The educational initiative Through Other Eyes (TOE) offers a free online study programme for educators highlighting indigenous perpectives of the development agenda. TOE focuses on the development of transnational, cultural and critical literacies.\nTOE is jointly hosted by Global Education Derby and the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice. \n
"Often those least responsible for emissions are those most vulnerable to a changing climate. Therefore it is clear that climate change is also a question of equality."
"By providing film and advocacy training to partners in the global south EJF protects the natural environment and the people and wildlife that depend upon it by empowering local communities to investigate, expose and peacefully resolve abuses. EJF campaigns internationally on the issues our grassroots partners work locally to solve including cotton production, pirate fishing, shrimp farming, pesticides, wildlife and climate refugees. "
Another SPOOF site to use with your class. How can they tell it is fabricated? There is so much information given on this site they might be convinced.
"Ecocide is the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory has been or will be severely diminished."
"Taking the widely quoted figure that there could be an estimated 150 million people forced from their homes and land by climate change by 2050, this event brings together ideas from Heads of State, philosophers, explorers, scientists, lawyers, actors and experts in their field to discuss the potential cultural, emotional and physical impacts of forced migration, who should be responsible and what the potential options are for dealing with the impending human rights crisis."
Labour Behind the Label supports garment workers' efforts worldwide to defend their rights. We educate consumers, lobby companies and government, raise awareness, and encourage international solidarity with workers. We coordinate the UK platform of the international Clean Clothes Campaign.
The Earth Charter is a set of internationally agreed, cross-cultural, cross-religious, cross-political values to guide our relations with the rest of human and non-human nature. It has an education programme, a youth initiative and a community programme.
"This area contains a range of articles, case studies and vignettes to exemplify how ICT is being used in the field. " Good source of ideas on how to use web2.0 technology.
"After long battles, three farmers in France have won legal claims that their cases of cancer and Parkinson's disease were caused by working with pesticides. Now they want to help others fight similar cases"
An essay of short reflections. How is this relevant? Anthropmorthism, human centred worldview leads to the creation and continuation of zoos. Not all bad surely, but what do zoos teach our children?
"The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels."
Immigrants to the developed world have frequently been blamed for unemployment, crime and other social ills. Attempts to reduce or block immigration have been justified as necessary measures to protect "our way of life" from alien influences.
Book Review "Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet by Tim Jackson. We must repudiate traditional economics if we're to save the planet, says Jeremy Leggett"
"Ten years after the publication of No Logo, Naomi Klein switches her attention from the mall to Barack Obama and discovers that corporate culture has taken over the US government"