Abstract

SANDOVAL ESCOBAR, Marithza. Sustainable behavior and environmental education: a view from cultural practices. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2012, vol.44, n.1, pp.181-196. ISSN 0120-0534.

This article analyzes the problem of the EE (environmental education) for sustainable behavior development from the framework of cultural practices. From this perspective, are considered the factors contributing to infrastructure development and environmental issues related to the structural aspects of culture that act determining the context to interaction of individuals with their environment. It specifically examines the case of Colombia in terms of metacontingencias and macrocontingencias configuration for sustainable behavior, and finally, the EE is conceptualized as a process that occurs in different social spaces beyond the schools.

Keywords : sustainable behavior; EE (environmental education); cultural practices; meta contingences; macro contingences.

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