Kim Hyun Jae - Sinseo Middle School

Sinseo Middle SchoolSeoul, Korea

Kim, Hyun Jae

Contents

1. What is a Global Citizen?

2. [Case1]-Why is Manaos, Brazil suffering?

3. [Case2]-Prosumer, Masstige, Caffé-latte

Index?

4. [Case3]-Eat snails? Eat dog meat?

5. Global Efforts

6. I + You + They = We

What is a Global Citizen?

A global citizen is…Someone who really cares for the worldSomeone who hates discriminationSomeone who wants peace and cooperationSomeone who is active in saving our planet!!Someone who accepts diversity

Bahá'í Faith:"The Earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens"

[Case1]-Why is Manaos, Brazil losing Vitality?

The Amazon Rainforest:

Central Amazon Conservation

Complex

=>UNESCO designated

WORLD NATURE RESERVES

=>OVER 60,000KM2

=>BIODIVERSITY: Pirarucu,

Amazon Manatee, Black

Caiman, River dolphin

Destruction of the Rain Forest

Black Caiman

River Dolphin

[Case2]-Prosumer, Masstige, Caffe-latte Index?

• Economic Crisis (2008-2009): • Began in Wall Street->Subprime mortgage problem

professional–consumer as a market segment->opposite of a “passive consumer”

Mass + Prestige Products->term introduced by <Harvard Business Review> in 2003

Also called “Starbucks Index”->A representation of purchasing power parity published by The Economist ->that determines what a country's exchange rate would need to be ->in order for a Starbucks tall latte to cost the same as it does in the United States.

[Case3]-Eat snails? Eat dog meat?

• Definition of CultureCulture: the traditions and general habits of a particular society

• Includes art, literature, eating habits, manners, religions, sports…

France-SnailsKorea-Dog meat

China-Scorpions

Korea-Kimchi

Global Efforts

Korean volunteers working for the 사랑의 집짓기 Love Building Homes Campaign.

A Korean Portal Website, Naver’s program to stimulate donation

Global Efforts

The United Nations->secretary general:Ban, Ki-moon

UN is helping out Internally Displaced Persons with UNICEF and World Food Program.

A girl in Africa is working on her own in a rural Mauritanian encampment. The International Labor Organization is assisting these people.

I + You + They = We

• We can Do it!!• Save the Earth, Save the Planet,

Save the People!• Love, and care for each other!

Learn to love and appreciate yourself

Learn to love and help family, friends, teachers, and neighbors around you

Learn other cultural beliefs and help socially unprivileged people in the world

Begin Now!“Nah, it’s all abstract and wordy..”“I’m just one small part. I can’t make a difference alone.”“What really bugs me is homework, not global citizen!”

“Nah, it’s all abstract and wordy..”“I’m just one small part. I can’t make a difference alone.”“What really bugs me is homework, not global citizen!”