La Responsabilidad Social Empresarial Ambiental en La Universidad Sergio Arboleda Sede Barranquilla

Abstract

In this work we discussed the importance that higher education institutions represent in society, specifically in the face of environmental problems. This is a theoretical corpus that seeks to inform the reader about what the environmental problems are at present with respect to the university context and what methods can be implemented to mitigate them and if possible, eliminate them altogether. Finally, the way in which the Universidad Sergio Arboleda Barranquilla implemented the integral plan of environmental management and how students can actively participate in this plan was discussed.

Agrarian extractivism: Addressing actors and their agency at the national level

“…">In farming: no‐till farming (“direct sowing” or siembra directa , [SD] in Spanish), a system developed to counteract the negative effects of mechanical tilling that increased yields but compacted and eroded the soil. It allows for two successive, short‐cycle crops a year, such as wheat or maize and soybeans, besides saving water, energy, and labor, although it requires more herbicides because of an increase in weeds (Castro, 2019). …”

“…Brazil, meanwhile, relies more on indirect taxes. In Brazil, the state established soy production in the North, along with the switch from tropical crops to commodities; in Argentina, domestic private actors led the chain development (Castro, 2019). In Argentina, new forms of organization (“pools”) fostered the expansion of soy production based on technological knowledge rather than land ownership; in Brazil traditional agrarian elites assumed the leadership of its production, but new producers appeared in Cerrado and Amazon.…”