Cinquant’anni dalla Carta di Belgrado: analisi e attualità del documento fondativo dell’Educazione Ambientale

Abstract

Fifty years after its adoption, the Belgrade Charter remains a foundational and remarkably relevant document for environmental education. This article reconstructs its historical and cultural context, offers a critical analysis of its theoretical and methodological content, and evaluates its legacy considering current global educational challenges. The six pedagogical objectives and operational principles proposed in 1975 are examined as the enduring basis for systemic, interdisciplinary, and transformative approaches. The study highlights the Charter’s key role in shaping education for sustainable development and reflects on its limitations and potential. It proposes a contemporary reinterpretation that incorporates issues such as environmental justice, climate change, and decolonial perspectives, reaffirming the Charter as a vital tool to rethink education’s role in the ecological transition.