The Thinking Globally Project

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What Does It Mean to Think Globally?Thinking Globally means that you think of how you can impact the world. It also means that you think outside of yourself, your family, and your country and think about others around the world.

A Song: Imagine by John LennonImagine there's no heavenIt's easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today... Aha-ah…Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion, tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace... You…You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will be as one

Imagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of manImagine all the peopleSharing all the world... You…You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one

Images

Picture 1 is from a World Affairs summer camp at Auburn University

Picture 2 is from the Think Globally School

Picture 3 is Jacob Stark, who got his class into a project that helps kids in Africa get heart surgery

Quotes About Thinking Globally“Think globally, act locally”

-Paul McCartney

“The internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow”

-Bill Gates

“And the more broadband we can get globally, the better. It’s better for the world…”

-Eric Schmidt

Current Events

SpainIn a report discussing what’s new for Spain and Portugal, it has been revealed that Spain is working on restoring and recreating parts of cities to be better for visitors.

Steves, Rick. “What’s New in Spain and Portugal for 2017”. USA Today, USA Today

News, 4 February 2017, usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2017/02/04/

spain-portugal-new-attractions/97449548/.

South AmericaBolivia holds the world’s largest Lithium reserve, and people are speculating what this could mean for their economy. Bolivia holds about a quarter of the world’s lithium.

Dominguez, Trace. “South America’s Lithium Boom: A Blessing or a Curse”. Seeker,

Discovery Communications, 7 February 2017, seeker.com/south-americas-

Lithium-boom-a-blessing-or-a-curse-2245010477.

AfricaA group of 14 high school girls in Africa helped build Africa’s first private satellite. The satellite will collect information about agriculture and natural disasters in Africa. The satellite will be launched in May 2017.

Fosco, Molly. “High School Girls Have Designed Africa’s First Private Satellite”.

Seeker, Discovery Communications, 29 November 2016, seeker.com/high-

School-girls-build-africas-first-private-satellite-2118248448.

The Middle EastHeavy airstrikes hit Idlib, Syria on February 7, causing several multi-story buildings to collapse and kill civilians. At least 26 people were killed and most of them were women.

“Intense Raids Kill Dozens in Syria’s Idlib”. Aljazeera, Al Jazeera Media Network, 7

February 2017, aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/intense-raids-kill-dozens-syria-

Idlib-170207131816939.

RussiaRussian leader Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian air force to prepare for a “time of war”. Other agencies were checked to see if they and their troops were ready for battle.

Griffin, Andrew. “”Vladimir Putin Orders Russian Air Force to Prepare for ‘Time of

War’”. Independent.co.uk, Independent, 7 February 2017, independent.co.uk/

news/world/europe/vladimir-putin-russian-air-force-russia-war-tass-snap-

check-sergey-shoigu-a75gg761.

JapanThe Japanese space agency, JAXA, had made a machine to clean out space junk. The Kounotori 6 burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on its return. The experimental segment of the mission failed.

Byford, Sam. “Japanese Mission to Clear Up Space Junk Ends in Failure”. The Verge,

Vox Media, 6 February 2017, theverge.com/2017/2/6/14530348/jaxa-

kounotori-space-junk-mission-failure.

EnglandAccording to The National Literacy Trust, the vast majority of England is having “serious literacy issues”. The analysis conducted found that about 80% of constituents have at least one ward.

Wood, Heloise. “NLT Analysis Exposes England’s Literacy ‘Crisis’”. The Bookseller,

Bookseller Media, 6 February 2017, thebookseller.com/news/nlt-research-

probes-englands-literacy-problems-480351.