Category Archives: Citizenship

Trash Hack: young people rethink waste in their schools, homes and communities with UNESCO

Posted on 16 June 2021 by GEM Report

By Giulia Ceriani, UNESCO Each year the world generates over two billion tonnes of waste. Trash clogs our oceans, fills our streets and litters huge areas of the planet. Waste and over consumption are both contributors to the climate crisis. … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, Environment, Uncategorized | Tagged climate, climate change, Environment, sustainable development, target 4.7 | Leave a comment

Global Citizenship Education after the COVID-19 crisis?

Posted on 3 July 2020 by GEM Report

By Marta Estellés, University of Cantabria, Spain and Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University, USA During the COVID-19 crisis, educational responses have been mainly geared towards minimizing the problems derived from school closures and mantaining educational services. While it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, coronavirus, covid19, global citizenship, sustainable development | 1 Comment

Good news: Chile is going to cover climate change in its curriculum

Posted on 2 August 2017 by GEM Report

At the end of last month, the Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, said that climate change would become an obligatory subject for students to learn in the third and fourth grades of secondary school in history and science classes. The President … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, curriculum, Environment, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged Chile, climate change, curriculum, Environment, sustainable development | 3 Comments

And the winners of our youth photo competition are…

Posted on 10 May 2017 by GEM Report

We’re delighted to announce the three winners of the youth photo competition we launched just over a month ago around the themes of Target 4.7 in the new global education goal. Selected from a huge amount of talented submissions, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged global citizenship, SDG, sdg 4.7, sustainable development, Target 4.4 | 6 Comments

The PAL Network Learning Journey: Power to the People!

Posted on 30 March 2017 by GEM Report

By Hannah-May Wilson, Program Manager, PAL Network Secretariat On the bus travelling from Mexico City to Xalapa, over 80 education activists and innovators from 19 Global South countries stared in disbelief, transfixed at the sheer size of these neighbourhoods. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Developing countries, Uncategorized | Tagged citizenship, education, global citizenship, PAL | Leave a comment

Join our youth photo competition

Posted on 7 March 2017 by GEM Report

In September 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed on a new sustainable development agenda with 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals are the collective vision of the international community. They merge the … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged gender. equality, global citizenship, peace, sustainable development, Target 4.4, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

Learning to protest with words

Posted on 1 March 2017 by GEM Report

Thus far 2017 has been a year of protests, sprouting up in response to shifts in political tides. But, given the rifts in ideological and political viewpoints currently creating divisions within countries, it is notable that these shifts have not … Continue reading →

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The challenge of Target 4.7 in fragile and low-resource contexts

Posted on 28 February 2017 by GEM Report

By Margaret Sinclair (Technical Adviser, Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict Programme, Education Above All Foundation) and Jean Bernard (Senior Partner, Spectacle Learning Media) Given current challenges of conflict, insecurity and environmental collapse, we must put maximum effort into Sustainable … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, pedagogy, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, teaching, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged books, school, sdg 4.7, target 4.7, teaching, textbooks | 3 Comments

Young people take over the UN to discuss Quality Education

Posted on 2 February 2017 by GEM Report

Yesterday, almost 900 young people from over 85 countries took over the UN General Assembly for the UN Youth Assembly. The theme: Realizing the 2030 Agenda: Youth in Action looked at the role of young people in achieving the 2030 … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged global citizenship, SDG, SDG4, target 4.2, UN, youth | 3 Comments

Education needs to fundamentally change if we are to reach our global development goals

Posted on 6 September 2016 by GEM Report

The new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by UNESCO, released this morning, shows the vast potential for education to propel progress towards all global goals outlined in the new Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs). But, if education is to fulfill that … Continue reading →