What "Eto-ecology" is?

Is the science that studies alive beings’ behavior in the environment (Of the Greek: Ethos: behavior; Oikos: house, environment, habitat; logo: knowledge, science)

The Argentinian Foundation of Etoecology (AFE) puts emphasis in the education as a behavior transformer of the human being and therefore of its practice and uses in the environment, for the etoecology study and exercise.

 

Later objective of the Foundation

To inculcate conduct patterns that improve and elevate the social behavior in the environment.

 

General objective

To obtain the social-ecological behavior and resources for the sustainable human development.

 

Specific objectives

1. To elevate the intellectual and spiritual level of the population, by means of the formal and non-formal environmental education.

2. To adjust the environment by means of concrete actions like forestation, construction of houses, organic crops, ground improvement, water purification, elimination of remainders and other ecological tasks.

3. To preserve human being quality of life in the environment with shared in common programs for special youth, homeless’ children and other like educative, creative, of diffusion, of investigation, for promotion and defense of the health and work of population.

 

Population Benefited With The Activities

The society in general (forestation, reforestation; with non-formal education: congresses, conferences, environmental adjust tasks).

Professionals, educators, cadenced population, neighboring (Advanced training courses and others).

Special children: Support to special schools (of autistic, motor handicap kids, down syndrome kids, dumb persons) and of qualification for students whith the same characteristics which can be extended to homeless’ children.

 

Registry

* In the Secretariat of Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy.

* In the Environmental Direction of the Ministry of Outer Relations, International Commerce and Cults.

* In United Nations Organization (February, 1996).

* In the Lower House of Bicameral Parliament and Upper House of Bicameral Parliament.

 

Member

* Adviser of the National Commission of Mechanisms for the Clean Development, 2002.

* Adviser of the National Commission for the National Elaboration and Proposal of Gas Goals on Conservatory Effect of Argentina, 1999.

* Argentinian Commission for the Joint Implementation, 1999.

* Active Participation in the Conurbano Bonaerense Agreement "AMBA", 1999.

* “De Nosotros Depende” Permanent Member of Communitarian Networks, Buenos Aires 2001.

* Commission of Climate Change of the Environmental Direction of the Ministry of Outer Relations, International Commerce and Cults, Commission of NGO’s Participation, Buenos Aires, since 1998.

* of the District of Wilde Assembly, Avellaneda.

* Adscript member of the National Committee of Mountains’ International Year of the FAO.

 

Author

Article 131 of the Constitution of the Independent City of Buenos Aires.

 

Support

* Special school N° 21 of El Bolsón, Río Negro. Shipment of foods, medicines, equipment, kitchen stuffs, books, clothes, others.

* Special school N° 503 of San Fernando, Buenos Aires. Establishment for students with serious mental problems and of high risk. (Buenos Aires): Trees, books and other stuffs.

* “Pibes Verdes” Club of the Media School N° 11 of Don Torcuato, Tigre.

 

Participation Meetings

* World Bank Consult to the NGOs’.

* Argentinian Chancellery Consult on "Climate Change".

* Argentinian Chancellery Consult on "Río+10".

* The Secretariat of Sustainable Development and Environment Consult on “Climate Change ".

* The Secretariat of Sustainable Development and Environment Consult on "Río+10".

* Chancellery and the Secretariat of Sustainable Development and Environment Consult by the"Mountains’ International Year of the FAO". (Adscript Member).

* Permanents with the Municipalities of Buenos Aires, San Isidro, San Fernando, Tigre, Avellaneda, Quilmes, Mar del Plata, Magdalena, Pta. Indio, Bariloche, El Bolsón and others for its programs implementation.

* Of Connection with all the provincial environment organisms (CONAMBA) and the NGOs of the Country and Latin America.

* Permanent with the World-wide Summit for the Sustainable Development of Nations United in the Argentinian Chancellery and The Secretariat of Sustainable Development and Environment.

 

Distinctions

*First International Congress of Environmental Education, Verónica 1994.

*Trees plantation in San Isidro 1998 and in Juan Cruz Varela Local Center of Wilde, Avellaneda 2001.

*”Honra para la vida” Institute, Buenos Aires 1999.