Logros y desafíos de la red universitaria REDMA : por la sostenibilidad ambiental de la educación superior en Cuba.

Abstract

Among the most cited issues that are part of the concerns of today's world are environmental sustainability and development, not only from the reflection of theorists, humanists, politicians and others, but also from international agendas and agencies which have positioned them as a basic priority to be addressed as a safeguard of life on the planet. In this sense, the internationalization of the economy and socio-cultural problems, such as the environmental and values crises, become core issues to be considered in the training of professionals. From the Cuban Higher Education, the achievement of the aforementioned purposes is closely related to the capacity of collective mobilization and responsible projection of actions offered by networking. Hence, the objective of this reflection is to present the main advances and results offered today by the Environment Network of the MES (REDMA), in its more than twenty years of formation where, from research and scientific exchange, processes and policies are integrated into knowledge management and innovation in favor of the environment, the prevention of risks and dangers, and the adaptation to climate change. The routes used for the compilation and selection of the best experiences were the registration of information and systematization. The exposed results show their contributions to the comprehensive and multifaceted training of professionals committed to the economic-social sustainable development of the country.

Keywords:

educación

desarrollo sostenible

medioambiente

redes

education

sustainable development

environment

networks

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