Engineering the Future Sociologically: Environmental Education and Advanced Technologies in the Age of Planetary Crisis

Abstract

We are living in a historical moment marked by growing awareness – though at times evaded or contested – of the global environmental crisis. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution constitute what the United Nations defines as the “Triple Planetary Crisis” (UN, 2021), a complex system of interconnected threats that represent the most critical challenge for the survival of our planet. These phenomena not only endanger natural ecosystems, but also profoundly affect human societies, altering the quality – and even the viability – of life, increasing inequalities, and generating social, economic, and political challenges [...]