Development

Chapter 5 - Development: Living in a Changing World.

An ever changing world

Key words for this section are:
FUTURE, DEVELOPMENT, CHANGE, IMPROVEMENTS, BENEFIT. 

In 1993 A T & T, a telephone company in America, ran a series of adevrtisements to showcaase how future thinking they were. Watch this compilation of the advertisements and note how many of their predictions are not reality today.

And watch this video to see how Microsoft think we will be learning, working, and travelling by 2019. How much of this is reality?



And here for how Corning Glass think our homes will be improved in the future. Is this Development?

Check the Leinster Leader online newspaper and find one article which informs the people of Kildare about a local development project.

And check the Kildare Planning blog to see what planning has been sought or approved of in recent months. How will these developments affect their local area?

Which department would I contact at Kildare County Council if I wanted to pay my car tax?
Which department if I wanted to report a broken swing in the local park?
Which department if I wanted to apply for planning permission?

Global development

Key words for this section are:
GLOBAL, DEVELOPMENT, EMPOWER, TRUST, VOLUNTEER,   TEAM.

The Niall Mellon Township Trust builds houses for people who live in shacks in towns in South Africa. Watch this video and see how this benefits more than just building houses.
1. How does the community benefit?
2. Does the NMTT only build houses?
3. Apart from funding, what else does the NMTT depend on?



Find out more about the Niall Mellon Township Trust at their website and watch more of their videos here.

Read the InTuition edition on World Habitat Day below. How is Habitat for Humanity changing people's lives? Is this Development?
Does the work done by Habitat for Humanity fit in with any other CSPE key concept?