The term “human” comes from the Latin: humus, “fertile soil”: the very same root of the word “humilty”. The technological and trans-human “saga” that we live today, plunges us in an alienated world and in a virtual time, where a paradoxical narcissism reigns, cause in the Market Matrix there are no more “faces” but only trademarks, codes, consumption and exclusion. Recovering the sense of being human is the philosophical task of our time. Fulfilling this task means to deliver the human being from the slavery of money and power and from its counterfeit identities which give us only false happiness. It means to take consciousness of the diversity and freedom of the human being and of the values which teach us how to live together and how to love.

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Researchers and professors from different countries and scientific fields attempt to make a conceptualization of “sustainability” from different disciplinary approaches: social psychology, sociology, education and economy, with the intention of highlighting the interpretative parameters which facilitate the understanding of sustainability and its practical political applications.

In the book Environmental education and ecosystem management in Mexico, the authors reflect about the space given to Environmental Education in the Sector of Educacional Policies – where it appears as marginal – as well as in the Environmental Sector, where it is used as a mere instrument for environmental management, lessening its potencial role in promoting values and attitudes.

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