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Rev. luna azul ; (32): 135-145, ene.-jun. 2011. ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-639881

ABSTRACT

El bicentenario de la Independencia ha revivido la discusión en torno a la vigencia del pensamiento de Bolívar. Sobre éste, se ha señalado que en su ideario hubo un "pensamiento ecológico", que debería considerarse en estos tiempos. Otros, en cambio, le critican su soberbia antropocentrista al referirse de manera arrogante a los asuntos de la naturaleza. ¿Podría decirnos 'el Libertador' algo sobre la crisis ambiental que experimenta el planeta hoy? El asunto de este texto es valorar este legado. Para ello, se han examinado los decretos y resoluciones relacionados con la conservación de la fauna, la flora, el fomento de la agricultura, la repartición de la tierra, entre otros. De ellos, se deduce que Bolívar no es un conservacionista, ni un ambientalista biocentrista, tampoco un antiecologista, como han dicho algunos. Su ideario político, social y ambiental se ubica en una corriente amplia de la Ecología Política, que cuestiona el intercambio ecológico desigual, entre las metrópolis y los países del Sur, los ricos y los pobres, las multinacionales y los productores locales. Un ambientalismo de la equidad y la justicia, donde impere la armonía entre los seres humanos y de estos con otros seres de la naturaleza y el planeta.


The Independence Bicentennial Celebration has revived the discussion around the validity of Bolivar's thoughts. It has been pointed out that his ideology included an "ecological thought" which should be put into consideration nowadays. Others, however, criticize his haughty anthropocentrism when referring in an arrogant way to nature issues. Could "the Liberator" tell us something about the environmental crisis the planet faces today? The subject of this text is to value such legacy. In order to do this, the decrees and resolutions related with the conservation of fauna and flora, promotion of agriculture, and land distribution, among others, have been examined. From them it has been concluded that Bolivar is neither a conservationist, nor an environmentalist or an anti-ecologist as many have argued. His political, social and environmental ideology is located in a wide stream of Political Ecology which questions unequal ecological exchange between the metropolis and the countries in the South, the rich and the poor, the multinationals and the local producers. An environmentalism of equity and justice where harmony among human beings and between them and other beings in nature and the planet must prevail.


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Humans , Ecology , Politics , Thinking , Bolivia
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Rev. luna azul ; (28): 57-67, jun. 2009.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-635737

ABSTRACT

Augusto Ángel Maya, nacido en Manizales en 1932, Doctor en Historia de la Universidad Gregoriana de Roma y Doctor Honoris Causa en Educación Ambiental de la Universidad Guadalajara de México, es uno de los pensadores más sobresalientes del emergente pensamiento ambiental en Colombia. Desde su trabajo como profesor, funcionario de instituciones del Estado y de organismos internacionales, ha contribuido de manera notable a la consolidación del pensamiento y movimiento ambiental colombiano en los últimos 40 años. Sus aportes se pueden sintetizar en dos: la reflexión teórica y conceptual para entender lo ambiental desde una perspectiva política, social y cultural; y la creación de herramientas de trabajo político como la educación ambiental y el impulso a la organización nacional del Movimiento Ambiental MA. Este trabajo sintetiza parte de este legado.


Augusto Ángel Maya was born in Manizales in 1932, with a doctorate in History from the Gregorian University of Rome and Honoris Causa Doctorate in Environmental Education from the Guadalajara University of Mexico. He's one of the most important thinkers of the emergent environmental thought in Colombia. From his work as a professor, as an official of governmental institutions and international organisms, he's contributed to the consolidation of the environmental thought and movement in Colombia for the past 40 years. His contributions can be synthesized in two: theoretical and conceptual reflection in order to understand the environmental issues from a political, social and cultural perspective; and the creation of political work tools, such as environmental education and the support of the national organization of Environmental Movement MA. This work synthesizes part of this legacy.


Subject(s)
Humans , History , Thinking , Environmental Health Education , Movement
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