globalcitizenship

=Global Citizenship = How would you like to consider every country on the planet your home? Imagine, traveling freely across borders worldwide.



[[image:http://globalcitizens.pbworks.com/f/1228506913/globepass.gif width="325" height="465" align="left"]]What is it?
The plan is that as a citizen of the world, a person can have freedom to pass through countries unhindered in return for his or her respect toward other cultures as well as the local laws. As yet, global citizenship is only an idea. Every country has people, and every group of people has cultural beliefs and rules. Also, every country is different in wealth, geography, resources, and other factors. Before global citizenship becomes a possibility, several things need to happen.

1. Hunger, disease, violence, and poverty plague numerous countries. Before they can begin to worry about global citizenship, they must face and reduce the problems at home.

2. Animosity between countries has to be diminished. How long has it been since a U.S. citizen has been able to vacation in Cuba? It is the tension between those in office that prevents travel between their countries.

3. A global understanding of human rights has to be reached so that every human being, no matter their gender, ethnicity, creed, orientation, and any other human trait, receives equal rights and respect. One one hand, this will guarantee equality for all. On the other hand, every culture that puts limits on its own citizens will have to lessen its influence. This means every culture.

Possible Advantages of Global Citizenship
1. Open doors to other cultures can help build cultural tolerance and understanding. 2. With poorer and richer countries in more contact, more prosperous countries might help less prosperous countries improve the quality of life for people in the area 3. Transfer of natural resources, talents, ideas will increase 4. A global environment preservation/protection organization might be employed

Possible Disadvantages of Global Citizenship
1. Could cultural boundaries blur to the point of cultural extinction? 2. Will there still be potential for extortion and corruption with more contact between #|corporations and Third World countries? 3. In the struggle to make all global citizens “equal” interfere with age-old cultural traditions and assumptions?