Sustainability, Social Justice and Intergenerational Solidarity

Anthropocentric education considers human as the center of everything, rarely emphasizing the existence of ecology as an integral part of human life. This education creates human selfishness to dominate nature through unlimited exploitation of natural resources to meet only present needs, totally ignoring the sustainability of the planet and the prosperity of future generations. This is why popular education is needed on a strong basis in revolutionary ideas to fight for the liberation of the people, women’s emancipation, intergenerational solidarity, ecological preservation and ensuring the sustainability of the planet.

Theologian and philosopher Leonardo Boff suggests that we need actions that liberate the poor through education and training to be able to use natural resources in a sustainable way to meet human needs and at the same time preserve the sustainability of natural resources from
generation to generation.

Education is partial; must be pro poor people, pro ecology, pro truth and social justice.