Issues & Topics
Our background primers on the big issues.
The Earth is Our Home
In the third part of the series John Dornan and Suzanne Bunniss review faith groups and action over many years on environmental issues such as climate change, sustainability and our collective responsibilities to each other on a shared planet
Is Wealth the Problem?
In the second part of the series, John Dornan and Suzanne Bunniss explore what the value of religion or faith might be in addressing the major issues, challenges and stories we face in the 21st century?
Faith, Justice and Development
The first part of a series argues that any understanding of development which disregards the role of faith is lacking a key dimension for a substantial proportion, perhaps a majority, of humanity. But can we identify precisely what that key dimension offers which might otherwise be missing?
Living Between Trains and Drains – “For every three Ugandans who get out of poverty, two fall back in”
In this second part of our series Living Between Trains and Drains, we explore the daily struggles and global realities of informal settlement living, with a focus on life in Namuwongo ‘slum’ in the city of Kampala in Uganda.
Living Between Trains and Drains – housing realities for one quarter of the world’s urban population
The Living Between Trains and Drains series explores the day-to-day stories which highlight issues experienced within high density urban living in the city of Kampala, Uganda.
Yemen’s alarming crisis: ‘The worst famine in the world in 100 years’
Explores the rising food security crisis in Yemen, which is taking its toll following three years of civil war, which the UN warned is on course to become the worst famine in
Have you got what it takes to tackle energy waste?
Could you be an Energy Marshall? Access the full suite of Energy Bandits digital flyers, stickers and posters in building your campaign to tackle energy waste.
The 2017 trends report on developmenteducation.ie
What were the top 10 countries and counties in Ireland that used the website, and what pages were popular? What were the most popular resources and tweets from the year
11 Key International Reports – a guide
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FAQs – navigating the Sustainable Development Goals
A quick guide to the Sustainable Development Goals…in 5 minutes
Ethical Consumption
Ethical Consumption is about making the connections between a product, where that product originated and in what context it has been produced.
Ideas & Values
These briefing notes have been designed to remind us of the larger, more fundamental questions that underpin specific issue discussions. Do we have duties and responsibilities in the world
Exploring The Shape of Our World Today
This module explores the basic shape of our world today: it highlights a range of key issues and challenges, how we see them and how others see them; it also explores key debates
Consumption
The choices we make every day effect how the world is the way it is, and why things are the way they are. The consumption animations seek to question the underlying relationships between ‘us’ as consumers, ‘them’ as producers
HIV and AIDS
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Women & Development
The role of women in developing countries, as explored throughout this module, has been recognised as the single most important factor when it comes to bringing about and sustaining long term social change.
This Is What Has Happened
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Hunger
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Millennium Development Goals
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Sustainable Development
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