The latest issue of the Global Education Newsletter contains information about the GlobalEdNet Discussion Group and the Global Education Projects Support Group. It also highlights a new online project which explores the impact of our food choices on people and the environment. The newsletter includes a calendar of significant events on the Global Education calendar including professional development activities and a range of useful resources. AusAID Hot Topics and Media Releases are also described.

In this Global Learning Quest, you will investigate the environmental, economic and social consequences of plastic use and waste for the Pacific Ocean and Islander communities and develop a response to the issues which could include an awareness campaign to reduce our reliance on plastics.

The biodiversity global issue module from the AusAID Global Education website includes teaching activities, a case study entitled 'Sweet taste of success : Sweet potato diversity in Papua New Guinea', links and resources and a glossary.

Education systems in many of the world's poorest countries are now experiencing the aftershock of the global economic downturn. The 2010 Education for All Global Monitoring Report argues that the crisis could create a lost generation of children whose life chances will have been irreparably damaged by a failure to protect their right to education. The Report examines who these children are and why they are being left behind, and shows that the cost of providing Education for All is much higher than previously estimated. The report may be downloaded by chapter. Press releases, summary report, regional overviews and other related resources are also available.

A Global Journey will give voice to teachers who have begun to include global perspectives in their work with secondary students. Evaluation by the Global Education Project in Victoria indicated that teachers would be interested in learning from peer experiences as they tried to build greater global awareness, knowledge and skills into their curriculum. Nineteen teacher stories have now been published to the website

In this Global Learning Quest students will describe the impact and spread of HIV/AIDS and examine activities to care for those living with HIV/AIDS and prevent its spread.

The natural fibres global issue module from the AusAID Global Education website includes teaching activities, a case study entitled 'Old knowledge, new fibres. Silk production in East Timor', links and resources and a glossary.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)global issue module from the AusAID Global Education website includes links and resources to a range of resources about the MDGs.

Global Ripples was a partnership between the University of Western Sydney (the School of Education) and AusAid to promote global education.

The latest issue of the Global Education Newsletter contains three new stories of interesting global education activities in schools around Australia. It also describes a new Global Learning Quest in which students develop a perspective about the value of multilingualism in their local and global context. The newsletter includes a calendar of significant events on the Global Education calendar and a range of useful resources. AusAID Hot Topics and Media Releases are also described.