Environmental education in search of the “lost paradise”
Abstract
The need of instituting the environmental dimension in the school curricula introduces a debate between two political tendencies: that of environmentalists who think that sustainable society has natural richness as a goal; and that which considers nature as means for human life. The first concept is based on organic metaphors; the most highlighted one is that a healthy environment contributes to the body’s health, and that environmental problems are related to infirmities. This concept states that human needs are only the vital ones; the others are variations, without any hierarchy (TIME CYCLE). At the same time it sustains that greater productivity, is needed. A hierarchy is established between archaic (TIME ARROW) ways of producing and environmentally healthy ones. 7.08.00.00-6 EducaçãoDownloads
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Published
2007-09-28
How to Cite
Mazzotti, T. (2007). Environmental education in search of the “lost paradise”. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 28(2), 201-208. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v28i2.152
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Philosophy and Education
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