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In the Era of “liquid modernity” the pilgrim finds the identity in the global village, lost in the globalized world that became, through the media advent, in village.Nike, Coca Cola, Mc Donald, took the place of the local, transforming the world in one big display window where the multinational has the upper hand on the local identities. In this context there is no gage, the fluidity characterizes life, the risk is the homologation, the highest expression of freedom is zapping, quoting Zygmunt Bauman.Can the pilgrim find a new identity in this reality?Is there anymore place for him? Can we be still happy?Is it still possible to make the world solid? Or are we all obliged to become simple tourists and foreigners?

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What does the term globalization mean to me? (Apostolos) 

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What does the term globalization mean to me? (Apostolos) 

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Yesterday's experience had its own significance as the Erasmus team found themselves in the forest in rainy weather facing the difficulties of travel. The needs of all of us were common, as the forest that hosted us was the same for everyone. Regardless of our place of origin, culture or language the rain fell on us the same, the wind blew for all of us and the food we had to share was common. The thought automatically arises that if there is no mutual respect for our needs, then not only one will have a hard time, but in the future all of us will have a hard time.

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Being global citizen understands not only the benefits of it, but also an responsibility and accountability. Responsibility for our behavior which takes in account the needs and problems of the whole global community. Which can be overwhelming, and very high task to do, because it basically means taking from ourself in a way and giving it where is needed. Nonetheless it is possible, at least in a small measure. We have to prepare our pupils to be more successful in this than present generations, and it was very useful to learn about different topics for international learning, along with according activities and outcomes.

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Today in the majesty of the rainforest I understood that the earth doesn’t belong to man but man to the earth like a mongoose or an yellow eye bird.

Global village for me means that we are all inhabitants of the same village, that we are citizens of the whole world and not of a single state, but men have set boundaries and feel a sense of belonging, forcing other men to emigrate or immigrate when they should simply be free to migrate like swallows.

The human being is the only being who has the presumption of being able to dominate nature, instead he's just a guest.

In the rainforest thousands of types of plants grow high, constantly struggling for the light. A tree dies and another trunk is born from his outstretched body. The modern society has lost contact with nature and has stopped learning from nature, it doesn’t accept pain and death but pain and death exist. There is no happiness without sadness, there is no light without darkness. The rainforest is a metaphor: if you want the light you have to go through the darkness.

It rains, you get wet but then the sun comes out and you dry up.

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Today we discussed the possibilities of global identity. Theoretically I suggest we should never forget the multiple layers that make up our sense of belonging, namely the regional, national and European identity: basically a multi scale identity, that's what we are talking about. But with Shakespeare (Hamlet) I would say: ay, there's the rub....
meaning that at the moment at least this is still a utopian notion when,for example, what we testify to is lack of  a political unity in the EU and the resurgence of nationalisms....not to speak about wars and other atrocities that are accepted in the interests of an invisible but pervasive oligarchy of money makers, the tangible result of globalized trade of goods and people.
We are here in a place that was a key to the slave trade centuries ago. Have we really got far from that or has it all just been reshaped in contemporary history?
Can a theory such as that of Global Citizenship really affect the lives of people in the most different parts of the world? Are those skills and competences going to affect policies or are they just a valuable pedagogical strategy to make better individuals ? As teachers we believe in ethical learning....however shouldn't we take another route to really push governments and to create "real" powerful international bodies attentive to local needs??

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Often students live in two worlds - a digital world and a real world.  Sometimes - I think- more in a digital world.  I think the digital world can open a global door, but I also think, that can only work, when they take steps also in the real world. And that is a part of me to show the students the real world.

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Today's experience has made me aware that living with others while respecting differences is an opportunity for personal growth. As the multitude of plants that characterize the rainforest makes that environment unique, rich, harmonious, so does  the peaceful coexistence of peoples makes the face of the world more beautiful.

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Today I 've learned that             "Think globally, act locally" Is a mantra not so easy to put in practice but each of us should do his/her best to work harder on this issue in order to foster belonging ,peace, equality and sustainability .
Maybe One day all this could come true!

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In the sci-fi movie The Matrix, the hero is offered two pills representing the easy but wrong choice and the difficult but right choice. 

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As a sci-fi cinema lover I chose this recent addition to our collective culture to present some thoughts. It is quite difficult to make choices based on their global impact, even more so to teach children to make choices. In all that I am pretty much convinced that the best way to go is to lead by example. Show them that we recycle, consume responsibly and discuss discuss discuss. Who knows? We might choose the right pill and save humanity.

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Today I have learned that being a global citizen is basically easy to structure or to put it in some theories, but in reality the most difficult challenge is to put it on a level for each pupil in order to make it possible for him or her to succeed. So our job as a teacher is basically to create an equal access and opportunities to act for everybody.

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Today I learned, why the rain forest is called rain forest. According to that I found out, that you can have the point of view that one drop is only one drop in the ocean, but also, that without any drop you can't fill anything. So any drop of water can be a start to make the world a better place.
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