‘Meanwhile in other parts of the world, events continue…’; cue solemn-faced rugby player reminding us that while the World Cup goes on millions remain hungry and requesting viewers to contribute £5.00 to tackle the issue.
Curated content for: Higher Education Jump to: Resources Features Blog Posts Infographics Videos Resources More ‘Higher Education’ Resources Features Blog Posts Feb05 From Nicaragua to Ireland: Fairtrade Coffee and Global Solidarity Fátima Ismael of Soppexcca, Cathal Murphy from Bewley’s and Fairtrade practitioner Kieran Durnien discuss 20 years of Fairtrade coffee
The winning blog entry for the 2019 Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Blog Series is Moya McDermott on the true cost of fast fashion indulgences and #influencers There is a new force of work fuelling rapid consumerism on a massive scale – social media. According to a study from 2018,
Ellen Brennan’s blog was a runner up in the 2015 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues blog series. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. When I was 5 years old I made my first trip abroad to Nogales, Mexico, only one hour from my home in the US. Up until that point I had
‘Sensationalised poverty media’ has usually been referenced as ‘poverty porn’ in discussions on development issues, but I have purposefully decided to not use this term as I find it a sensationalised term which distracts from the debate. Furthermore, it may be unsuitable for some readers of this blog. When I
Fruit and Veg, Old City, Jerusalem by David Masters, Flickr (2008) Tony Daly responds to a range of the comments and feedback received by the authors based on a blog posted earlier this year with Colm Regan on the international boycott against settlement goods labelled as Israeli products from the
Explore the Ebola health crisis from debates on celebrity activism to what caused this crisis, what its effects are and how it can be tackled
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
Development education projects allow us to focus on one issue and explore what kind of injustices cause that suffering and what value questions are evoked by it. Do we value others as equal to ourselves? If so, then the development of everyone’s (not just mine in Ireland!) existence to an
The role of women in developing countries, as explored throughout this module, has been recognised as the single most important factor when it comes to bringing about and sustaining long term social change.
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.
A round-up of ideas, trends and entry points for anyone interested in producing Development Education / global citizenship education resources in adult and community education contexts
Gina Dorso explores food security in Puerto Rico, as a U.S. territory, from the perspective of an Irish American
Photo source: Truly Zambian The story of the weekend goes to Zambia: the once written-off underdog of African football – the Chipolopolo Boys** or Copper Bullet Boys – upset the clear favourites of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament (AFCON) by beating the Ivory Coast in the final in an
When writing about Africa we are told: Among your characters you must always include The Starving African, who wanders the refugee camp nearly naked, and waits for the benevolence of the West. Her children have flies on their eyelids and pot bellies, and her breasts are flat and empty. She
Workshop experiences at the Kerry One World Centre draw the attention of participants to look at the MDGs from an local Irish perspective before taking during One World Week 2012. One World Week is a week of youth-led awareness raising, education and action that takes place throughout Ireland during the
In the lead up to World Food Day on October 16, Tony Daly presents 14 videos related to food, covering food waste, food production, energy and solution-based ideas that go against the grain. This blog forms part of the #ZeroHunger series, brought to you by the Professional Development Support Service
P.E.P.Y. is a mini NGO we created project as part of the wider Mini-NGOs in schools: the Global Citizens Network Project organised by Schools Across Borders in the 2013. The Transition Year students began by looking at various social justice issues and they voted on one that they felt they
Development education is a cross curricular activity. That’s not to say that it can’t be taught in a single subject area – many teachers use DE as part of completing curriculum strands or as stimulus material for energising students or building class projects. DE can be flexibly used in many
Ciara Molloy‘s blog was a runner up in the 2015 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues blog series. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… For a middle-class, native Irish college student born in the 1990s, development is a relative concept. Having not been immersed in a developing country or experienced the conditions of life
The refugee crisis is actually worse than we hear, talk about and even imagine. Almost half of the world’s displaced people are children. According to the EU’s criminal intelligence agency, refugee children are targets of criminals in the sex abuse and slavery. It is utterly disturbing that we can’t even
Vicky Donnelly reflects on working with third-level students on the issue of debt justice. Working with third-level students last year on the issue of debt justice, we considered Thomas Sankara’s powerful portrayal of the debt as a weapon, wielded by “technical assassins”, as part of a, “cleverly managed reconquest of
This three part blog series documents an 8 day excursion in Afghanistan during the creation of a ‘What in the World?’ documentary. Established in 1999, to date KMF Productions has produced twenty-seven documentaries in twenty-six countries in Africa, Asia, and The Americas. The 25 minute What in the World?
This three part blog series documents an 8 day excursion in Afghanistan during the creation of a ‘What in the World?’ documentary. Established in 1999, to date KMF Productions has produced twenty-seven documentaries in twenty-six countries in Africa, Asia, and The Americas. The 25 minute What in the World?
Wow! What a year it’s been so far, and judging by the daily news feeds across mainstream and social media – ‘it ‘ain’t over, not by a long shot,’ as the American’s might say. While we continue to reel over the realities and future uncertainties of what ‘Brexit’ may pose
Follow the Human Rights Day 2020 live-blog for happenings and activities throughout the day during a time of unprecedented change during the first year of a Covid-19 world
2 actors, one trial and a Billion hashtags. What happens when the media gets a hold of a woman on trial? This blog takes a look at the reaction to the Heard v Depp trial and what it reveals about women’s representation.
Curated content for: Post-Primary Jump to: Resources Features Blog Posts Infographics Resources More ‘Post Primary’ Resources Features Blog Posts May09 Workshop: A teachers’ guidebook to ‘greenwashing’ Author of the teacher’s guidebook, Rachel Elizabeth Kendrick, will lead a session on the 3 big ideas and teaching methods published as a 3-part
An additional 345 million people are food insecure. How did this happen? Navika Mehta reviews the latest global food security report
Thérèse Hegarty and Patricia Kennon explore picturebooks in learning contexts and how they encourage discussions of friendship, conflict, struggle, norms, points of view, difference and injustice in a distanced way, therefore allowing sensitive issues to be discussed without direct disclosures about the children’s own lives.