In view of the overwhelming pressures on the global environment and the need to disrupt the systems that drive them, an ecosystemic theoretical and practical framework is posited for the evaluation and planning of public policies, research and teaching programmes, encompassing four dimensions of being-in-the-world (intimate, interactive, social…[Read more]

At the end of a year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, the Paris Agreement completes its 5th birthday (December, 12th 2020); are world leaders taking action to avoid the impending chaos, or they still think that ecocide is an invention of environmentalists or utopian thinkers that abhor the capitalistic system?
Giving up on questionable…[Read more]

Given the new global focus on “building back better” from COVID-19, proposals should use the opportunity to ensure that projects meet all sustainability goals. Earth regeneration and people regeneration depend on each other and should be dealt with simultaneously in space and time. “Development” proposals, “technological solutions”, general…[Read more]

Public Profile and Selected Publications / Author: André Francisco Pilon

For the diagnosis and prognosis of the problems of quality of life, a multidisciplinary ecosystemic approach encompasses four dimensions of being-in-the-world, as donors and recipients: intimate, interactive, social and biophysical. Social, cultural and environmental vulnerabilities are understood and dealt with, in different circumstances of…[Read more]