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Trvalá udržateľnosť s dôrazom na environmentálnu problematiku – teória, implementácia a jej miesto v náuke o spoločnosti
Sustainable Development with a Special Focus on Environmental Problems – Theory, Implementation, and Its Place in Civics Education

Author(s): Matúš Porubjak
Subject(s): Education, Energy and Environmental Studies, Economic development
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: sustainable development; environment; climate change; cycleway; civics education;
Summary/Abstract: In the first, theoretical, part of the article we introduce the concept of sustainable development and show how it is used by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. In the second, research, part of the article we present the report from the three-day research trip realized on bicycle at the end of August 2018 from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava to the Faculty of Pedagogy of Masaryk University in Brno, riding the cycleway shown on the map. Special attention is paid to climate changes, ecology, and the environmental specifics of the Trnava and South Moravia regions. Moreover, we introduce several suggestions for the enhancement of the environment situation in the mentioned regions. The last, implementation, part of the article is devoted to the importance of sustainable development in general and environmental protection and climate change for civics education.