African Environmental Ethics: Keys to Sustainable Development Through Agroecological Villages.

Autor: Verharen C; Department of Philosophy, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA., Bugarin F; Department of African Studies, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA., Tharakan J; Department of Chemical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA., Wensing E; Center for Global Health, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA USA., Gutema B; Department of Philosophy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., Fortunak J; Departments of Chemistry and Pharmacology, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA., Middendorf G; Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, D.C USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of agricultural & environmental ethics [J Agric Environ Ethics] 2021; Vol. 34 (3), pp. 18. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jun 05.
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-021-09853-4
Abstrakt: This essay proposes African-based ethical solutions to profound human problems and a working African model to address those problems. The model promotes sustainability through advanced agroecological and information communication technologies. The essay's first section reviews the ethical ground of that model in the work of the Senegalese scholar, Cheikh Anta Diop. The essay's second section examines an applied African model for translating African ethical speculation into practice. Deeply immersed in European and African ethics, Godfrey Nzamujo developed the Songhaï Centers to solve the problem of rural poverty in seventeen African countries. Harnessing advanced technologies within a holistic agroecological ecosystem, Nzamujo's villages furnish education spanning the fields of ethics, information communication technology, microbiology, international development, and mechanical, electrical, civil and biological engineering in a community-based and centered development enterprise. The essay proposes a global consortium of ecovillages based on Nzamujo's model. The final section explores funding methods for the consortium. The conclusion contemplates a return to Africa to supplement environmental ethics that enhance life's future on earth.
(© The Author(s) 2021.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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