%0 Journal Article %T FOUNDATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS TRAINING: SOCIOLOGICAL, DEONTOLOGICAL, EPISTEMOLOGICAL, PEDAGOGICAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS %A JULIO C¨¦SAR TOVAR-G¨¢LVEZ %J Luna Azul %D 2012 %I University of Caldas %X The challenge of thinking Environmental Leaders Training has been assumed. In this sense from: a) the sociological viewpoint, culture is reflected as a complex perspective about the person, the culture and identity; b) from the deontological viewpoint, the type of individual who is wanted in the city, and the environmental leaders¡¯ profile are considered;, c) from the epistemological viewpoint, the knowledge, feelings and actions that may be characteristic of the Leader are addressed and the dynamics through which the profile characteristics are constituted are considered;, d) from the pedagogical viewpoint, the sense that education should have is proposed and consequently the ¡°Model for Environmental Community Leaders Training¡± is suggested; e) from the teaching viewpoint, it is possible to propose various options which can respond to the needs of different contexts, but articulated through a transversal or integrative approach called Project-Based Education. %K Environmental training %K environmental leaders training %K botanical garden %K environmental leadership. %U http://200.21.104.25/lunazul/downloads/Lunazul34_13.pdf