ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND EDUCATION FOR CONSERVATION. INITIATIVES APPLIED IN THE MORTIÑAL SIDE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF FÓMEQUE, CUNDINAMARCA, COLOMBIA
In recent years, Environmental Education -EA- has become an important tool in different spheres of social, political, and economic life, to introduce concern about climate change and nature into everyday life. This article seeks to analyze the experiences of two EE initiatives in Fómeque, a municipality located east of Bogotá D.C, where a community initiative called La Rana Project and an institutional initiative called ECOPARCHE converge. From the application of semi-structured interviews and participant observation, it is identified that the La Rana Project focuses on an EE that promotes the preservation of ecosystems, while maintaining ways of being and doing of culture and peasant production, having as a fundamental axis community and village communication. On the other hand, the ECOPARCHE develops an EA for the conservation and for the legitimation of the presence of the Chingaza National Natural Park as an environmental authority in the area. EE applied in Colombian rural contexts requires the positioning of initiatives based on the recognition of popular knowledge, intergenerational dialogue and respect between the actors that come together in the territory, to transcend the walls of the school and demonstrate the functionality of the principles of these proposals.
Keywords:
Environmental educativo, conservation, National Natural Park, farmers.
Clavijo Mejía, R. I. (2021). ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND EDUCATION FOR CONSERVATION. INITIATIVES APPLIED IN THE MORTIÑAL SIDE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF FÓMEQUE, CUNDINAMARCA, COLOMBIA. Revista Enfoques Educacionales, 18(2), 44–65. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7279.2021.65396
