archives, Debt 04 by Bruce Petty. Thinking about using cartoons, photographs, statistics, maps or UN reports with your group? Our guides to exploring issues using resources is back online.
No shortage of future innovators in science for development at Young Scientist Exhibition
Future engineers, scientists and researchers are in no short supply of creative solutions to the challenges of global poverty, reports Patsy Toland from this year’s Young Scientist Exhibition in Dublin. Eight years ago, when the notion of Development and the Third World first made its appearance at the Young Scientists