Global Citizen is a term that is used for every individual who sees himself or herself as part of a modern emerging world community and whose actions and deeds help the community to expand and grow and to define the community’s values and practices.
Historically, humans always find themselves in building an organized community that is based on shared identity. These identities are sometimes forgotten due to the variation of needs and environment of each. These identities could be political, economic, religious or social. When the group identity becomes stronger, they make a governance structure to support their beliefs and grow their community according to their beliefs.
In the modern world, Information, Transportation, and Communications technologies are supporting people to flourish in their global identity. These technologies are also helping us and strengthen our abilities to make easy connections to the world. For example, the Internet is helping us to strengthen our abilities and to actively participate in the global economy through the methods in which we can see the impact of atmospheric change on the environment of the world and the sympathy that we feel when we see the pictures of disasters in other countries. All the advanced technologies help the individual to achieve academic, Personal and Professional goals (Reysen & Katzarska‐Miller, 2013).
There are different definitions of global citizenship in the modern world. The confusion about the definition of global citizenship is exacerbated due to the theories that are drawn from the diverse disciplines. My definition of global citizenship is the entailing of people who are thinking and acting and acting globally and considering cultural diversity, which is the main role in global citizenship.
Global Citizens have the responsibility of adopting lifestyles and values that reflect our commitments to maintain the planet and show respect for the diversity of the world’s culture. For Example, It is the responsibility of every individual to minimize the carbon footprint and to protect the environment and its resources. Everyone should promote the values of compression, tolerance, and sympathy for others and make supportive relationships with the people of other cultures and countries.
It is the responsibility of every individual to participate and act for the betterment of the world. A global citizen has the responsibility to understand their perceptions and perspectives of others on global issues. Most global issues have multinational social, political, economic and ethical issues attached to them. As a global citizen, it is the responsibility of every individual to understand the different ideas, work on them and find a solution on a ground basis. Global Citizens should not take sides with one particular point of view but have to search for a way that will bring all sides together (Tichy, McGill, & Clair, 1997).
To attain environmental sustainability, I prefer to use renewable energy resources. I have installed a solar panel system and power station in my home, and all of the electricity that I use comes from sustainable energy resources. This causes environmental sustainability.
I act for the betterment of the world. I use social media to give my reviews on the problems and conflicts that are faced by the world, and I suggest solutions so that my ideas can help in the betterment of the world.
The general education courses that help in the understanding of global citizenship are Global Citizenship and Education and Think Globe. These courses influenced me to be a global citizen because they taught me that it is the responsibility of every individual to act for the betterment of Global civilization and reduce the distance among the nations by increasing collaboration and resolving all the issues and conflicts in all the nations.
Reference
Reysen, S., & Katzarska‐Miller, I. (2013). A model of global citizenship: Antecedents and outcomes. International Journal of Psychology, 48(5), 858–870.
Tichy, N. M., McGill, A. R., & Clair, L. S. (1997). Corporate global citizenship: Doing business in the public eye. Lexington Books.
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