MANAO, Ajiealyn S.

April 23, 2019

BSHM PCA 1 (HAT) T,Th/12:30-2:00

Activity: GLOBAL MIGRATION

I. In a short bond paper, answer the following questions.

1. Mention someone you know who migrated to another country.

 My cousin who migrated at Canada.

2. Determine if the influence of his/her migration was due to economic, political, cultural, or
social factors.
 The influence of her migration was due to economic factor.

3. After determining the factors, state the example that influenced him/her.
 An example that influenced her is the better quality of life, job opportunity and
good pay or high salary.

4. What is the effect of his/her migration to his/her life?

 The effect of her migration to her life is that, she was able to find a stable job. She
also had a family, owned a house and lot and manages her own business

II. In a tabulated form, list down all the political, economic, cultural, and social factors
underlying the global movements of people.

POLITICAL ECONOMIC CULTURAL SOCIAL

Pull Factors Push Pull Push Pull Push Factors Pull Push
Factors Factors Factors Factors Factors Factors

Freedom Persecution Good pay Unemployment Better Conflict from Plenty of Poor
political refugees food service
Democracy War Better quality Overpopulation situation
of life Drought Principles Intolerance
Job Few jobs of towards a
restriction Job Famine religious certain
opportunity Low wages tolerance cultural
Lack of Extreme group
social Better jobs religious
mobility activity Active
religious
Race persecution

Discriminating
cultures

Political
instability

Forced
migration

Changes in
international
borders
III. What did you learn from the video interviews that were shown in class?
 I learned from the video interview that, being an OFW is not easy. It is because you
are willing to sacrifice everything just to provide the needs of your family. There are
times that, OFW are being abused, cannot eat well or skip their meals and work
harder to earn more money. OFW’s pretend to be okay in front of their families even
though they are being abused, tired at work and still, they are brave enough to
face those challenges and get rid of it. So, we need to value the hard work and
sacrifices of those people who are abroad and be proud of them.

IV. How do the global movements of the people affect our country?
 The global movements of the people affect our country through economy. In which,
fuel productivity growth and propelled the dispersion of interlinked activities
worldwide, is premised upon various forms of mobility, including the migration of
labour from low-wage to high-wage places and the daily travel of workers from their
homes to workplaces.
MANAO, Ajiealyn S. April 23, 2019
BSHM PCA 1 (HAT) T,Th/12:30-2:00

Activity: GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY & GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

1. List down 5 effects of food insecurity and explain.

a. Poverty
Poor people lack access to sufficient resources to produce or buy quality food. Poor farmers may
have very small farms, use less effective farming techniques, and/or be unable to afford fertilisers and
labour-saving equipment, all of which limit food production. They often find it difficult to grow enough
food for them, let alone generate income by selling excess to others. Without economic resources
and a political voice, poor farmers may be forced on to less productive land possibly causing further
environmental deterioration. Addressing poverty is critical to ensuring that all people have sufficient
food.
b. Health
Without sufficient calories and nutrients, the body slows down, making it difficult to undertake the
work needed to produce food. Without good health, the body is also less able to make use of the
food that is available. A hungry mother will give birth to an underweight baby, who then faces a
future of stunted growth, frequent illness, learning disabilities and reduced resistance to disease.
Contaminated food and water can cause illness, nutrient loss and often death in children.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has reduced food production in many affected countries as productive
adults become ill or die. Lacking the labour, resources and know-how to grow staples and
commercial crops, many households have shifted to cultivating survival foods or even leaving their
fields, further reducing the food supply. Addressing health issues will improve utilisation and
availability of food.
c. Water and the environment
Food production requires massive amounts of water. Producing sufficient food is directly related to
having sufficient water. Irrigation can ensure an adequate and reliable supply of water which
increases yields of most crops.
Where water is scarce, achieving food security may depend on importing food from countries with
an abundance of water. This may be a more efficient use of a scarce resource.
d. Disasters and conflicts
Droughts, floods, cyclones and pests can quickly wipe out large quantities of food as it grows or
when it is in storage for later use. Seeds can also be destroyed by such environmental dangers.
Conflict can also reduce or destroy food in production or storage as farmers flee to safety or become
involved in the fighting. Previously productive land may be contaminated with explosive debris and
need to be cleared before it can again be used for food production. Stored food, seeds and
breeding livestock may be eaten or destroyed by soldiers, leading to long-term food shortages.
Government spending needs to prioritise food security after conflicts.
e. Population and urbanisation
Population growth increases the demand for food. With most productive land already in use, there is
pressure for this land to become more productive. Poor harvests and higher costs lead many poor
farmers to migrate to cities to look for work. Expanding cities spread out across productive land,
pushing food production further and further away from consumers. This increases the cost of all the
activities associated with producing and transporting food, and decreases the food security of the
poor in cities.

2. Why global citizenship is important?

 Global citizenship is important because it provides and develops skills such as critical
thinking and self-management for young people.
 Global citizenship engages young people in their national and global societies as future
leaders who will shape and influence for the common good.
3. In your opinion, what is global citizenship?
 Global citizenship encourages young people to develop the knowledge, skills and
values they need to engage with the world. It’s about the belief that we can all make a
difference.
 It is a way of living that recognizes our world is an increasingly complex web of
connections and interdependencies. One in which our choices and actions may have
repercussions for people and communities locally, nationally or internationally.

4. Explain the 3 pillars of sustainability.

 The environmental pillar often gets the most attention. Companies are focusing on
reducing their carbon footprints, packaging waste, water usage and their overall effect
on the environment. Companies have found that have a beneficial impact on the
planet can also have a positive financial impact. Lessening the amount of material
used in packaging usually reduces the overall spending on those. Other businesses that
have an undeniable and obvious environmental impact, such as mining or food
production, approach the environmental pillar through benchmarking and reducing.
One of the challenges with the environmental pillar is that a business's impact are often
not fully cost, meaning that there are externalities that aren't being captured. The all-in
costs of wastewater, carbon dioxide, land reclamation and waste in general are not
easy to calculate because companies are not always the ones on the hook for the
waste they produce. This is where benchmarking comes in to try and quantify those
externalities, so that progress in reducing them can be tracked and reported in a
meaningful way.
 The social pillar ties back into another poorly defined concept: social license. A
sustainable business should have the support and approval of its employees,
stakeholders and the community it operates in. The approaches to securing and
maintaining this support are various, but it comes down to treating employees fairly and
being a good neighbour and community member, both locally and globally.
 The economic pillar of sustainability is where most businesses feel they are on firm
ground. To be sustainable, a business must be profitable. That said profit, cannot trump
the other two pillars. In fact, profit at any cost is not at all what the economic pillar is
about. Activities that fit under the economic pillar include compliance, proper
governance and risk management. While these are already table stakes for most North
American companies, they are not globally.

5. In your own words, what is sustainable economy?

 It is an economic development that attempts to satisfy the needs of humans but in a
manner that sustains natural resources and the environment for future generations.
Economy functions in the ecosystem.
 Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet theirs.