When we discuss citizen literacy regarding environmental health we would like to emphasize that the concept is not limited to individual actions aimed at mitigating environmental impact problems by the prevailing development systems, but rather we consider the transformation capacity derived from the social awareness that leads to a better cultural relationship with the environment; leads individuals and communities to take the environmental issues as a matter of interest, and responsibility and collective action.
Sino que también considera la capacidad de transformación que se deriva en la conciencia social que lleva a una mejor relación cultural con el medio y a que los individuos y comunidades asuman los asuntos ambientales como un asunto de interés, responsabilidad y actuación colectiva.