Along his professional career, Andre Francisco Pilon held the following
positions: Associate Professor, University of São Paulo; Psychologist,
State Court of Justice; Director, Health Education Department, Ministry
of Health; journalist and editor, journal Academus. He is affiliated to
the following entities: International Academy of Science, Health &
Ecology; United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification;
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; IUCN
Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy; EuroScience;
World Alliance for Citizen Participation; Int. Assoc. for the Study of
the Commons; Water Supply and Sanitation Council, Global Alliance for
the Rights of Nature; Global Sustainable Futures. Sydney Environment
Institute; Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum):
NORRAG Network; Global Bildung Network. His ecosystem approach to
communication, advocacy, public policies, research and teaching programs
take in account the general phenomenon, in view of the transformation of
the dominant paradigms of development, growth, wealth, power and freedom
embedded at political, economic, educational and cultural levels.
Earth’s regeneration and mankind’s regeneration, as faces of the
same coin, are addressed simultaneously, for their mutual support. Goals
and new paths to reach them contemplates a set of values, norms and
policies that prioritizes socio-ecological objectives, human well-being,
natural and built environments, the aesthetic, ethical and cultural
meaning of life, encompassing four dimensions of being-in-the-world
(intimate, interactive, social and biophysical), as they combine, as
donors and recipients, to induce the events (deficits/assets), cope with
consequences (desired/undesired) and contribute for change (potential
outputs).
Public Profile and Selected Publications:
https://www.unccd.int/science/former-spi-members/andre-francisco-pilon