The power division of society between men and women is reflected in academia


Business Intelligence was performed based on data on florists’ geographical positions, their sales and their level of satisfaction with the services they receive from the Distributor- City Market. Pie charts and bar graphs were generated which gives a statistical overview of the number of sales in different regions where the florists are located. As an example, the sale of Roses was found to be higher in CBD as compared to other regions and lowest in Dagoretti. The difference in the sales of flowers is attributed to by the absence or presence of factors such as events that require flowers to be purchased e.g. cooperate events, weddings, and funerals. Another major factor is the demand for flowers at the international market. If it is high it means that the farms will export most of their products and few flowers will be released into the local market. In addition to the international market, factors such as flower diseases e.g. Botrytis and Colombian Datura Virus have also been found to lead to a decrease in the number of flowers in the market. The high sale season locally is brought about by low demand for flowers and price inflation at the international market which results in the farms opting for sale the flowers in the local market. High production of flowers by the farms also leads to flooding of flowers in the local market. This results in high sales if the local market has high demand or it might lead to losses if there is a low demand for flowers by the local customers.Incorporating Environmental Sciences in the field of Agrifood Systems has occurred relatively recently. Therapid changes that are occurring around us are altering the atmosphere and hence our way of life and health, so it is essential to incorporate environmental concepts to all levels of education, to face the challenge of growing within a sustainable project . Agricultural production, and the industry that supports it, need new alternatives that allow them to evolve and maintain competitiveness without affecting the common heritage . When environmental degradation begins to be understood as a social problem, environmental education is a response, with the need for comprehensive training to address specific production areas. Faced with these requirements of society, the Graduate School of the Faculty of Agronomy of Buenos Aires University, through the area of Professional Training, implemented the career to obtain the degree of Specialist in Environmental Management in Agrifood Systems. In Argentina, there are undergraduate and graduate levels on Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources, Chemistry, which focus the issue of sustainable development studies, taking into account the principles of proper management of environment.

The World Commission on Environment and Development chaired by Gro Brundtland, generated the report “Our Common Future”, submitted to the United Nations General Assembly in 1987, hydroponic dutch buckets in which sustainable development is defined as: “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. This definition, thinking in the period up to 2030, has changed recently to Development that meets the needs of the present while safeguarding Earth’s Life-support system, on which the welfare o current and future generations depends . In towns of Costa Rica and Panama a study on the attitude of the people on the maintenance of environmental quality was conducted mainly finding groups environmentally conscious, with utilitarian values, theoretical conservationists, disinterested. In both countries, the most conscious are medium and medium-high socioeconomic groups and those with more education . The initial, most basic model of sustainable development to evolve is referred to as the Triple Bottom Line. The organizational level that once was only one bottom line: finance, now shows that there should be two others: social and environmental . Education for sustainable development should be a primary objective at the university level, must articulate the fundamentals to encourage and enable students to achieve so that they acquire not only knowledge but skills to build this road, a cornerstone of a decent planetary life. It was stated that “Higher education institutions bear a profound, moral responsibility to increase the awareness, knowledge, skills, and values needed to create a just and sustainable future” . The general objective of this study is to highlight key aspects of environmental education for sustainability, with specific remarks to be considered: education for all, environmental ethics, respect to the knowledge of indigenous peoples, gender aspects, university social responsibility, the world of work, role-playing work in the classroom, interdisciplinary group activities.Argentina is one of the Latin American countries with most progress in education, according to 2013-14 assessment progress, the country experienced improvements in access to education, a reduction in illiteracy rates and the youngest population growth Sustained education spending over the last decade. Argentina presents progress in access to education, and structural conditions of the quality of their education systems and institutions . Inclusive education seeks to address the learning needs of all children, youth and adults with a specific focus on those who are vulnerable to marginalization and exclusion. Is a cross-cutting theme that runs through early education from to adult, teacher training and curriculum development. Its objective is to enable both teachers and students feel comfortable with diversity and feel that as a challenge and enrichment rather than as a problem . Throughout the world, treaties and laws recognize that education is a fundamental human right. It allows better livelihoods for those who work in agriculture and the urban informal sector, and becomes a catalytic factor for achieving the other development goals .

The World Education Forum Korea  adopted a Declaration on Education 2030 to mobilize all countries, encouraging them to comply with the new agenda, proposing financing and monitoring, and to ensure equal educational opportunities for all. The Director-General of UNESCO, emphasized in his speech: “We know the power of education in eradicating poverty, transforming lives and making progress every Sustainable Development Goals… We must also commit ourselves to give adults the opportunity to continue learning through-out life to adapt to rapid change and promote social inclusion; this is not only a human right but a security imperative, inclusive development and peace” . Argentina has a very high proportion of population aged 20 to 64, and a relatively low percentage of children and the elderly, the two “dependent” economic sectors. It is a young country, with decreasing number of children per couple. Experts call this situation the demographic bonus: a unique opportunity to grow and develop, taking advantage of the larger workforce. This “demographic window” began in 1995 and, according to projections, will last until 2040. According to World Bank estimates, the number of seniors will double over the next 35 years, and in that moment, Argentina will face a similar scenario as Europe today: it will be an aging country . If this criterion is applied to university and postgraduate training, with appropriate incentives, younger population should be induced to be educated at these levels.Agronomic proposal of XXI century produce ethical dilemmas when opposed lines of action are presented, for example in pest control. Scientific progress brings not only benefits or opportunities, but also injury or socioeconomic, cultural, health and ecological risks . Scientific and technological aspects are basic to understand the phenomena and develop solutions for them, while the ethical aspect allows carrying out a proper environmental management, although it lacks the knowledge of all cause-effect generated relationships. In this way, they become relevant values as equity, cooperation, solidarity, responsibility in the use of resources, respect for diversity, among others . Ethics plays a vital role in environmental management and, therefore, must be a cornerstone in any process of environmental education. Collective behavior to generate new ways of relating to their particular and global environment is one of the most important aims of education for the environment . It comes from a rational point of view of moral issues related to the environment. This branch of ethics is increasingly important, given that environmental problems are very present today, because our capacity of dangerous intervention on the environment is increasing. The problems that face environmental ethics today are basically of three types, international, intergenerational and interspecific. It may be the case on an environmental issue such as climate change, staying involved in various dimensions. It concerns with a subject ,bato bucket natural resources, and is shared by various groups being transmitted from one generation to another. This dimensional structure of the field of environmental problems facilitates ethical discussion and brings clarity to it .

The current environmental crisis is due to an anthropocentric vision that places human as the center of the world, placing us in a condition of superiority, with the rest of nature for our service. This paradigm has led to communities, growing in population, to overcome the resilience of the ecosystems on which we depend for our survival. This has resulted in the depletion of resources, pollution of soil, water, forests and air. Overcoming the environmental crisis and moving towards sustainable development requires a recreation of our ancestral knowledge, our survival depends on the general welfare of the planet, thus bringing us closer to a biocentric vision, whose origin is housed in the worldview of indigenous peoples . The cosmovision is the way of interpreting the world . In the cosmovision of indigenous peoples, indissoluble union with his environment is a common denominator: “every people, every culture is the mirror of the natural world in which they live.” In Argentina live more than 30 Native Peoples organized in more than 900 rural communities, and make up about 10% of the population . No people can develop, if they don’t have the base that gives rise: the physical space, the territory which in Quechua is called Pachamama . As an example, forests could not be understood without indigenous communities, whose role in the fight against climate change is undeniable. However, to address this serious problem there must be a comprehensive vision that adds the efforts of the whole society . Forest cover is essential for absorbing and retaining the powerful greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Protecting and enlarging forested areas would remove more CO2 from the air, an essential part of attempts to stem global warming. The world has never had such strong evidence of the role of indigenous peoples in conserving the forests that represent the one existing solution to climate change. Indigenous people oversee around a fifth of the world’s carbon stock, in the form of tropical forests. Altogether, 168 billion tonnes of carbon are stored on indigenous lands—around three times the world’s annual emissions— and this is in danger of being released if the societies looking after these lands are not strengthened. Indigenous communities face problems in getting recognised their role in climate stewardship, as many are poor and lack official rights to their land and access to the legal system .The higher education sector, being a part of society is also influenced by the existing gender categories and stereotypes of the society.Even though the academia perceives itself as progressive part of society, which is the key for innovations, the reality looks different. Today’s situation in Higher Education is far away from an equal participation of women and men in the different stages of the higher education career. This is a direct result of the biased situation in society, which is has a lot of benefits reserved for men, but also due to the old structures and the atmosphere within the institutions of higher education. Higher education plays a key role in shaping society and building active citizens. A lot of the people who will take powerful roles in a society have a background in higher education. This implies that a gender equal higher education has also a very huge long term impact on the gender equality within the society. Therefore ESU  fights for a gender equal environment in higher education that preserves equal chances for both women and men . Particularly education that empowers the woman is the key to face malnutrition, which causes over 45% of child deaths. Educated mothers are more likely to know what practices appropriate home health and hygiene, and more likely to ensure that household resources are allocated so that the nutritional needs of children can be met.