Villaggio per la Terra
Caterina Braga
Among the most authoritative critical voices on the state of the planet, Pope Francis in his Encyclical Letter Laudato si’ (2015) has placed the emphasis on the challenge of protecting the common home by unifying the entire human family in the search for a new humanism and integral ecology. Several factors raise pressing questions about how individuals and societies, material and cultural production systems, local and planetary resources relate to each other. The human root of the ecological crisis calls into question politics and economics, educational paths and scientific research. Pedagogy questions the sciences and presents itself as a critical and emancipatory reflection, between values and simulacra, soliciting new lifestyles. The essay moves from an emblematic experience, Villaggio per la Terra, inspired by a formative interpretation of the Sustainable Development Goals with particular reference to the appeal of the Global Compact on Education heralded by the Encyclical Laudato si’.
Keywords
Pedagogy, Education, Sustainability, Integral ecology, Agenda 2030.
