The scientist from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Fernando Valladares, believes that climate change can still be reversed starting from schools, by providing critical thinking skills to students.
Valladares has also alerted students and their parents about 'the end of the cycle that the planet Earth is experiencing, having exceeded its limits,' and has presented the 'scientific reasons' why he believes 'we still have time to reverse the consequences of climate change'.
The researcher from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Fernando Valladares, has warned in Marbella about the risks of the 'industrialization of tourism,' which he considers 'not sustainable in the long term.
"Only avocados require 1,700 liters of water; if we don't have water and a kilo costs 7 euros in the supermarket, we should ask ourselves what's going on there," he explained in a lecture to students in Marbella.
Valladares pointed to the training of critical thinking skills in the student population as key to combating, 'from school,' the consequences of climate change that the Earth is experiencing, and which, he indicated, 'are still reversible.'
In a free and open lecture given to Marbella students and their parents, he warned that humans 'have exceeded planetary boundaries,' and as a result, the climate is undergoing drastic changes as indicated by scientific studies.
He believes that this situation points to an 'end of the cycle of the dominant civilization' and has encouraged teachers and students to take advantage of the circumstance to train their self-critical vision to reverse everything that 'we still have time to change.'
"It's difficult to climb Everest but we know we can do it, even without oxygen," he emphasized in a lecture given at The American College in Spain (ACS), in Marbella."
In this regard, he has pointed out the spread of fake news circulating on social media about the non-existence of climate change. "We need to teach people to analyze pieces of information. Where they come from, who says them... ultimately, a critical look," he said.
In this respect, he wanted to draw attention to the fact of "not being paralyzed by fear" and "acting to change course." Something that, he considers, must be done in short, medium, and long-term plans, "starting from schools."
A scientist at the CSIC and professor of Ecology at the Rey Juan Carlos University, Valladares is the author of the recently published popular work called "La Recivilización," a piece where he reflects, in accessible language, on the future consequences of human actions impacting the various ecosystems of our planet and what we can do about it.
With his lecture, ACS, based in the Marbella Alzambra urbanization, in Puerto Banús, maintains its monthly cycle to support its educational program and offer added value to the Marbella and Malaga society where it is located.
The director of ACS, Melissa Butler, emphasized the importance of including such cycles in the educational system. "The North American educational system often offers conferences and presentations to our students given by entrepreneurs, athletes, scientists, or relevant figures as a complement to their academic education," she added.
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