The majority of the world’s 7 billion people live in urban areas. More than one billion of these – or one in three urban residents – live in inadequate housing with no, or only a few basic resources such as access to safe water or sanitation, refuse collection, etc. Generally,
Continuing the global citizenship journey, here are 6 education initiatives from Ireland that have been adapted to take place during Covid-19 learning contexts.
An on-line hub that is a digital toolbox of global citizenship and human rights education materials for teachers, educators and trainers
Lusaka is the capital city of Zambia. It is a dusty city, and unfortunately there are some people who do not care about their environment and who continue to litter the streets. With the dust and rubbish littering the streets of Lusaka, private companies, known as ‘pride tech’ and ‘time agencies’ in partnership with Lusaka City Council, embarked on a partnership to clean the roads and drains.
Written by Cillian Molloy, Sárán Fogarty and Niall Groves of Presentation College Bray in County Wicklow. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” –Charles Darwin Humans; what are we, what
Robyn Scott was six, and the eldest of three, when her parents moved from New Zealand to live in the former mining town of Selebi, into the converted cowshed opposite the home of their Grandpa Ivor, who had served as a pilot to Botswana’s first president Seretse Khama. Scott’s family
Developed with the CDVEC Curriculum Development Unit, the module contains 10 lessons plus a support DVD which includes: photos, music, film, adverts uses a variety of learning methodologies (brainstorming, workstations, group activity, role play to define homelessness and its causes, media portrayals of it, human dignity and; a series of
Aimed at strengthening the protection of ESC rights in Ireland, this publication is designed to be a compendium of information useful to the Government in order to assist it in ensuring that its economic policy, particularly the budget, is in line with and reflects its ESC rights obligations. It summarises
Drought and famine are not extreme events. They are not anomalies. They are merely the sharp end of a global food system that is built on inequality, imbalances and – ultimately – fragility. And they are the regular upshot of a climate that is increasingly hostile and problematic for food
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
Published on Feb 12, 2014 For more on the GROW campaign and to support Africa’s smallholder farmers visit www.one.org/doagric/partners and www.oxfam.org/grow The artists featured in this video include: Baaba Maal (Senegal), 2 Face Idibia (Nigeria), Smarty (Burkina Faso), Lami Phillips (Nigeria), Daara J Family (Senegal), Sound Sultan (Nigeria), Titi Lokei
“When the White Paper on Irish Aid was published in 2006, it brought Ireland’s contribution to the fight against global poverty and hunger to the centre of our foreign policy – where it rightly belongs. The White Paper enabled us to consolidate our work, and today we have an aid
On April 23rd, President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins made a detailed statement on Ireland’s potential role in the COVID-19 crisis and its implications for those most at risk worldwide.
“To create a more sustainable world and to engage with issues related to sustainability as described in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), individuals must become sustainability change-makers. They require the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that empower them to contribute to sustainable development. Education is thus crucial for the achievement
Economist Michael Green explores where progress has been made in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals, and where there has been stagnation, or a decline. He finds that levels of hunger and basic medical care are broadly improving across the globe. Clean water and sanitation has seen some improvement since
Screenshot from Project Honduras. Produced by Trócaire. Gamification is a word we are seeing more and more in education, but what is it, what are its benefits, and how can you get involved? After attending Trócaire’s Game Changers event last year, Kai Evans takes us through // What is ‘gamification’?
This unit includes: subject learning outcomes linked to Junior Cycle CSPE, History & Geography (the unit is also suitable for Transition Year GCE-related modules) details on teaching approaches suggestions on assessments for learning a youth action component The unit’s objectives include: Unit Objectives: Understand what international inequalities are and how
Peter Manning presents a brief guide to teaching inequality in a primary schools context.
Are fossil fuel energy companies in the US receiving an unfair amount of criticism, despite investing in low carbon energy practices?
Short film by Caoimhe Butterly with testimonies from people stuck in indefinite limbo in Vasilika refugee camp in Northern Greece. Raneem and Leila, Ella, Mohammed and Hassan talk about their journeys, their hopes, frustrations and experiences of ongoing injustice.
An interactive map exploring the relationship between fossil fuel use by country & countries that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change
Pléann an leabhar seo na buncheisteanna a bhaineann leis an mbia, leis an talamh agus leis na crainn sa domhan agus san Afraic ach go h-áirithe. Ina theannta sin tá cás-staidéar agus go leor gníomhaiochtaí suimiúla do mhúinteoirí agus daltaí ar gach ábhar acu anseo. Tá an cur chuige traschuraclam
Pléann an leabhar seo Sláinte & Oideachais le cás-staidéir agus go leor gníomhaiochtaí suimiúla a chabhróidh chun na cúrsaí seo a phlé. Tá ceisteanna agus cleachtaí gearra ar fáil ag deireadh gach scéil le deis a thabhairt athbhreithniú a dhéanamh agus dul i mbun gníomhaíochta ansin. Tá an cur chuige
Foghlaimeoidh na daltaí faoin gcoinbhleacht sa tSiria, agus faoin tionchar a bhí aige ar na teaghlaigh a d’fhulaing an t-easáitiú éigeantach, ionas go ndearnadh dídeanaithe díobh dá bharr. San acmhainn seo, beifear ag díriú ar thaithí dhaoine ar nós Maya agus a muintir, atá ina gcónaí faoi láthair i gcampa
Is í an fhís is bun leis an oideachas forbartha ná domhan atá inbhuanaithe agus cóir, ina bhfuil sé de chumhacht ag daoine an ceann is fearr a fháil ar an mbochtaineacht agus an ocras agus lán a gceart agus iomlán a n-acmhainneachta a bhaint amach. Sa straitéis (as gaeilge)
From the 2019 Trinity College Dublin Development Issues Series Final Five, Emma Beatty dresses for success with her Sustainable Development Goals shopping skills and takes on fast fashion.
This pocket-size booklet includes: Why thinking about our global food system matters 10 short myths about progress on food production, who benefits from industrial agriculture, the realities of GMOs, the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and the impact of farming subsidies. Links to the Sustainable Development Goals References per each myth
This short agriculture and sustainability resource includes: Introductions to food security, causes of the global food security crisis, links to the Irish famine and famine today, the importance of agriculture and women in agriculture Case studies based on the ‘Two Villages’ project Links to videos, online links and 5 activities
In this second part of our series Living Between Trains and Drains, we explore the daily struggles and global realities of informal settlement living, with a focus on life in Namuwongo ‘slum’ in the city of Kampala in Uganda.
Maynooth Green Campus (MGC) is a strategic coalition between Maynooth University (MU), St Patrick’s College Maynooth (SPCM) and Trócaire that seeks to promote environmental sustainability and climate justice.