TOWARD GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AND 5 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

MODELS/ ALTERNATIVES
SUSTAINABILITY
1. Degrowth/ “Buddhist Economics”
- advocates for lesser or slower
Sustainability- meeting our own needs
macroeconomic growth as a way to
without compromising the ability of future
achieve sustainable development
generations to meet their own needs
- “rich people should live simply so others,
- “Can we do it over and over again,
human and non-human, may simply live.”
forever?”
- emphasizes the need to reduce global
Sustainable development (EES)
consumption and production
• Economic growth
- advocates a socially just and ecologically
(Economic development)
sustainable society with “well-being as
• Environmental protection
the indicator of prosperity, instead of
(Environmentalism)
GDP.”
• Social inclusion
(Social equity) Bhutan- happiness index; happiest
country
STABILITY VS SUSTAINABILITY
by Sebastian Plociennik 2. Pachamama socialism – Latin
America: “Mother Earth”
Stability- short term firmness in position,
permanence and resistance to change, - wants modernization for nations but not
especially in disruptive way. at the expense of the environment
Sustainability- considers the long-term - Bolivia (2011)- passed a law to protect
capacities of a system to exist, not its and give rights to the environment
short-term resistance to change.

3. Buen vivir
Is globalization sustainable?
Quecha people’s concept of Sumak
! The current version of globalization is kawsay, a way of doing things that is
unsustainable for a number of reasons: “community-centric, ecologically balanced
and culturally-sensitive”
1. How Westerner live and consume-
kailangan ng dalawang earth. Marami - community/ economic growth
silang fossils na nagagamit
- harmony
2. World’s richest comprising one
- “We are the stewards of the earth.”
percent of the population- beneficial to
some people - Ecuador- same with Bolivia
3. Commodification of world’s
resources- scarce 4. Green Business
• Tesla, solar panels

5. China’s solar panels and wind

turbines
 “The first essential component of social
justice is adequate food for all mankind.
Food is the moral right of all who are born
in this world.” – Norman Borlaug, Nobel
Laureate
The 2020 (Global Health Index) GHI
shows that while the world has made
gradual progress in reducing hunger on a
global scale since 2000, this progress
has been too slow.

GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

WFS, 2011-2013, 842M people (1/8-

person worldwide nagugutom)- suffer
from chronic hunger

SWS 2020- 1/5 Filipino walang pagkain,

Mindanao, Visayas, MM The global level of hunger and
undernutrition is at a moderate level. It
has fallen from a GHI score of 29.0
points in 2000 to 18.2 points in 2020.
Developing Country:
852 million people remained hungry,
while 16 million were undernourished. Eight countries were at alarming
hunger level; Burundi, Central African
Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic
Food security - all people, at all times, of the Congo, Somalia, South Sudan,
have physical, social, and economic Syria, and Yemen.
access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious
31 countries are at serious hunger
food that meets their dietary needs and
level.
food preferences for an active and healthy
life.”
(United Nations’ Committee on World 2020 Philippines- GHI: 69/ 107; score
Food Security) 19.0 – moderate
 This definition comprises FOUR
KEY DIMENSIONS OF FOOD
SUPPLIES (AAUS):
 Availability, Access, Utilization,
and Stability (Food and
Agriculture Organization, 2002).
United Nations Org recognized the Right
to Food in the Declaration of Human
Rights in 1948, vital for the enjoyment of
all other rights. (Art 25)
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY FOOD LOSS AND WASTE

4 INDICATORS OF THE GLOBAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Food loss

HUNGER INDEX: and waste are usually linked with the lack
of infrastructure in harvesting,
1. Share of the population that is
processing, storing and transporting
undernourished
food supplies.
2. Share of children under the age of five
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: Food loss
who are wasted
and waste often attributed to consumer
(i.e., acute undernutrition - who have behavior and preference.
low weight for their height)
3. Share of children under the age of five
5 PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS AGAINST
who are stunted
FOOD WASTE accdg. to Food and
(i.e., chronic undernutrition- who have Agriculture Organization (FAO)
low height for their age)
1. Strengthening the supply chain
4. Mortality rate of children under the age through the direct support of farmers and
of five investments in infrastructure,
transportation, as well as expansion of the
food packaging and industry.
KEY FACTS ON FOOD LOSS AND 2. Farmer-buyer agreements
WASTE
3. Raising awareness among industries,
 Every year, about 1.3 billion tons of retailers and consumers as well as finding
food for human consumption, or beneficial use for food that is presently
nearly 1/3 of food produced in the thrown away are useful measures to
world, gets wasted or lost. decrease the number of losses and waste.

 Developed and developing countries 4. Bill on reducing food waste through

relatively dissipate the same food donation and food waste
quantities of food – 670 million recycling.
tons and 630 million tons,
5. Food waste to foodwise
respectively.

 Consumer in rich countries waste

about 22 million tons of food each
year. GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

 In Europe and North America, !!! "Ongoing global challenges are

around 95-115 kg of food is wasted impacting all. Solutions require thinking
per capita per year and acting beyond national borders.”
Global Citizenship- a way of living that
 Whereas in sub-Saharan Africa,
recognizes our world is an increasing
South and Southeast Asia, food complex web of connections and
waste equals 6-11 kg per capita.
interdependencies…a world in which our
choices and actions may have
repercussion for people and communities
locally. nationally, or internationally.
 - cultivates respect and harmony Haiti, Yolanda
among world citizens in terms of
the political, economic,
environmental, and sociocultural UNESCO offers the Global Citizenship
aspects. (PESE) Education (GCED) program for the
period of 2014-2021
- SDG 4- Education
#LEARN-THINK-ACT PROCESS
“ensure that all learners are provided with
LEARN- malawak yung pag unawa kasi
the knowledge and skills to promote
magkakaiba tayo ng culture, cultural
sustainable development, including among
consciousness, different identities,
others, through education for sustainable
religion, races, values and traditions
development and sustainable lifestyle,
abortion, braid, human rights, gender equality, promotion
of a culture of peace and non-violence,
pero not all differences like brutality, etc.=
global citizenship and appreciation of
THINK
cultural diversity and of culture’s
ACT- Have you ever imagined the world contribution to sustainable development
50 years from now? (Target 4.7 of Goal 4)
2039 agenda framework

A GLOBAL CITIZEN SHOULD:

1. Understand the complexity of our BENEFITS OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
interconnected world EDUCATION (Oxfam, Int'l NGO)

2. Understand our biggest challenges  gives meaning to learning by

making it exciting and grounded in
3. Know their social, ethical, and political real life situations
responsibilities- civic duties, pagboto,  allows children to combat
obligation sa ibang tao ignorance and intolerance by
4. Display leadership and teamwork challenging misinformation and
stereotypes against the South
5. Solve problems through innovation and  recognizes individual power,
entrepreneurship- willing to act especially its influence in our
choices and in bringing positive
change through collective effort
To be effective global citizens, we need to  demonstrates the reality of
be able to solve problems, make inequality and unfairness but
decisions, think critically, communicate promotes that it should be
ideas effectively, and work well with other- challenged and thus changed
collaboratively  encourages the recognition of
one's responsibilities towards
another as well as learning from
International Solidarity- idea of primarily one another
serving one's community and nation, while
at the same time trying to help from other
countries by sharing resources and
expertise to greatest extent possible.