The serious problems that determine the current situation of planetary emergency – multifaceted environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, climate change, destruction of biodiversity and hunger and extreme poverty of billions of human beingsare interconnected and cannot be solved by isolating each one: the necessary and urgent transition to sustainable societies demands a new scientific approach, a new Sustainability Science characterized by global interdisciplinary treatment of the situation and by the transdisciplinary incorporation of citizens into research and decision-making. Citizens’ education becomes an essential requirement for this purpose: a permanent education that can take advantage of press and other communication media, overcoming the serious obstacles that are hindering their educational efficiency.... [Leer más...]