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It’s Africa Day!
Today is Africa Day, so get out, get planning and enjoy the plethora of opportunities across the country celebrating all things from Africa! The 5th
Development Education Day in Galway
For those that didn’t catch it, Development Education Day was run on the 15th February earlier this year in NUI Galway by Self Help Africa
28,000 rubber ducks continue to tell a tale of plastic
20 years later, yellow plastic rubber ducks are still appearing on our beaches having been part of a consignment of 28,000 of them lost at
It is sad but necessary that these photos exist
Image: Serbian graffiti on a wall in Kosovo in 1999 Tom Stoddart began his photographic career in a local newspaper in the North-East of England
Infographic: What’s wrong with our food system?
Another brilliant infographic has gone online from GOOD Magazine, this time in partnership with Oxfam Australia and directed at the global food system. Consumption is
Consumption in a world of 32:1 – our new animation
Those familiar with this website will not be surprised by the topic of our new animation – on consumption. It accompanies the ethical consumption and
‘For many, there is no going back.’ Guest post by Lewis Hayes
Through a Social Justice and Art project, Transition Year students of Presentation College, Bray, Co. Wicklow have been exploring the issue of Child Soldiers. Having
The role of sweatshops in the 2012 Olympics
Adidas, the US$16bn a year profit German owned sports clothing giant, has been tasked with the job of kitting out the UK Olympic team for
African Men. Hollywood Stereotypes.
In the post-KONY2012 viral video era, here’s a challenging and timely video from the Stop the Pity campaign (by Mama Hope) that draws attention to
Dry Africa sits on ‘huge’ water resource
Ten years ago the UN Development Programme reported that population growth and economic development would lead to nearly one in two people in Africa living