Education in response of climate change and social inequity. The ecological and global citizenship

Abstract

Every inhabitant of the Earth is experiencing the severity of the consequences of reckless and inconsiderate use of natural resources and widespread socio-economic inequity. It is necessary to initiate a complex cultural renewal according to a systemic-relational paradigm, to accompany every human being in designing personal ecological and sustainable styles of inhabiting the world in different ages and contexts of life, in order to guarantee concrete possibilities for a future worth living for all humankind. This is primarily an educational challenge. There is a wealth of data and research to fully understand the current situation in which the common home finds itself. The following will highlight some recent studies in which the intertwining of climate change, social inequalities, and lifestyles is evident. It will then be seen how the notion of sustainability should be read from a global-systemic perspective, thus interfacing more easily with the theory of education.