PERSPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR A LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN POST-COVID-19

Latin America and the Caribbean is between regions the world with the highest number of Covid-19 deaths. What is certain is that some factors allow the continent to suffer more damage and have greater difficulty in facing the pandemic, the objective of this research situated in the field of Fundamentals of Environmental Education is to understand this situation at first, and then seek to point out alternatives for the region. These alternatives are found from the horizon of environmental justice for the post-Covid-19. The study follows a methodological approach of Philosophical Hermeneutics. as perspectives the study points to: adoption of Eco socialism, change in the energy mix; change in consumption practices; change in human-nature relations, new ways of bringing nations together, overcoming the colonialist model; strengthening of potential and overcoming the discourse of poverty; Latin American solidarity as a possibility to overcome social exclusion; the reinvention of more democratic political systems with the effective participation of the population; appreciation of Latin American identity, based on the recognition of Traditional Peoples; and facing the postponement of the discussion on climate change.