Education and Integral Ecology The Role of Family, Spirituality and University
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This article asserts the need for education in order to move towards integral ecology and studies the role that the family, spirituality and the university can play in this formative task. The family has the primary right to educate and it is indeed the most important school. Spirituality "can motivate us to a more passionate concern for the protection of our world". The university must also play an important role, harmoniously integrating learning and social service, rather than reducing itself to a merely instrumental and transmitting function. Thus, a new relational paradigm will be possible, one that fosters family relationships and a holistic vision of reality. This urgent need has also been highlighted by the current Covid-19 pandemic.
Sumario: Este artículo muestra que la educación es imprescindible para poder avanzar hacia la ecología integral y estudia el papel que la familia, la espiritualidad y la universidad pueden desempeñar en esta tarea formativa. La familia es «la más importante escuela» y la espiritualidad ofrece las motivaciones que necesitamos «para alimentar una pasión por el cuidado del mundo». También la universidad debe desempeñar un papel importante, integrando armoniosamente el aprendizaje y el servicio social a la comunidad (service learning), en lugar de reducirse a una función meramente instrumental y transmisora. Será así posible un nuevo paradigma relacional, que potencie las relaciones familiares y la visión holística de la realidad. Se trata de una necesidad urgente que la pandemia del Covid-19 ha puesto nuevamente de manifiesto.
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