Education in values in engineering. Energy for human development and sustainability

Abstract

nergy is central to achieving th e interrelated econo mic, social, and environmental aims of sustaina ble human development. This pa per relates some UPC efforts to introduce the sustainable energy concept in its engineering curricula. The UPC approach is based on the education in values, the critical analysis of the presen t paradigms, and an overview of the global South real ity under a human rights-basis.