La educación ambiental: ¿uno de los medios para evitar los desastres de origen antrópico?

Abstract

The author deals with the human impact over its surrounding, which frecuently give rise to ecological disasters known as of anthropic origen. It is considered urgent to review some aspects which interfere with environmental education, putting at risk the survival of young generation already born. In consequence, it is of interest to focus the problem from the epistemological point of view, placing special attention to those thoughts which makes it hard to work the environmental education to wards preventing situations which threatens the population wellbeing. To that goal the water management example is briefly used to present part of disasters of anthropic origen.

Keywords

• Desastres de origen antrópico
• educación ambiental
• desarrollo humano
• explotación de recursos naturales
• agua
• inundaciones
• crecimiento demográfico
• pensamiento económico y religioso