As consumers, how can we both consume more sustainably and influence companies to produce more sustainably? A final-five finalist in the 2018 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie development issues series, Maebh Ni Ghuairim presents her 7 top tips. One of the Sustainable Development Goals that I feel is often neglected
The Change Lab showcases concerns of Development Education and global citizenship education as part of the teacher training in the National College of Art and Design. Report by Ciara Regan
We’re big fans of the excellent website Our World in Data
It’s been 4 years since the global Schools Strike for Climate event. In this episode of the Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects podcast, Yvonne O’Callaghan reflects on that seminal moment in May 2019, and many moments since then where young people have taken the lead.
‘In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.’ – Martin Luther King Jr. The horrifying image of the little boy drowned trying to flee Syria has gone viral in the last twenty four hours. People are outraged and rightly so.
Are you involved in development education resource production? Or would you like to be? Then this event is for you! This year, DevelopmentEducation.ie, in collaboration with Dóchas and IDEA, are producing a set of guidelines to support the production of DE resources in Ireland. These guidelines are a direct outcome
From 31st October 2011, it is claimed that seven billion people are inhabiting the earth. The report uniquely looks at the trends—the dynamics—that are defining our world and shows what people in vastly different countries and circumstances are doing in their own communities to make the most of their world.
Source: ECO-UNESCO 2018 Fancy organising a workshop? Many NGOs have members of staff who do outreach and education visits to schools as part of their education programmes (when you contact them make sure to highlight the fact that you are looking for an educational workshop rather than a fundraising one!
53% of respondents agreed with the statement, on average. But was this an objective statement to include in the survey?
The balls for this year’s FIFA World Cup were made by predominately female workers earning €122 a month in the Forward Sport factory in East Pakistan. These women are Ronaldonianly, Messiesquely good at what they do. Their factory got the FIFA contract at very short notice after a Chinese supplier fell
Markwin Kobus presents an eye witness account as a volunteer at the ‘Jungle’ refugee camp near the French port of Calais through photos and diary extracts he recorded between 28 February and 3rd March in 2016, originally published in the South Dublin/Wicklow Calais Solidarity Public Group. Day 1 The first
Are you working in Adult and/or Community Education and interested in exploring further what resources are available to support your practice? Are you working in Adult and/or Community Education and interested in exploring further how to effectively create online resources that promote global citizenship? Are you working in Adult and/or
Shuga – an MTV production in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, including the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) – is a hard-hitting drama series based in Nairobi, Kenya. The six-part series follows the lives, loves and sometimes complicated sexual relations of young Kenyans. The show depicts
In the wake of the assassination of Malta’s most prominent investigative reporter, Daphne Caruana Galizia, we need to understand and address the underlying and deep-seated causes of Malta’s current predicament, says Omar Grech.
Much as I try, I am unable to switch off from the social and mainstream media storm surrounding ‘POTUS’ (if you use Twitter you’ll know who this is) and his Twitter frenzies (but for a glorious 11 minutes). I have to confess though, that I am not on Twitter and
What can one person do about tackling food waste, food injustice and world hunger? Toni Pyke checks out suggestions from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and environmental news website EcoWatch.
The claim that many images and meme’s circulating online make that Irish people were the “first slaves of America” is false. The What The Fact? project investigates
Of the 195 countries assessed by Freedom House, 89 (46 percent) were rated Free, 55 (28 percent) Partly Free, and 51 (26 percent) Not Free. The “Worst of the Worst” countries according to Freedom House (all with a rating of 7): • Central African Republic • Equatorial Guinea • Eritrea
Here’s the latest roundup of videos we’ve been watching here at DevelopmentEducation.ie world HQ. ‘Price Tag’ lipdub by 500 women | Uganda Mircofinance.com is a site run by Dutch nongovernmental organisation SYPO who provide structural aid in Uganda. The website was started to support a microfinance project run by SYPO
If the production of refugees was an industry, Myanmar would be among the world’s market leaders. In the creation of the product, the Burmese regime has pulled out all the stops and ended up with something unique. For the Rohingya are more than refugees. They are also stateless, they are
The resource was produced in order to pool the collective knowledge and experiences of the participating organisations, gleaned from their work in the area of international development and volunteering. It sets out to provide “information and activities relating to different stages of the learning journey” for volunteers. Taking the question
This week marks the 100th post since we launched the developmenteducation.ie blog just over a year ago. Thanks to all our readers and contributors for the lively discussions and debates. Sparks did fly. Disagreement was had. Long may it continue! To mark the occasion we have launched an exciting quarterly
On International Day of the Girl, Plan International works with girls to amplify their voices by staging girl “takeovers” in a mighty display of girls’ empowerment and leadership potential
A summary of Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston’s key points and arguments in his final report in June 2020 on the state of poverty eradication work and the perils of the international poverty line
Jessica Carson, Co-ordinator of Creativity & Change, explores the importance of using creativity for change through sharing her journey and understanding of the relationship between creativity, learning and global citizenship. At Creativity & Change why do we think creativity is important? For the last 18 years my work has had
The Huffington Post recently included what it considers the Top 10 quotes from various ‘leaders’ across the globe that “in some way changed how humanity looks at the world.” This list includes quotes that commemorate historical moments/actions that impacted on the global landscape, through political reforms, scientific revolutionary discoveries, human
Age: PG It is widely acknowledged that animal agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry. This documentary reveals that it is also the leading cause of “deforestation, water consumption, pollution, species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and virtually every other environmental ill…Yet it
If someone had to hold the title of father of African cinema, Ousmane Sembéne would be the most compelling candidate. A video essay by Africa Is a Country and Tsogo Kupa
2020 has been a year like no other, in particular as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement in the US and its subsequent impact on race issues globally. Toni Pyke unpacks the moment and presents an educator’s guide, having witnessed the realities of racial segregation in South Africa.
According to one statistic, there are up to 27 million slaves around the world today. This includes various forms of slavery, including human trafficking. The story of Mende is not unusual. What is unusual is that she was able to escape in 2000 and tell her story to the world.
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