What is global citizenship?
A global citizen is someone who identifies with being part of an emerging world community and whose actions contribute to building this community's values and practices.
What It Means to be a Global Citizen in the 21st Century
Many thinkers and writers have put forth their own ideas of what it means to be a global citizen in the 21st century. There may be disagreements as to the particulars, but the overall philosophy has several consistent points. Across the board, global citizens:
- Respect fellow humans, regardless of race, gender, age, religion, or political views.
- Appreciate diversity and the benefits it can offer any advanced society.
- View no single society or culture as inherently superior to any other.
- Cherish the natural world and respect the rights of all living things.
- Practice and encourage sustainable patterns of consumption and production.
- Work to eradicate poverty and inequality in all their forms.
- Support economic institutions that act transparently and in the public good.
- Strive to resolve conflicts without the use of violence.
- Feel responsibility to help solve pressing global challenges in whatever way they can
- Think globally, act locally