Some Observations on Ethics and Environmental Education

Abstract

When we see from a critical point of view the social attitude in the context that is signed by the continual degradation of the environment and, consequently, of our ecosystem, this is urgent a proposal for a new mentality and a new same paradigm as a reference for the environment education. In this article, searching for present ideas and proposes to educational issues, especially in dynamic relationship between teachers and students; Autonomy often conditioned teacher whatever socio-environmental news and proposes that its same function as mediator of social and environmental education; and even the socio-environmentally seen by the focus of common sense in a postmodern society and technocratic .; sustainable environment question established in capitalist needs of people rather than nature needs. These are some questions gathered to mark on Freire of Education and the book “Pedagogy of the Land” written by Gadotti.

Keywords: Ethics, Environmental Education, Alterity