This article aims at discussing environmental consciousness matters. The greatest challenges to face environmental issues have to due with people consciousness. Most of the environmental consciousness models use a unidirectional approach, stressing the natural environment without taking into consideration human dimensions. A modern environmental preoccupation, however, emphasizes an integrated perspective between natural and human dimensions. In order to contribute to reduce this existing gap, this paper aims to work with some theoreticians who bring elements for models of work able to contextualize and integrate social-cultural with natural aspects, taking into consideration the complexity that involves social-environmental relations, emphasizing the use of the potential strengths of the human psyche.
Environmental consciousness; complexity; identity; reflexive modernization
