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What Does Living Without Borders Really Mean Today?
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May 22, 2025
In today's connected world, being a global citizen is more about mindset than where you’re from. It’s not about leaving your home behind—it’s about broadening your care for people and cultures across the globe. At A Bus On A Dusty Road, we believe in looking beyond borders to better understand how we all fit into this bigger picture. Want to learn more? Read the full article here: https://abusonadustyroad.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-global-citizen-today/ #ABusOnADustyRoad #GlobalPerspective #CulturalConnections #ThinkGlobal #ModernCitizenship #WorldView #ExploreMore #LiveConnected We loved to hear from you! Check out our blog at ABusOnADustyRoad.com https://abusonadustyroad.com/ Find more great travel videos, recipes and food ideas, tips about ex-pat life, and ancestry travel.
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hi this is Anita from the Dusty Roads
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podcast today I want to talk a little
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bit about what does it mean to be a
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global citizen or what does it mean to
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be a global citizen in today's world our
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Dusty Roads podcast and at my blog A Bus
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on a Dusty Road we explore this a lot we
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talk about and encourage people to live
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your life as a global citizen first of
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all let's talk about what is a global
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citizen a global citizen is someone who
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sees beyond their national identity and
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embraces the shared responsibilities we
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all have as humans it's not about where
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you're born or live it's about how you
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think how you act and what values guide
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you global citizens care about human
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rights
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sustainability equity education and
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access they stay informed they travel
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when they can they ask questions they
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connect dots between cultures they
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listen they show up and they don't
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pretend the world's problems belong to
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someone else so why being a global
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citizen why does it matter today well
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we're more connected than ever you know
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through technology trade climate culture
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and crisis but connection doesn't
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guarantee compassion or action that's
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where global citizenship comes in it's a
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mindset that turns awareness into
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responsibility today I want to talk
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about 15 key areas about why being a
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global citizen
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matters and here are the 15 areas one
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you understand we're all interconnected
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you know the world is more
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interconnected now than I think it's
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ever been at any time and this
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interconnection will just continue to
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grow and grow as technology continues to
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grow we as a world are truly
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interconnected in so many ways
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you can have friends in one part of the
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world and stay connected with them you
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know through whether it's through
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Facebook or it's through you know
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FaceTime or any types of WhatsApp any
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other types of mediums you can be able
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to stay connected with your friends and
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family many years ago when I moved to
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Asia it was kind of a bit lonely i
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didn't hear from people much you know we
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didn't have the technology we have today
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it was very expensive to call but today
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I'm able to call home every single day
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and I'm able to connect every single day
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with people around the world it really
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truly is a more interconnected and
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different world than it's ever been
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before as a global citizen you respect
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cultures without making them seem
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romantic or stereotyping them you learn
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from others not to collect their
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traditions but to honor them so you know
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you have culture appreciation not
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appropriation and those are you know two
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very different things you appreciate the
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culture and the different nuances of
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another type of country you stay
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informed about global issues as a global
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citizen you're someone who cares about
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the world so you stay informed about
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what are the issues happening in the
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world you do other things like you
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support fair trade and ethical
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consumption you make buying choices that
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don't exploit workers or the environment
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you care where you know your coffee
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clothes or tech comes from you care
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about these things you understand them
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you practice environmental
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responsibility this I think is really a
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big one that the world needs more you
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know doing things like recycling
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reducing plastics and minimizing your
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carbon footprints are all they aren't
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just local concerns they should be
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global commitments language is powerful
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you may speak more than one language you
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may try to learn a few words when you
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travel it's not just about convenience
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it's also about respect language can be
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a great way to be able to bring cultures
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and countries and people together you
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embrace differences without trying to
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erase them you understand the world is
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filled with differences and you you try
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to embrace these differences and
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appreciate these differences you travel
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with curiosity and humility you know I
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think really think humility is a great
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thing you know so many people they they
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they travel and they feel like "Oh I
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know it all." Or they compare it to
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their home well in my home we do this in
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my country we do this that's not what
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travel's about travel is about having
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humility it's about learning from others
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it's about gaining from others it's
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about being able to see the differences
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in others and appreciate the differences
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in others you support local education
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you believe everyone should have access
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to learning whether it's a girl in
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Afghanistan or a rural student in
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Guatemala you believe in education for
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all and when you have the opportunity to
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travel maybe you educate somebody about
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your country about your culture about
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your life you vote and you influence
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policy and the world with the world in
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mind you know when you vote if you're in
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a country that allows you to vote you
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vote thinking about the world and about
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how this will impact the world how your
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vote will impact the world you advocate
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for human rights you stand up for
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freedom of speech gender equality LGBTQ
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and rights and racial justice and
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refugee
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protection regardless of where the
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issues originate you share
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knowledge not just opinions i think this
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is also a really important one that you
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know you contribute to the conversation
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projects the community you you become
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part of the solution not the problem
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where you can you offer help and
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mentorship and collaboration across
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borders you fight against nationalism
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and extremism and this is a problem
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which is happening more and more
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throughout the world where we're
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becoming very very nationalistic
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anti-global but as living your life as a
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global citizen you believe patriotism is
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fine you believe you're patriotic
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towards your own country but that
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doesn't mean that you it's at the
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expense of truth inclusion or inter or
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international cooperation you believe
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that you will that nationalism is
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important but you also don't believe in
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extremism you invest in solutions not
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just sympathy you don't just watch
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disasters unfold you donate you organize
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you build you care about long-term
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impact not just quick fixes
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you understand privilege and use it
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wisely i think this is also one of the
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key ones especially for those of us that
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have come from privileged societies or
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privileged places that you understand
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that privilege you know is important but
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you use it wisely too if you have access
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to travel tech education wealth you
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recognize it and you use it to amplify
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others not just elevate yourself there's
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many ways that you can start now to
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start thinking like a global citizen and
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here's a few things that you can do even
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if you can't travel you can read
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international news you know at least
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weekly support global causes and
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verified NOS's listen to podcasts from
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outside your culture a podcast such as
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this one is is such an example try food
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from regions you don't know much about
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and try to learn and explore about those
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foods follow educators artists and
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leaders from other countries teach your
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kids or others about parts of the world
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learn one phrase in a new language every
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month understand immigration not just
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policy but as people's lives global
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citizen is not just a trend it becomes
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really a lifelong practice and it
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becomes something that you should do
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throughout your life so if you've been
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listening with the Dusty Roads podcast
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you realize that we are great advocates
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for living life as a global citizen and
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we've said many times that you don't
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really have to travel you you know you
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could just be someone who cares about
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the world someone who wants to learn
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about the world and someone who wants to
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learn about other lives other cultures
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and other places and that's what it
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really means to live your life as a
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global citizen i've written a a blog on
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this entitled you know what does it mean
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to be a global citizen today and in
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there's some ideas there's some
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frequently asked questions there's some
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other things like that that you can use
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to be able to see what does it really
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mean to be a global citizen today and
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how you can take these steps in your
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life to become a global citizen i
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believe in today's world in this world
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where we live in where you know things
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are becoming more like people are
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becoming more nationalistic or they're
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they're they're they're saying that they
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they want to block the world out or not
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have the world around that it's more
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important than ever that those of us who
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believe in this that we stand up for
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this we stand up to live our lives as a
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global citizen so we hope that you'll
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subscribe that you'll join with us and
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that you'll be part of this community
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where it's not just about learning about
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travel and the world and other things
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but it's also really about learning how
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to live your life as a global citizen
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