Abstract

Bridging the Gap Between Local Acts and Global Effects
Track: Education
Authors: Benno Werlen

Dealing successfully with social and climate changes on a worldwide level requires people to understand their own lives in a global context.
This new conditio humana, or human condition, requires?people to have a more wide-reaching awareness of their own lives. It necessitates bridging the gap between local?acts and global effects—because thinking globally and?acting appropriately on a local level presuppose global understanding.