One of the greatest challenges of humankind in the 21st century is the creation of production and consumption systems that have a low impact on natural resources, that contemplate social dynamics and, particularly, that do not put at risk the permanence of human life nor the balance of the living organism called planet Earth. Therefore, all disciplines and sciences and by extension universities have the responsibility of producing knowledge that allows humans to lessen the impact of their lifestyle and even to modify the civilising logic that has caused environmental problems (Elizalde, 2002; Estermann, 2012), which are also social problems, and thus require understanding and improving the complex relationship between humans and nature.
Uno de los retos más grandes para la especie humana en el siglo XXI es la constitución de sistemas de producción y consumo que disminuyan el impacto sobre los recursos naturales y que contemple las dinámicas sociales y, en especial, que no pongan en riesgo la permanencia de la vida humana, así como el equilibrio del organismo vivo llamado planeta Tierra.