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    Welcome to GoGlobal      July 2009

Over 600 resources on global and development issues are listed on this website. Use the search functions on the lefthand bar to find resource and remember to scroll down the page to view the resources.

Significant days in July and August

July 11: World Population Day
August 9: International Day of World's Indigenous People
August 12: International Youth Day

Events coming up in Aotearoa New Zealand
Media That Matters Film festival (see bar below)
ECO Annual Conference, Auckland


This website is hosted by the Global Education Centre
Email the website editor Rachel Tallon if you would like your resource listed. We will shortly be updating this website. Look out for new changes in the coming months.
           
  Interesting  website:
The UK Geographical Association has a new perspective on the teaching of Geography.A Different View






A Different View
 

         
     
Resistance!
A new CD Rom on social and environmental protest movements
Resistance! CD Rom

Packed full of powerpoints and activities, this classroom resource is essential for the social sciences.
Find out about how communties have sought change through examples on this CD.
Visit www.globaled.org.nz to order your copy today

Media that MattersMedia That Matters Film Festival
This amazing festival is a premiere showcase for short films on the most important topics of the day. It tackles a broad range of social issues with humor, humanity, and honesty.

Here in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Global Education Centre has had the privilege of coordinating the nationwide MTM screenings for the last two years, in venues like the NZ Film Archive in Wellington and the Academy Cinema in Auckland.

To see some of the wide range of films that are available, check out the website:
www.mediathatmattersfest.org
 
The Yellow-Eyed Penguin's Backyard
New Zealand school students are invited to design a yellow-eyed penguin-friendly habitat restoration plan. The plans (digital or a physical prototype) will be displayed on this site. The YEP's backyard project takes place in term 4, 2009 and is an online science and technology education project. Students are also invited to assist in providing student-friendly yellow-eyed penguin information for their peers for this website.
Yellow Eyed Penguin Project Visit the YEP website here for further information about this exciting project
World March for Peace and Non-violence World March for Peace
The World March will begin in New Zealand on October 2, 2009, the anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, declared the “International Day of Non-Violence” by the United Nations. It will conclude in the Andes Mountains (Punta de Vacas, Aconcagua, Argentina) on January 2, 2010.
Find out more about this event and how you can inspire your students to think and act about a non-violence world by clicking on this image: