8. Good Jobs

Posted on March 17, 2019August 16, 2020 by Mother Earth

SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth

Earth year 4,492,056,017
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Mankind, My children

In my first blog post I asked that you commit to following my blog for a few weeks to give me a chance to explain the most important issues affecting our joint survival. Subsequent Blog posts have started to give you some facts about the big and important Global issues that need to be addressed and what sorts of actions you personally could take. In today’s Blog post, I want to talk about Decent Work and Economic Growth.

The Problem

There were 172 million unemployed in 2018 and of even those, who were working, more than one quarter of workers in low-and middle-income countries were living in extreme or moderate poverty. Since 736 million people live on incomes of less than US$ 1.90 a day, poverty eradication can only be achieved if we can find stable and well paid jobs for all. Agriculture remains the single biggest employer and source of income for 40% of the world so helping poor farmers and poor workers to have a living wage can help. Education can lift people out of poverty and research shows that 40% literacy is needed for a country to achieve rapid economic development. However, 124 million children and adolescents are not in school so will never be able to aspire to better paid jobs. We need to do more to change this.

Do you feel guilty when watching TV reports about the suffering of the poor in developing countries? Are you frustrated that not enough is done to reduce the inequality and unfairness that denies opportunities to hundreds of millions in much of the world? Now is your chance to do something to change the world!

The facts

1. 470 million jobs are need for new entrants to the job market in the next 15 years
2. 736 million people live on less than $1.90 per day so cannot afford access to technology
3. 40% of the poor work in agriculture and earn very low wages
4. There are 145 million orphans in the world who have no one to help them

WCYDo (wich-ee-do What Can You Do?)

1. Donate to or fund raise for charities, such as www.clintonfoundation.org
2. Donate your old computers to charities sending computers to developing world
3. Buy fair trade fruit and products to help the poor get a living wage
4. Write to your politicians to increase aid and trade with developing world
5. Share the facts about the need to have good jobs with adequate pay in developing world with family and friends.

Tell others and encourage them and to join our group. See you next week on my new blog post.
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9. Innovation and Infrastructure

Posted on March 16, 2019August 24, 2020 by Mother Earth

SDG – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Earth year 4,492,056,017
Mother Earth/ Gaia‘s Blog

Mankind, My children

In my first blog post I asked that you commit to following my blog posts for a few weeks to give me a chance to explain the most important issues affecting our joint survival. Subsequent Blogs have started to give you some facts about the big and important Global issues that need to be addressed and what sorts of actions you personally could take. In today’s Blog post I want to talk about Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

The Problem

Basic infrastructure (roads, electrical networks, sanitation, water supply, etc.) remains very scarce in many developing countries. Around 2.6 billion people cannot access electricity full time, 2.5 billion people do not have access basic sanitation, 800 million do not have access to clean water and over 1.1 billion do not have access to a reliable telephone service. Inadequate infrastructure limits access to healthcare, education, markets, jobs, information and training. This perpetuates poverty, limits job opportunities and is a barrier to doing business. Infrastructure helps countries to industrialise their processes and create better paid jobs. Every one job created in manufacturing creates 22 jobs in other sectors.

Do you feel guilty and helpless about the continued suffering of the poor in developing countries and the inequality that denies opportunities to hundreds of millions in much of the world? Do you think more should be done to change this? Now is your chance to do something to change the world!

The facts

Small and medium manufacturing and industrial processing companies make up 90% of businesses worldwide and provide over 50% of employment
Renewable energy now with 2.3 million jobs could provide 20 million jobs by 2030
In developing countries only 30% of agricultural production is processed so there is huge scope for agro business in developing world
6 billion people do not have reliable electricity full time

WCYDo (wich-ee-do – What Can You Do?)

Buy fair trade fruit and products to help poor suppliers to grow and develop

Encourage/promote more use of renewable energy
Write to your politicians to increase aid and trade with developing world
Donate to charities such as www.constructionforchange.org
Share the facts about Innovation and Infrastructure with family and friends.

Encourage others to join us and to visit us on Facebook to sign up for our newsletter and information about our proposed WCYDo APP. See you next week on blog post.