Intervención socioambiental: intersecciones del Trabajo Social y la institucionalidad ambiental

Abstract

One of the main features of environmental institutions is the multidisciplinary character that conceives its mission to protect the environment so as not to compromise the expectations of future generations. While this work field social work has also been involved, this has not happened on the basis of their specific knowledge about social equity and environmental justice neither recognize into the field of social education, or foster on environmental education. An analysis of the nature-culture dichotomy revisiting environmental institutions can make a reading from Social Work that challenges to positive laws favoring sustainability debate between strong and weak sustainability. The deployment of this discussion makes it clear that the field of socio-environmental intervention has had little attention from social work, although it is possible to establish that regard there is a growing interest in South America.