Being an ethical consumer in today’s world requires first recognizing that consumption is not just embedded in economic relations, but also social and political ones.
Child Labour
For tens of millions of children around the world, their basic rights are at risk because they have to work.
Water Conflict
The conflict over water relates to the gap between demand and supply. Add in climate change, the geopolitics of water transfers and pressures from population increase and the problem becomes only too obvious.
Food & Growing
We live in a world where over 800 million people go to bed hungry yet we produce 1.5 times enough food to feed people on the planet.
Poverty
Poverty is not natural; it is man-made but the way that it is spoken about and particularly how people living in poverty are spoken about, does not reflect this.
Racial Justice
Racism is when an individual, group, structure or institution intentionally (or unintentionally) abuses their power to the detriment of people, because of their action or perceived “racialised background.
Doing Development Education in Junior Cycle History
This resource in pdf aims to support teachers of History to teach through a global justice lens. It supports teachers to address Development Education related themes and concepts. The guide meets the requirements as laid out in the junior cycle History Studies specification, and in the (2015) Framework for Junior Cycle.
Migration and Direct Provision, Thematic Workshop, Dec 1st 2020
Find the WWGS webinar recording and resources specifically for teaching about Migration and Direct Provision (Sustainable Development Goal 10).
Anti-racism, Thematic Workshop, Nov 5th 2020
Find the WWGS webinar recording and resources specifically for teaching Anti-racism in post-primary schools.
Tax and Trade, Thematic Workshop, Dec 3rd 2020
Watch the recording and find the resources of the WWGS workshop on Tax and Trade Justice that took place in December 2020.