Green Thinking in Engineering Training, From The Perspective of Social Ecology

Abstract

Greening is an appropriate verb to refer to the action of “making or converting something green”. The ecological-planetary worldview, from the Biocentric Theory, outlines that all living beings have their own good, and can be harmed or benefited by the actions of others, which is why an engineer with a prospective vision is needed, supported by professional training. ethics from an ecological and social perspective that allows seeking economic, feasible, responsible solutions, kind to nature and under the responsibility of avoiding the destruction of the human species. In this sense, the article proposes as a purpose, to integrate an ecological thought in the formation of an innovative and respectful engineer with the environment, supported by the contributions of the complexity theory of Edgar Morín to education, who outlines the need to expand the awareness that we are all part of a single reality and it is our commitment to contribute to coexistence, and not to the domination and exploitation of any way of life. Methodologically, the study is based on the praxis of Social Ecology, an alternative methodology which, according to Gudynas and Evia (2009), is done from an ethical position of commitment to life, through a new task of research, action-promotion and the deep involvement. The co-investigator team will be made up of students from the National Mechanics Training Program of the “Mario Briceño Iragorry” Territorial Polytechnic University of Trujillo State. Therefore, it is expected to integrate primary elements of Ecodesign in the training, so that mechanical engineers, when managing knowledge, integrate environmental aspects in order to reduce the impact of the product or service generated on the environment.