George Hodges | GLADE (Global Learning and Development Education)

“It is important for people to realize that we can make progress against world hunger, that world hunger is not hopeless. The worst enemy is apathy”
– Reverend David Beckmann

“There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry”
– Ed Asner

Thomas Piketty’s “Capital In The Twenty-First Century” Explained

Business, Democracy, Economics, Freedom, Global Citizenship, Human Rights, Political, Poverty, Website

A Piketty guide for lifelong learners. When Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-first Century” was published earlier this year, it was something of a sensation. That’s no small feat for a chart-heavy doorstop on “the dismal science” of economics. A fair portion of...

How language transformed humanity

Design & Technology, Freedom, Language, Literacy, Video

Biologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of “social technology” that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool:...

The history of marriage

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history-of-marriage-alex-gendler

Smelly, contaminated, full of disease: the world’s open dumps are growing

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/oct/06/smelly-contaminated-disease-worlds-open-dumps

A glimpse of teenage life in ancient Rome

Animation, Short < 10m, Teaching Resource, TED Ed, Video

Welcome to the world of Lucius Popidius Secundus, a 17-year old living in Rome in 73 AD. His life is a typical one of arranged marriages, coming-of-age festivals, and communal baths. Take a look at this exquisitely detailed lesson on life of a typical Roman teenager...

Insights on HIV, in stunning data visuals

Disease, Health, Human Rights, Infographic, Video

Hans Rosling unveils data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world’s deadliest (and most misunderstood) diseases: HIV. By following the data, he suggests a surprising key to ending the...

Rising rural wages in Asia

http://www.odi.org/rising-rural-wages-asia

What is Active Citizens?

Citizenship, Democracy, Freedom, Global Citizenship, Human Rights, Literacy, Political, Post 2015 Agenda, Social, Teaching Resource, Video

Are you interested in making changes in your community? We believe things can happen when people connect and work together. Active Citizens brings people together to share ideas and learn from each other. Find out more about the Active Citizens programme and see how...

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A glimpse of teenage life in ancient Rome

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