PEACE EDUCATION AND ETHICS

Education is an essential instrument central to the promotion and pursuing of environmental security, peace, sustainability and sustainable development. The world especially developing countries have begun facing environmental catastrophes resulting from anthropogenic activities and unethical actions upon the environment and absence of mechanisms to deal with non-human induced events that continue to be a thorn in the process of sustainable development. This is attributed to the current education system that seems not to be responsive to environmental needs and issues that if not attended to breed severe threats to humanity and other species. 57 and unethical actions upon the environment and absence of mechanisms to deal with non-human induced events that continue to be a thorn in the process of sustainable development. This is attributed to the current education system that seems not to be responsive to environmental needs and issues that if not attended to breed severe threats to humanity and other species. The course is designed to enable students to conceptualize the necessity of environmental education in the process of searching for environmental sustainability, sustainable development and peace. The course engages students to comprehend and internalize discourses in relation to the environment and to consider whether the current education system inspires humanity to harmonize its interaction with nature, and if not what needs to be done or what kind of education we need to embrace that aims at positive environmental change.