Educazione ambientale e sviluppo sostenibile

Educazione ambientale e sviluppo sostenibile ABSTRACT: Sustainability as a complex, integrative and normative guiding principle, characterised by ecological, economic, social, cultural and political dimensions, stands outside the traditional structures in scientific life. Thus, academic education is challenged by the necessity to initiate learning processes which are characterised by open operating processes with a wide perspective. The paper focuses on the Institute for Environmental & Sustainability Communication. The Institute is part of the Faculty of Environment and Technology at the University of Lüneburg which has recently merged with the Lüneburg University of Applied Science. Research and education focus on the overall concept of Sustainability via three main working areas: Environmental and Sustainability Communication, Environmental Informatics and Participation and Sustainable Development This includes the utilisation of the internet/world wide web as global database. It includes furthermore a decentralised and conjoint completion of different subtasks in order to strengthen team work and student reflection. Communication among students is seen as an important element of the learning process. The internet platform offers a learning environment that enables the student to work independently from space and time and from any other persons. In addition, this platform creates space for selfdiscovering learning.

Liza Centrone, Educazione ambientale e sviluppo sostenibile in "CULTURE DELLA SOSTENIBILITA '" 3/2008, pp 85-116, DOI: