Developing ecological thinking in university students

niversities play a critical role in promoting environmental awareness and a widespread culture of sustainability. They are especially important in the design of training courses aimed at educating future professionals involved in the social planning of sustainable and green environments. The contribution describes a university pedagogical practice in environmental sustainability education that was launched as part of the training activities of the “Green Education Lab” research laboratory at the Department of Educational Science (University of Catania). Future educator students were involved in the educational didactic experience, which adopted recent research and training models that emphasize the role of the student as researcher. They were committed to exploring different dimensions and declinations of education for sustainability, which they socialized and disseminated through the creation of podcasts with the collaboration of the University of Catania’s radio station (Radio Zammù). The critical-reflective considerations that emerged from this experience suggest innovative pedagogical models and approaches for future educational professionals' university training, which can orient sustainability education practices for the promotion of green skills