Vzgoja in izobraževanje za trajnostni razvoj kot vzgoja za kritično sprejemanje trajnostnih odločitev

Authors

Tomaž Grušovnik
University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5418-1674
Janez Bregant
University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1241-6428

Synopsis

Modern Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) moves away from blind indoctrination and focuses on nurturing critically thinking individuals who become autonomous moral agents in the search for sustainable solutions. Education for environmental ethics includes knowledge of the basics of moral motivation and reflection, recognition of environmental moral dimensions and the ability to argue for environmental choices. This approach empowers individuals to design sustainable solutions, to understand different societal perspectives on the environmental crisis and to critically analyse the ideologies that underpin our beliefs. Indeed, research over the last twenty years shows that the problem of environmental non-action has less to do with a lack of information than with wilful ignorance and avoidance of information about the state of the environment. In ESD it is also important to identify typologies of doubters and deniers of the environmental crisis and to develop argumentative strategies for communicating with them, while also reflecting on our own positions and arguments.

Author Biographies

Tomaž Grušovnik, University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts

Tomaž Grušovnik is a full professor and scientific advisor at the University of Primorska, Faculty of Education, where he teaches subjects related to education and ethics. He is employed at the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, where he mainly deals with applied epistemology and environmental and animal ethics. He has published ten books in Slovenian, as well as the editor of the collection Environmental and Animal Abuse Denial (Rowman&Littlefield, 2020). As a visiting lecturer, she visits universities in Europe, the USA, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and in 2024 she received the Zois Award for her work in the field of environmental and animal ethics.

Maribor, Slovenia. E-mail: tomaz.grusovnik@pef.upr.si

Janez Bregant, University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts

Janez Bregant is an associate professor of philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor. His research interests include philosophy of mind, critical thinking, philosophy of art, and artificial intelligence. He is co-editor of Contemporary Perspectives on Society: Artificial Intelligence at the Crossroads of Science (University of Maribor, 2022), co-author of Virtual Teacher: Cognitive Approach to e-Learning Material (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014), and author of Thoughts as Causes: Are Mental States Causally Effective (Faculty of Education, Maribor, 2004). He is currently Head of the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor.

Maribor, Slovenia. E-mail: janez.bregant@um.si

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Komuniciranje okoljske krize

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85-106

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July 4, 2025

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Grušovnik, T., & Bregant, J. (2025). Vzgoja in izobraževanje za trajnostni razvoj kot vzgoja za kritično sprejemanje trajnostnih odločitev. In A. Lipavic Oštir, M. Larisa Fabčič, & D. Ivajnšič (Eds.), Komuniciranje okoljske krize (pp. 85-106). University of Maribor Press. https://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/964/chapter/655