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Values and Responsibilities

Values and Responsibilities. What do we understand by values? What are the values of a society or community?. Values of different cultures throughout history For the adventurers….courage For the indigenous….knowledge from ancestors For the Greeks…beauty. For western society...

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Values and Responsibilities

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  1. Values and Responsibilities

  2. What do we understand by values? What are the values of a society or community?

  3. Values of different cultures throughout history For the adventurers….courage For the indigenous….knowledge from ancestors For the Greeks…beauty

  4. For western society... Consumption society – what are the values?

  5. Competitive Society X Collaborative Society

  6. Consumption Society What are the values conveyed through media? For example, a TV commercial

  7. Consumption Society Commercials for Children 4 year old children do not understand when the commercial ends and the program begins, and only by the age of 12 do they reflect about the persuacive character of publicity In Brazil children spend on average 4 hours and 54 minutes per day in front of the TV Problems caused: poor nutrition, premature sexuality, unlimited consumption….

  8. Which values do we want to change? Which values do we want for our community? Transforming and changing the forms We want to change values This is TRANSVALUATE

  9. Decade of Education for Sustainable Development • In January 2005 the UN created DEDS • Themes included: • Citizenship • Community Values • Diversity • Independence • Sustainability • Quality of Life • Social Justice

  10. To transvaluate it is necessary to assume RESPONSIBILITIES How do we understand Responsibilities?

  11. Activity • Each group selects one principle of the Charter of Human Responsibilities (page 3) http://www.carta-responsabilidades-humanas.net/spip.php?article1924 • Construct a definition of Responsibility • Select a local environmental problem and find who are responsible for it. • What are the solutions to this problem, and who are responsible for solving it?

  12. New edition of the Charter of Human Responsabilities

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