DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF CARE: ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION ACCORDING TO LAUDATO SI'.

As seedbeds, academic institutions must be an avenue of reflection that involves different sectors of the community. The social encyclical Laudato si' centralizes on the theme of integral ecology, where it emphasizes interconnections, which include human and social dimensions. This paper attempts to explore Laudato si's elaboration on ecological education. While existing Catholic Social Teachings from Rerum Novarum until Caritas in Veritate address different social realities, the question on the topic of ecology, as well as teachings on the environment, has been scarcely incorporated. This paper analyzes Laudato si's conceptual elaboration of ecological education and how this conceptual elaboration provides the framework for the encyclical's vision of ecological education in the contemporary period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]