Designing sustainability-related competences and their development in the current ecological transition context is an effective response to the need to train workers and citizens of the future, specifically when it comes to young people and their decisive drive towards change. The relevance of such subject matter is most certainly supported by the significant efforts mobilized by the European Union towards an active involvement of younger generations in global change. A process that brings forward the urgent need for investment policies and strategies in the field of “green education”. On the other hand, it seems clear that a different sensitivity towards the topic of sustainability is emerging in the youth: a trend that must be duly considered in creating new training opportunities whilst fighting the subtle sense of disempowerment that at times is observed.
Nell’attuale congiuntura di transizione ecologica l’identificazione di competenze per la sostenibilità e il loro conseguente sviluppo rispondono all’esigenza di formare i lavoratori e i cittadini del futuro, con particolare riferimento alla categoria dei giovani la cui spinta al cambiamento si configura decisiva. La rilevanza del tema in parola è confermata dagli sforzi che l’Unione europea ha messo in campo per rendere fattivo il coinvolgimento delle giovani generazioni nei processi di cambiamento, evidenziando il bisogno di maggiori investimenti nell’implementazione di adeguate strategie in materia di formazione green. Allo stesso modo, alcune evidenze nazionali e internazionali indicano una crescente sensibilità giovanile nei confronti della sostenibilità, aspetto che necessita di essere tenuto in debita considerazione per porre in essere nuove opportunità formative e per contrastare quel senso di disempowerment sul ruolo dei giovani nella società.
Educare alla transizione verde: giovani per la sostenibilità
Mazzoli S
2024-01-01
Abstract
Designing sustainability-related competences and their development in the current ecological transition context is an effective response to the need to train workers and citizens of the future, specifically when it comes to young people and their decisive drive towards change. The relevance of such subject matter is most certainly supported by the significant efforts mobilized by the European Union towards an active involvement of younger generations in global change. A process that brings forward the urgent need for investment policies and strategies in the field of “green education”. On the other hand, it seems clear that a different sensitivity towards the topic of sustainability is emerging in the youth: a trend that must be duly considered in creating new training opportunities whilst fighting the subtle sense of disempowerment that at times is observed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.