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Engaging in Our Communities…

Engaging in Our Communities…. Global Citizens. as. A citizenship education initiative centered on the values of the environment, democracy, peace and solidarity. Training Workshop Tracy Webb 2009. In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate

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Engaging in Our Communities…

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  1. Engaging in Our Communities… Global Citizens as A citizenship education initiative centered on the values of the environment, democracy, peace and solidarity Training Workshop Tracy Webb 2009

  2. In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. Charles Darwin, Scientist, 1809-1882

  3. Cape Split May 2008 …to speak in chlorophyll alphabets and for an instant, perhaps surpass the violence of (human) words…MJB

  4. Our generations of living, etched on the skin of earth

  5. Quarries and oil silos near Montreal

  6. Montreal city

  7. Copenhagen Consensus 2008 The top 10 challenges are (alpha order): • Air pollution • Conflicts • Diseases • Education • Global warming • Malnutrition and Hunger • Sanitation and Water • Subsidies and Trade Barriers • Terrorism • Women and Development

  8. On the home front… • Between 1996 – 2002, agriculture in the Valley experienced 6 serious water shortages. • In the next 20 years, our water needs are expected to increase by 45% or more. • Health Canada does not keep records of BWA’s – NS averages 9/year. • 500 mL bottle @ $1.95 = $3 900/m3 • Bottled water containers are the fastest growing form of municipal solid waste in Canada

  9. Stephen Lewis • Puts great emphasis on education – “having our students understand what is taking place, and the perils that have been unleashed…” • As well as asking – “Where is the moral anchor to our society?” • 25 million people suffering with AIDS, while $15 billion is spent every month by the US in the conflict with Iraq?

  10. Looking Back 100 Years • population (about 2 billion) • global governance(few countries, many empires, national economies) • technologies (automobile and telephone just beginning to have an impact) • miniscule “civil society sector” • environmental awareness • no concept of global climate change • little understanding of pollution or its impacts on health • few concerns about biodiversity, deforestation • no one imagined seeing planet earth from space

  11. Looking Ahead 100 years – How will we: • Meet basic needs for food, water, shelter, and energy of 10 billion people? • Stabilize the climate by reducing GHG emissions globally by more than 60%? • Reduce proportion of the world’s population living on US$2 per day or less? ( currently nearly half -- 3 billion) • Achieve a low carbon “factor 10” economy? • shift from “take-make-waste” production cycle to “cradle-to-cradle”? (There’s no waste in Nature) • Achieve a more peaceful, “secure” world?

  12. What do we need to do? • Do we need a culture shift? • Is this sufficient or merely necessary? • What would it entail? • Where should we be in 20 years? • We must anticipate the cultural shifts and needs to prepare our youth for the realities of our world today, for tomorrow, for the next decade, and in this era of rapid change, time is not on our side…

  13. What will this require? ESD - inclusive education in the 21st century Goal: To infuse ESD into School curriculum policy and instructional methods Objectives: • Identify fundamental concepts, skills, values, and instructional methods for the following themes: • Energy - Transportation • Climate Change - Citizenship & Community • Ecosystems - Human Health Environment • Water - Food and Agriculture - • Biodiversity • Indigenous and Local Knowledge • Show Butterfly video clip…

  14. Sustainability 3-Legged Stool Sustainability Environmental Leg 0 Pollution & Waste Renewable Energy Conservation Restoration Economic Leg Good Jobs FairwagesSecurity Infrastructure Fair Trade Social Leg Working conditions Health services Education services Community & Culture Social justice Quality of Life / Genuine Wealth / Genuine Progress

  15. The Debate is Over …

  16. Objectives of EVB and the CTF… • Examine key concepts • > Global Citizenship • > Active Engagement • > Thinking about our values: environment, democracy, peace and solidarity • > Taking action • > Making a commitment of solidarity with communities in developing countries

  17. The EVB Values Butterfly

  18. The Teachers’ Guide • Discover how the values of the environment, democracy, peace and solidarity help to ensure a sustainable future [1, 2, 3] • Invitation to take action [4, 5, 6, 7] • Making a commitment of solidarity with communities in the developing world [8]

  19. The Student Activist Guide • Teachers register with CTF & Green Street • Teachers request quantities for every student in their classroom • Letter of recognition when action(s) are completed or undertaken long term.

  20. The Student Passport • Part of the student package • A record of Student engagement Teaching ESD is like running – the more you do and the longer you go, the more you gain and the better your results…  Tracy Webb

  21. Why wait ‘til the LAST DROP?

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