Through our Global Citizenship Education practice, Comhlámh strives to create space for open inquiry, exploration of the complex, interdependent and unequal world of which we are part, and the envisaging of a more just and sustainable future for all.

We encourage people to begin from a place of compassion and critical inquiry, focusing on exploring uncomfortable topics (colonialism, whiteness, privilege, unsustainability and more), and building and sustaining allyships, all in an effort to deepen the work for justice and planetary repair.

Against the backdrop of intersecting global crises and heightened uncertainty about what the future holds, Comhlámh believes that the kind of Global Citizenship Education approaches that we practice matter.

In recent years, through our courses, trainings, and public events, we have been seeking out approaches that:

• Move away from the urge for quick fix solutions, creating space for acknowledgement of the scale, complexity, and depth of the problems we face;

• Encourage ways of relating differently to each other;

• Examine complicity in systems of harm, including models of development that are no longer serving our planet;

• Invite the envisaging of a more just and Earth-centred future.

For Comhlámh, supporting individuals and organisations to find direction on this basis feels increasingly important, with critical and creative pedagogy encouraging the necessary depth and accountability. In these times of intensifying and interlocking crises, this Global Citizenship Education approach is emerging for us as a meaningful way to generate much needed solidarity.