teaching for the future – encouraging learners to be aware of global issues with an emphasis on...

Teaching for the future – encouraging learners to be aware of global issues with an

emphasis on sustainability.

Cheryl DouglasBishops

Global issues and sustainability

• What are global issues?• Why should we teach global issues? • Teaching global issues

– within subjects– as an extramural

• Internet resources– for teachers– for learners

• Using ICT to present work

• Millennium Development Goals

• High Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 years to solve them

by J. F Rischard

What are Global Issues?

Teacherresource

Gets kids involved

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

Link on Bishop’s IntranetTeacherresource

See http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ for ideas

Basic Books

New York, 2002

Clayton LewisG20 Conference28 March 2006

J.F. Rischard's High Noon

A Beleaguered Planet

Population increase New World Economy

JF Rischard High Noon

Population Increase

From 6 to 8 billion by 2020-25

Of +2 billion…95% in developing countries

JF Rischard High Noon

Population Increase

Urban migration

Food production

Global warming

Infectious diseases

Deforestation

Fishery depletion

Loss of biodiversity

Pollution of the seas

Water scarcity

JF Rischard High Noon

New World Economy

• It is bent on speed-so you have to be agile.

• It flows across national boundaries-so you must be good at networking internationally.

• It is highly knowledge-intensive…so you must be good at constantly learning.

• It is hypercompetitive-so you must be 100-percent reliable

Technology-driven: Transformation of time and distance

JF Rischard's High Noon

Sharing our Planet: Issues involving the global commons

• Global warming• Biodiversity and ecosystem losses• Fisheries depletion• Deforestation • Water deficits• Maritime safety and pollution

Sharing our humanity: Issues whose size and urgency requires a global commitment• Massive step-up in the fight against poverty • Peace-keeping, conflict prevention, combating terrorism• Education for all• Global infectious diseases • Digital divide• Natural disaster prevention and mitigation

Sharing our rulebook: Issues needing a global regulatory approach• Reinventing taxation for the 21st century• Biotechnology rules• Global financial architecture• Illegal drugs• Trade, investment and competition rules• Intellectual property rights• E-commerce rules• International labor and migration rules

20 years, 20 issues

“…our difficulties belong to the future, but our means of solving them, and our politics, belong to the past. Yet, never have there been such massive opportunities for improving the human condition. So it’s not a problem of means or lack of solutions: it’s a problem of methodology and mindset.”

JF Rischard

…our difficulties belong to the future, but our means of solving them, and our teaching, belong to the past. Yet, never have there been such massive opportunities for improving the human condition. So it’s not a problem of means or lack of solutions: it’s a problem of methodology and mindset. Clayton Lewis

In the classroom: Life Science,Geography,

History, Economics,Languages, Maths, IT

and more

Teacherresource

www.unep.org/geo

Teacherresource

Jimmy’s PP on Biodiversity

Warren and Chris’ ant project 2 Gold medal winners at Expo!

From www.thebiozone.com

.Also:Look for ‘interactive

animations’

Our mission:

To help students realise they can make a difference by empowering them to work with

their peers internationally to develop solutions for global issues.

www.global-issuesnetwork.org

Based on book: High Noon

20 global problems 20 years to solve them

Global Issues Network

Programme Principles Students engage in real

issues that require urgent attention – not a simulation

Students take knowledge and translate it into positive action – opportunity to improve the human condition

Students take ownership of programme, and as a result take leadership

Activities are collaborative – not competitive

Students build and use networks

Gets kids involved

NAIS 20/20 Challenge

Gets kids involved

http://www.takingitglobal.org Gets kids involved

Teacherresource

Gets kids involved

“Could I ask you all please to Stand Up Against Poverty - (THEY STAND ) We are standing now with millions around the world on this symbolic day,

the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to show our commitment to the fight against extreme poverty and inequality.

We are standing because we refuse to accept more excuses in a world where 50,000 people die every day as a result of extreme poverty and the

gap between rich and poor is getting wider.We are standing because we want our leaders to honour their promises to

meet the Millennium Development Goals – and we ask them to exceed these goals.

We join in solidarity with people from over 100 countries to say: To the leaders of the wealthy countries –

We urge you to keep your promises on poverty – debt relief, more and better aid, trade justice and gender equality.

To the leaders of poorer countries – make it your first responsibility to save the lives of your poorest citizens. We ask you to tackle inequality, to

be accountable to your people, to govern fairly and justly, to fight corruption and to fulfill human rights.

Today, and every day, we will stand up and speak out against poverty. We will continue the fight against poverty and inequality and to hold our

leaders to their promises. We are asking not for charity but for justice. We are millions of voices

standing in solidarity to say, no more excuses - end poverty now.www.standagainstpoverty.org

YES (Youth Environmental Sustainability conference)

Gets kids involved

http://www.capetown.gov.za/environmentTeacherresource

Bishops Recycling Bishops Recycling ProjectProject

The Can Crusher

Idea Continuous system Putting the idea into action Introducing it into the school

Worm Farm Idea Education Setting up the farms Maintaining and

expanding

Worm Tea

Worm Farm

Tap for Worm Tea

Vegetables, soil, dried leaves,

newspaper and plant matter

Sustainability at Bishops

Reducing Energy Usage

Next Wave Summit

• A summit was held earlier this term with regard to the future of Bishops• In the sustainability summit we came up with a vision and action plan • The action plan and vision came mainly from what was proposed in our presentation

Reducing Electricity Usage through Education and Awareness

• Workshops for Boys and staff (Both Academic and non-Academic)• Integration of sustainable living into all areas of the school syllabus• A GIN group which has brought about the change at Bishops and is deciding what needs to be done

Reducing Electricity Usage through Action Plans

• Geysers all have geyser blankets• All light bulbs are being changed to fluorescent• Kitchens have centralized from four separate kitchens to one• Solar heating for the pools

Reducing Electricity: What we want to do

• Geysers• Timers• Solar

• Solar panels• Habitation sensors• Integration of Green policy (i.e. Solar Laptop chargers• Vampire electricity

Reducing our Carbon Footprint

• Webpage to offset carbon footprint

• Reduced paper usage due to use of online syllabus and electronic work

• We hope to institute a car pooling system for parents using a GPS system to map routes

Gin group: water, waste and

electricity audit. Save Excel sheets in common drive

“I do not want to talk about what you understand about this world. I want to know what you will do about it. I do not want to know what you hope. I want to know what you will work for. I do not want your sympathy for the needs of humanity. I want your

muscle.” — Robert Fulghum

I am only one person and cannot do everything

But just because I cannot do everything,does not mean that I will refuse to do what I can.

Helen Keller

www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet

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