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Justice - or
just us Food for Thought hunger awareness activity provides personal encounter with hunger, poverty and the feeling of being rich, poor, and in-between Access to clean, affordable water will be a key challenge for the world's people in the coming century. Read all about it--and see what you can do! Table Tents for use at home, camp or church: print, fold, display, educate! Titles: Trees, Food, Hunger, Consumption Follow the Money connects the financial decisions of US consumers to the health of the earth and the well-being of our neighbors. Free from NCP. Hunger Facts and Action sheet. A quick summary of the people, the problems, the (misplaced) priorities, and possibilities related to world hunger. The Average American exposes the daily consumption patterns of US consumers--and what we can do if we don't want to be average. Learn about the players--and the winners and losers--in the high-stakes game of globalization. Includes New World (Dis)order quiz game. For Richer, For Poorer match game tests one's knowledge of who has how much of what in the world. And just how many toys did the average US child receive last year?? To see whether you're using your share -- or more than your share -- of the earth's bounty, check out How BIG is Your Footprint. (youth version) (adult version). *The info-piece Consuming Appetites highlights the disparities between the "haves" and the "have-nots" in the world. *More than a fad diet, What's for Supper invites US consumers to rethink their food choices in light of the long-term health of the planet. *Our action guide on sweatshops combines personal stories with hard data about workers paid pennies to sew our clothes and assembly our toys. *Learn how Global Warming must be seen as a justice issue as well as an environmental concern. (hint: The WHO reports that 160,000 people in the world die each year due to the effects of global warming) *Use the drama The Predicament to educate others of the human cost of injustice, and the power of human conscience to do something about it. The reading One Good Question ... raises the question of human well-being vs. the structures of religion and society as it replays the story of Jesus' Sabbath healing of the man with the withered hand. The Client reflects on the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus from the point of view of their lawyers. And I Was Hungry Today compares the daily lives and food choices of two young people--one rich, one poor.
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