The choices we make every day effect how the world is the way it is, and why things are the way they are. The consumption animations seek to question the underlying relationships between ‘us’ as consumers, ‘them’ as producers
Ciara Regan introduces five quick-fire activities to get you started on teaching the issues, the debates and key ideas around World Food Day on October 16th.
The Teacher Bundle: includes readings and activities on five lesson plan topics – Global Citizens, the Global Goals, Climate Change, Quality Education and Gender Equality. makes the documents available as downloads in PDF format with activities that are editable, so pupils can print and complete or fill-in digital worksheets directly
Now in its 5th edition, the Global Hunger Index is a joint research report by Concern Worldwide, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and German NGO Welthungerhilfe. The Global Hunger Index report ranks countries on three leading indicators: prevalence of child malnutrition; rates of child mortality; and the proportion
The first part of a series argues that any understanding of development which disregards the role of faith is lacking a key dimension for a substantial proportion, perhaps a majority, of humanity. But can we identify precisely what that key dimension offers which might otherwise be missing?
Elon Musk tweeted that ‘Lithium batteries are the new oil’ as an essential energy source of a cleaner, greener future. Is he right? A fact check by Kai Evans
It always was and still is one of the most useful and telling introductory development education activities as it tells us a lot about people’s perceptions of the world. Imagining a world of 100 people and dividing it percentage wise between key regions and then discussing and debating a given
The ECEE Toolkit contains 6 full-length workshops, 3 campaigns and 3 solidarity economy actions. It is available, free of cost, for download. The resource focuses on how to motivate people to use their power as consumers for the betterment of society and addresses issues of fair trade, ethical consumption, trade
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held
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
This was the question question recently explored by Malawian women’s rights campaigner Jessie Kabwila for the BBC’s Africa Debate programme last week. There have been a number of successes for African women over the last 12 months, according to Kabwila. These include: two Nobel Peace prizes – recognised for their
This section presents a number of case studies exploring key issues and case studies in human rights: Human trafficking in Tajikistan Citizen Action, Networks and Global Change – fishing and the environment Changing the face of human rights reporting in Ghana Upholding Human Rights: What’s the UN Doing Wrong? Trees
The idea for M2M-Millstreet to Malawi arose from the clip contained on the Trócaire website relating to the Lenten Campaign 2014 (see links section below). The clip showed students from Mtakataka Secondary School, Malawi asking questions about life in Ireland. Students in Ireland were then invited to respond. After showing
By the time you read this we will have used more from nature than our planet can renew for the rest of the year. Just as a bank statement tracks income against expenditures, the Global Footprint Network reports, Earth Overshoot Day measures humanity’s demand for and supply of ecological resources
Amidst protests being attended by tens of thousands of people in the UK in recent months, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed that there is a growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule. A fact check by Kai Evans.
“Without forest we would have no access to clean water as the source of life …Forest is like the skin covering our body.” Chut Wutty 1964-2012 When the issue of ‘Blood Wood’ in Cambodia recently came to my attention, I was brought back to the time in 2008 at the
Is your school interested in getting involved (or is already involved) in development education activities? Or are you an NGO or an education network working with schools on development education? If so, there’s an exciting opportunity for you to apply for funding to support your development education activities. Funding is
Navika Mehta reports from the first MASI conference from October, sharing 5 key lessons
There are still large numbers of people sleeping outside, in the cold struggling to find any way to simply stay warm. Ethan Kudler, a final-seven finalist in the 2018 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues series, believes ending poverty means ending poverty everywhere, both near and far. As I
Irish people are no strangers to debates about history, statues and their many and conflicting interpretations. An reflection by Richard J Evans
I am Irene Musarapasi. I am 45 years old. I am a widow with three children. I have lived with HIV for more than ten years. I am now happy and content with my life, thanks to the support that I received from the Batsirai Group – a community initiative based in Chinhoyi.
‘Aboriginal People in Australia have been the subject of dispossession, denied identity, removed from control of our own doctrines and responsibilities to our culture and societal ways by the imposition of the rules, ways and the might of those who came there in 1788 from Britain.’ Pat Dodson, Aboriginal leader
What is climate change? The term ‘climate change’ has been with us since the early part of the 19th century when scientists sought to define natural changes in the earth’s atmosphere and the discovery of the greenhouse effect. In the later part of the century the link between human actions
Spread over five chapters, the 2011 report integrates previous learning from older HDRs and includes the new statistical measures added to the human development indices: the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, the Gender Inequality Index and the Multidimensional Poverty Index. At 185 pages in length, the report examines social factors not
Are those involved in Black Lives Matter hijacking peaceful protests and turning them into vicious, brutal riots, as claimed by conservative leaders (and their supporters) in the US? ‘What The Fact?’ investigates.
Blog written by Jonah Busch and cross-posted from the Center for Global Development (CGD, USA). This quick summary of the key messages from the report is useful for researchers, teachers, activists and students. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an extraordinary undertaking. Hundreds of scientists volunteer to put their
It’s hard to escape the ‘devastation’ that the ‘adverse weather conditions’ have ‘ravaged’ across the UK and Ireland, to limit it closer to home. Writing from Dublin, we have ‘escaped’ the ‘worst’ of the storms, but the reality of the huge impact of the damage across the country is readily
Overseas aid agendas of governments and proposed cuts in real spending on aid budgets are under review across donor countries. The prolonged global recession, rising unemployment and recovery difficulties ahve fueled many misconceptions, myths and stereotypes about aid and have made their way into classrooms, policy debates and recent ‘what
International Women’s Day – a time to reflect on progress made, a call for change and a celebration of acts by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries, communities and lives. Or is it? What exactly does International Women’s Day (IWD) mean to
Congo, maybe someone has already brought you back some stories, some sounds, some travel diaries. But what if there were more?
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