Close to 200 resources in the DEAR Library

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The DEAR Library is growing and is nearing 200 published resources. Read about the latest additions, which include toolkits for educators working on the intersection of global inequalities and ecological challenges, an advocacy roadmap for sustainable food systems, and a complete geo-history textbook that explains global relationships, processes and changes that have influenced local events.

“Caring for our Planet”  is a Global Education manual for educators, movements and associations published by the DEAR project “Ecoality”. It focuses on the intersection of global inequalities and ecological challenges, and is structured around “Knowledge, Understanding, Values, Attitudes, and Skills (KUVAS). The guide explores power dynamics and human-nature relationships, and fosters active citizen engagement. It is framed by effective educational methodologies that are learner-centred, inclusive and built on human rights-based approaches.

“NOPLANETB” produced a guide for engaging the non-engaged. It examines how science-based information can most effectively be used to support climate communication. It highlights the importance of focusing on a single problem and desired outcome. 

The Agroecology Roadmap presents a new ambitious plan to “Reboot the Food System”, while ensuring the human right to food and the rights of food producers to a fair income. The advocacy document calls for systemic changes in agricultural policies that would enable the transition to agroecology. For example, the Roadmap identifies policies that would facilitate the sustainable management of production-based resources. 

A past DEAR project, “Get up and Goals” produced the First Global Geo-History Textbook. Rather than focusing on nations and borders - the textbook explains global relationships, processes and changes that have influenced local events. It provides the sweep of world history in just three volumes, from 1) Foragers to Empires, 2) to a Capitalist World Economy and 3) from a World of Nations to Global Capitalism. The legacy of ‘Get up and Goals’ is picked up by an ongoing DEAR project called “It’s Global Education Time” (GET), which helps integrate Global Citizenship Education in primary and secondary schools’ curricula in countries in Southern and Eastern Europe.

The DEAR Library is easy to browse thanks to its folders/categories grouping resources under: 

1. DEAR Project Management
2. Communication and Advocacy
3. MEAL: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
4. Global Citizenship Education
5. DEAR Call for Proposals. 

The DEAR Library also includes overviews of other funding opportunities. Click here to learn about other EU Programmes that fund active citizenship and education activities. Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps, the European Social Fund+, as well as the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme also fund DEAR-relevant activities.

If you are a member of the EU DEAR Group, you can also access additional resources - and share your own. Check out the 160+ resources published by DEAR Group members since December 2012!