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We see a Global Citizen as someone who:

  • is aware of the wider world and has a sense of their own role as a world citizen;
     

  • respects and values diversity;
     

  • has an understanding of how the world works;
     

  • is outraged by social injustice;
     

  • participates in and contributes to the community at a range of levels from local to global;
     

  • is willing to act to make the world a more sustainable place;
     

  • takes responsibility for their actions.

(Oxfam 1997)

 		  
   
     
  Homework:  
  Over the next seven days write down a list of the products you eat, check the label on the product and write the country of origin in the third column.

How many different countries did the products you consumed come from?

  1. Where did most of the products you consumed come from?
  2. Which products travelled the least distance?
  3. Which products travelled the greatest distance?
  4. Using maps add up the total food miles of one day in your consumption diary.
  5. How many items in your diary could have been grown or produced in the UK?
  6. How many items in your diary could not be grown or produced in the UK?
  7. Could you live without any of the products that have to be grown or produced abroad? (for example tea)

Present your answer to the above question in a table.