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80:20 Development in an unequal world
Published
2012
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£17.50
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This popular development education resource was first produced in the early 1980s. It has now been completely revised and updated for its 6th edition.
Its title reflects the fact that over 80% of the world's population lives in the "Developing World" and less than 20% live in the "Developed World", but consume far more of the world's resources. It asserts that such inequalities did not ...
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- Aid,
- Climate change,
- Conflict,
- Development,
- Economy,
- Environment,
- Equality,
- Gender,
- Globalisation,
- HIV/Aids,
- Human rights,
- Participation,
- Population,
- Poverty,
- Social justice,
- Sustainable development,
- Trade
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Surprising facts about Africa - challenging stereotypes
Published
2011
Type
- Website
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FREE
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Science and technology in Africa is an area which children in the UK tend to know very little about and so these facts and lesson plan help to address this. Even when we are familiar with African music, arts, or sport, we tend to hear very little about the use of certain innovations. These may not reach all parts of a country in the continent, but knowing about mobile phone usage, the broadband...
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Get thinking global
Published
2011
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PDF
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FREE
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This activity kit aims to help you begin your global dimension journey, or think about where to go next. It starts with young people’s own lives, giving you ideas on how to encourage students to explore the ways their daily choices and actions...
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Textiles: Environmental Impacts
Published
2011
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- DVD
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£45.00
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Filmed in Bangladesh and the UK, this DVD resource assesses the environmental impacts of the textile industry both here and abroad. It looks at how companies in the UK are working to meet government targets to reduce their environmental impact by using state of the art water recycling plants and by making better use of their waste streams. The resource then explores the environmental impact of ...
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Ethical Textiles
Published
2011
Type
- DVD
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£45.00
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Filmed in Bangladesh, one of the world's largest textile manufacturers, this resource explores the social cost of our cheap textiles. With footage filmed inside a number of Bangladeshi textile factories, it explores the issues of sweatshop labour, poor working conditions, a fair wage and the right to unionise and asks who is responsible? It then compares the social impacts of this mass-scale te...
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Issues in Globalisation: How Fair is Fashion?
Published
2011
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- DVD
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£45.00
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Using the international fashion industry as a case study this resource asks: what is globalisation, what are the causes, and what is the role played by Transnational Corporations (TNCs)? It then looks at the effects of globalisation and asks what are the pros and cons and who benefits? Filmed in Bangladesh, it compares the working and living conditions of textile workers employed in large scale...
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Issues in Globalisation: Environmental Impacts & Sustainability
Published
2011
Type
- DVD
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£45.00
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Can economic growth be environmentally sustainable? In this DVD, residents of Dhaka's slums show how extreme industrial pollution is destroying their environment and health. Next we talk to Bangladesh's environmental activists, factory owners and government officials and ask what needs to be done to make industrial growth sustainable? We then see how a company sited in a UK National Park is fac...
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Picture the Global Dimension
This is a classroom photo activity from the Global Dimension Website based on pictures chosen for the Global Wallplanner 2010-11. It can be adapted to suit all age groups and can relate to a variety of different subject areas - or could be used in tutor time or after-school clubs.
There are 17 photos, and each of them has a variety of 'global' messages. Students are encouraged to ask th...
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- Citizenship,
- Design and technology,
- English,
- ESD / global citizenship,
- Geography,
- History,
- Local and global citizens,
- PSHE / PSE / PSED,
- RE / RS,
- Science,
- Social and environmental
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- Clothes,
- Culture,
- Democracy,
- Diversity and Inclusion,
- Food,
- Global citizenship,
- Globalisation,
- Human rights,
- Identity,
- Interdependence,
- Natural resources,
- Sustainable development,
- Trade,
- Water
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The Atlas of Human Migration
Published
2010
Type
- Book
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£12.99
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Migration has long provided millions with an escape route from poverty or oppression, ensuring the survival, even prosperity, of individuals and their families. New currents of human migration are appearing all the time and immigration has become a hotly contested issue.
This atlas maps contemporary migration against its economic, social, cultural and demographic contexts, and traces th...
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Going Global?
Published
2010
Type
- Book
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£16.99
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This is a GCSE Geography Toolkit from the Geographical Association exploring the themes of globalisation and interdependence.
The first four lessons build on students’ prior understanding of global issues, stressing the relevance of these issues to their own lives. Students are encouraged to reflect upon and learn about their place in a globalised world, the global division of lab...
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