This course, to be presented in English, will address the historical development of ecology and the growing sensitivity of the greater religious communities in the world to the necessity of a change in paradigm for the humanity-nature relationship. It will familiarize the course participants with the basic concepts of this scienceecosystems, climate change, biodiversityand analyze the core problems that the Enlightenment model presents to this relationship, as well as the resources that diverse faith communities can offer to the ecological movement.