Global Responsibility

Actions we must take, often without being told, to ensure the wellbeing of ourselves and others.

We are responsible for:OurselvesFamily/friendsCommunityCountryWorld

Responsibility

Sustaince:

We sustain ourselves by eating properly, maintaining out living space and being prepared for each stage of our lives (education, saving for future, making sure we can support a family).

We must also ensure that others, even those we do not know, have the opportunity to secure good food, have a proper living space and be able to build for their future.

We ensure wellbeing through:

Justice:

We must protect our rights and take seriously and put into practice the obligations that follow from these rights.

We must also ensure that the rights of others, even those we do not know, are protected. Also we must ensure that others have the opportunity to fulfill their obligations which naturally follow from their rights.

We ensure wellbeing through:

Environment

All life comes through the earth. The condition of the earth has a direct connection to the quality of life we will have.

As well as protecting the earth for our own interest we must protect the environment shared with the 6.5 billion others we inhabit this planet with and the many who will follow us over time.

We ensure wellbeing through:

Open the text, “Civics Now”, to

page 137

Global Village refers to the idea of the world being an interdependent community where we all have a responsibility to develop and maintain the world as a place of justice and peace through focusing on the common needs of all people (the common good)

Global Village

Interdependent means that we are dependant on others in many parts of this world.Armed conflict in one part of the world can

result in a shortage of needed supplies in another.Most of our food comes from the third world.

Deforestation in one part of the world can have a negative effect on another part of the world.Much of the oxygen we breath comes from the rain

forests of Brazil.

INTERDEPENDANT

Refering to the text, “Civics Now”, pages

151 and 152 complete the sheet

entitled “They Made a Difference”.

ExperiencesSold into slavery by his parents at the age of

four. For 6 years Iqbal was shackled to a carpet-weaving loom tying tiny knots from 4 A.M. to 6P.M. At the age of ten he was able to escape.

ActionsAt age twelve he was traveling the world in his

crusade against the horrors of child labour.

Iqbal Masih, page 151

ExperienceIn April of 1995, at the age of twelve, Craig

read an article about the death of Iqbal Masih. Craig was shocked at the cruel life and death of Iqbal, who was twelve when he was murdered.

ActionsCraig looked into the issue of child labour and

organized his friends and classmates to form an organization called Free the Children.

Craig Kilburger, page 152

ResultsCraig arranges a trip to South Asia receiving a

lot of media attention.Craig founded an effective NGO (Non-

government Organization), educated the people of Canada to the issue of child labour and placed this issue in the medial spotlight.

Free the Children has opened more than 100 schools and rehabilitation centres for freed child labourers.

Results from the experiences and actions of Craig and Iqbal, pages 151 and 152.

NGO – Non-governmental OrganizationOrganization that is not part of any government. Made up mostly of volunteers with a small paid staff. Supported by donations, some receive a small amount of money from governments.

Work to improve our interconnected world through creating and maintaining a world of justice and peace by focusing on our common needs of:

SustainceJusticeEnvironment

NGO