Village for the Earth. An educational challenge to learn how to be together

Do we have the ability to make choices appropriate for the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda?
They indicate crucial issues for fostering networks of solidarity relationships and authentically human ways of
being in the world. The contribution supports the hypothesis of education as a public good to which everyone
is invited to participate, beyond fragmentations and seizing life as a complex web of interconnections for a more
fraternal humanity. The essay critically examines an awareness initiative, Village for the Earth, which has engaged
hundreds of thousands of people in Italy since 2017 on Earth Day. The training, research, and Third Mission
project through which the Università Cattolica has supported the Village represents one of the strategic commitments by which universities are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and sustainable culture, in the sign of a village
of education, where each person is called to learn how to be together.