Biocentric environmentalist approach as a foundation for the educational reconfiguration of the subject and object of law of the venezuelan environmental legal framework.

Abstract

This ongoing research focuses on the study of the environment in Venezuela through the development of the Biocentric Environmental Principle, which recognizes the environment as a subject of rights, considering that all living beings possess the same rights. The objective of this article is to reflect on the biocentric environmental approach as a foundation for educational reconfiguration from the perspective of the subject and object of rights within the Venezuelan environmental legal framework. It seeks to foster a paradigm that breaks with the current formalities of conscious practice through education and moves toward a less hegemonic model based on the reconfiguration of the relationship between Mother Earth, humanity, education, and the legal framework. Among the theoretical references are Rolando Toro Araneda (1970), creator of the “Biocentric Principle,” and Moguel (2012), who expresses the obligation to return to a philosophy for preserving life as a humanistic vision and a biocentric approach. This is ensured through educational reconfiguration and the production of new intellectual products geared toward a deeper understanding of reality (Dewey, 1982). The methodology employed is framed within the interpretive paradigm with a qualitative approach, consistent with the hermeneutic phenomenological method, and based on documentary sources and key informants. The results are considered an interpretive approach in the initial stages of the research. Among the findings, the recognition of epistemological, legal, and educational tensions present in the current anthropocentric model stands out. These tensions underlie gaps such as the limited integration of critical environmental education and shortcomings in the legal implementation of biocentrism. In conclusion, constructing educational elements based on a biocentric environmental system would be oriented toward reconfiguration from this perspective, where it is understood that nature is not an object to be exploited, but rather a subject of rights with whom we interact cyclically.