On the eve of International Women’s Day, I boarded a plane at Entebbe airport bound for my first stop in Doha. As I approached row 12, I noticed that someone else was sitting in my assigned seat. I politely asked the man whether he was in the right seat or
The Geography Syllabi at Junior and Senior Levels, Post-Primary have strong strands on development issues and the AGTI has undertaken many workshops on the subject over the years. The specific area of focus was Aid, Trade and Sustainable Development and the brief was to help update teachers on the issues
LYCS Human Rights Week (HRW) is a week of activities exploring various aspects of human rights. LYCS is a community development project in Dublin North East Inner City. The aim of Human Rights Week is to increase understanding of interdependence and connection and to celebrate values of human rights, solidarity
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
https://www.youtube.com/embed/uWSxzjyMNpU Source: www.therules.org Worldwide: The richest 1% of adults in the world own 40 per cent of the planet’s wealth. The ‘super-rich’ are generally those in the financial and internet service sectors Europe, the US and some Asia Pacific nations account for most of the extremely wealthy with more than
Between 1970 and 1990 worldwide per capita water supplies decreased by a third, with population growth a major contributor to changes in patterns of water use. Population pressure coupled with the unequal distribution of water supply throughout the world, while impacting globally, has particular implications for continents: Asia supports 60.5%
Gender and natural disasters: Why we should be focusing on a gender perspective of the Tsunami disaster By Rochelle Jones December 26, 2004 will be etched forever in the minds of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of thousands of people have been directly affected by the Tsunamis that
**Update: check out the Human Rights Day 2020 live-blog. For starters, check out Amnesty International Ireland’s human rights education resources and the international HRE resources. There are resources for both primary and post-primary schools, for youth and for adult education contexts. They feature resources by theme (the death penalty, action
The local and global challenge to create a sustainable world is one of the most complex and daunting challenges that students face as young people, and that they will continue meet in their lives beyond school. Through the exploration of this challenge, students will encounter many questions: how can we
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.
In the shadow of the most traumatic attack on Jewish people since the Holocaust and what Palestinian people are referring to as a ‘second Nakba’, Ciara Regan shares a three-point guide for educators and teachers looking to make sense of the latest and most extreme clash of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Curated content for: Youth Jump to: Resources Features Blog Posts Infographics Videos Resources More ‘Youth‘ Resources Features Blog Posts Jan22 Your voice matters – 2026 user survey open It’s January, its 2026, and we want to hear what you’d like us to feature or work on in 2026. Apr22 Beth
Curated content for: Youth Jump to: Resources Features Blog Posts Infographics Resources More ‘Youth‘ Resources Features Blog Posts Sorry, we couldn’t find any posts. Please try a different search. Infographics Videos Natural Born Settlers Maker Iris Zaki, a self-described liberal from Tel Aviv, wanted to get behind the politics of
Curated content for: Primary Education Jump to: Resources Features Blog Posts Infographics Resources More ‘Primary Education‘ Resources Features Blog Posts May25 All In: Spirit, Truth and the Journey Towards Reconciliation Reconciliation Action Plan Facilitator and artist, Cassandra Gibbs responds to Reconciliation Week in Australia, happening from 27th May – 3rd
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What is Sustainable Development? …there can be no doubt that consumer cultures are behind what Gus Speth has called the “Great Collision” between a finite planet and the infinite demands of human society. More than 6.8 billion human beings are now demanding ever greater quantities of material resources, decimating the
Today’s blog was originally posted in the Guardian’s Education section, in their series ‘How to Teach…’ – which covers everything from teaching about tax, tennis and the referendum on Scottish Independence. This week’s post covers the issue of slavery, written by Valerie Hannah, in preparation for the international day for the
September 2013, the start of a new school year, a year that promises to be turbulent and exciting for students and teachers. The Minister’s announcement of Junior Cycle reform last October signalled a period of change and uncertainty for Geography teachers, accustomed to the certainty of the Junior Certificate syllabus
Walk for Water works to highlight the crises of unequal access to water and sanitation around the world, it aims to highlight the centrality of water and sanitation to human development, to health, to nutritional status, to education, particularly for girls. International World Water Day is held annually on the
With his encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home (available online as a long-form letter) Pope Francis has entered the fray not just on the environment and its future but also more broadly on the ethics and impact of dominant models of economic development and ‘extreme’ consumption. His
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
Using clear, concise definitions, key facts and causes, Ending Hunger explores the issue of hunger, explaining what it is, and where it is. As with their factsheet on aid (link to Aid Works resource), Ending Hunger also has a section on debating the issue where they ask the question ‘Are
Trócaire’s focus country for Lent 2013 is India. The resources have been developed for use in Ireland and Northern Ireland for: Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Religious Education, CSPE/Citizenship Education and Foclóir. The resource materials contain: Content, methodologies and activities to support educators in exploring and critically examining global justice and
We live in an unequal world. There is a considerable divide between the developed and the developing world. Historically, this division has been primarily economic, as regards development. However, more recently, this division or inequality is as a result of many more aspects – climate change being one of the
An introductory guide to fiction and development
Monitoring & Evaluation Data is important to us. developmenteducation.ie supports a working group that monitors and reviews how the website is performing and responding to the needs of website users on a regular basis. Activities by the working group include: The Education Advisory Panel (EAP) meets twice a year and
A quick guide to the Sustainable Development Goals…in 5 minutes
‘The average rates at which people consume resources like oil and metals, and produce wastes like plastics and greenhouse gases, are about 32 times higher in North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia than they are in the developing world. That factor of 32 has big consequences.’ What’s Your Consumption
1. Climate Change & Development Tadesse Dadi, Ethiopian development worker, debates the issue of climate change, its impact and the challenge of responsibility: ‘Climate change may not yet be a problem for people in Europe, but here in Ethiopia its effects are being felt today by millions of ordinary men