Welcome to Interdependence: Global Solidarity and Local Actions. We’re glad you’re here.
The toolkit was created, because we – the people of this beautiful, complex, fractured and unequal world – often do not understand and embrace our interdependence well enough.
Understanding interdependence as our human-ecological condition calls us to new civic, ecological, and global understandings, emphasising ethical operation within our communities and systems.
The lens of interdependence highlights the importance of local identities and experiences in understanding global challenges, goals, and governance structures.
Aligned with concepts of “thick global citizenship” and critical global citizenship, this approach invites learners to reflect on their identities and roles at home rather than imagining solutions for others elsewhere.
The Toolkit offers various modules for educators and learners to explore interdependence and ethical global citizenship from anywhere, promoting just systems and community approaches.
Creators hail from around the world; we are educators and organisers who share a commitment to building communities that are more just, inclusive, and sustainable.
The creation of these pages highlight what can begin to happen when we work in community, with shared purpose, while recognising the diversity of expertise, backgrounds, identities and experiences of all people - particularly those members within communities who are silenced and marginalised.
Charles Sturt University aligns our research, policies, procedures, and other work with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These are the most relevant SDGs for this initiative.
The Toolkit pages prompt us to consider the roles of history, structural violence, ecology, local community organisations and actions, and intergovernmental organisations and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (knowledge-building).
