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galway one world centre Cuts to Development Education in the UK - why focusing on aiding the poor is shortsighted

New government, new policies, old thinking. The Tory / Lib-dem coalition in the UK has put a stop to funding new development education projects in the UK saying that "People want to see British aid money saving lives and educating children in the world's poorest countries" (see the full press release here).
While it goes without saying that we do need to pro
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Added by galway one world centre on May 21, 2010 at 1:20pm — No Comments

galway one world centre Is Irish Music Endangered?

Campaign launched to highlight use of endangered tree species in the manufacturing of traditional Irish musical instruments

Sound & Fair, the international campaign for a sustainable trade in African blackwood, has launched a partnership with Just Forests, an Irish non-governmen

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Added by galway one world centre on May 20, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

galway one world centre Africa Day in Galway on Facebook

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Added by galway one world centre on May 11, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

helen vaughan An energy industry insider's view on climate change

I have mixed reactions when I'm confronted by the daily headlines evoking images of global famine, flood and drought caused by man's emissions of greenhouse gases. As a geologist, I know that the planet has been through numerous cycles of climatic variations over the last several billion years and I know that change is part of the natural geological cycle. I a… Continue

Added by helen vaughan on March 26, 2010 at 2:14pm — 1 Comment

heike vornhagen The Story of Bottled Water

Like The Story of Stuff, this new film uses simple words and images to explain a complex problem, in this case manufactured demand: how you get people to think they need to spend money on something they don't actually

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Added by heike vornhagen on March 26, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

galway one world centre The crisis of not knowing what to do

My reflections are informed by my experiences as a development educator within programmes in both initial and in-career teacher education, as well as a number of interrelated research projects that I’ve been involved in over the last three years. I suppose one of the questions that kee

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Added by galway one world centre on March 24, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

galway one world centre Charity or business?

Just read that the Niall Mellon Township Trust has been severely criticised about its operations in South Africa. I guess that raises questions about businesses involved in charitable projects both here in Ireland and abroad - how much of it is really coming from a philantrophic point and how much is about raising the profile and thereby increasing public goodwill? Or does it matter as long as the charitable asp… Continue

Added by galway one world centre on February 10, 2010 at 10:09am — No Comments

galway one world centre What's happening in Haiti?

The news from Haiti is grim but thanks to the media mob we know how many planes have landed today, how many litres of water were distributed and how many tents pitched. However the information experts have failed to answer one important question-How did a country with a thriving economy and a proud people turn into a country where government is invisible and the economy in ruins? In the 18th century Haiti was the world's richest colony where half a million slaves worked the sugar, coffee and

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Added by galway one world centre on January 27, 2010 at 12:36pm — No Comments

galway one world centre Time for Action as politicians debate climate change.

This weekend, the great, the good and the plain stupid will meet in Copenhagen to find common ground in the battle to combat climate change. The sad reality is that to a large extent, the fight is already lost; from the disappearing islands of the Maldives to the vanishing water sources of Australia and the clock cannot be turned back. Neither can we trade our way out of danger as it is our obsession with economic growth at all costs which has plunged us into the current crisis. Bill Plotkin, in… Continue

Added by galway one world centre on December 8, 2009 at 2:34pm — No Comments

heike vornhagen Cap and Trade

The folks at the Story of Stuff have produced another animated video - this time on Carbon Trading. Quite timely, considering all the huffing & puffing at Copenhagen ... Have a look at the teaser! You can see the full video at www.storyofstuff.com/capandtrade Continue

Added by heike vornhagen on December 3, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

galway one world centre Buy Nothing and Get One Free!

As the rising floods closed in around the Burren last weekend and all roads to Gort were under water, I staggered home with a car full of supplies and locked myself away from the howling winds and pelting rain which promised nothing good. I cranked up the record player, baked some gourmet bread and visited the neighbours, forgetting all about my plan to go to the cinema and start the Christmas shopping. Seventy two hours later I haven’t budged from my bunker, haven’t driven the car anywhere and… Continue

Added by galway one world centre on December 2, 2009 at 10:01am — 1 Comment

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