One World Week’s 2017 theme:
GOOD NEIGHBOURS
My World Depends on Us
Local OWW events can explore how we can be “Good Neighbours” in our globalised 21st century world.
Being a "good neighbour" means much more than just being quiet and unobtrusive! It includes (according to various faith traditions) actively looking out for our neighbours to ensure their needs are met. It applies at personal, local, national and international levels.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)[1] have identified the needs of our global neighbours. Governments around the world, including that of the UK, have pledged to address them.
Active citizenship, media literacy and critical thinking are vital tools in acknowledging our interdependence with others, locally as well as farther afield, while countering populism, extremism and hate.
The strap line "My World Depends on Us" [2] reminds us that our personal world is directly affected by what we do, purchase,read, say, consume, vote, ... and that this does not happen in isolation. Our life depends on how we impact on and influence others in our common experience at home and in the world.
[1] More about the "Sustainable Development Goals" here: In 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. It contains 17 goals covering a broad range of inter-linked sustainable development issues. These include ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities more sustainable, combating climate change and protecting oceans and forests.
[2] "My World Depends on Us" This is the theme chosen for 2017 by the Council of Europe’s North-South Centre's Global Education Week Network, of which OWW is a member.
To find out more about the theme come back here, soon.