EcoAI Literacies
The EcoAI Literacies are the set of literacies that connect digital practices and ecological understanding:
they help students and educators to critically read data, platforms and AI systems, to design sustainable actions
and to assess impacts and environmental justice. In the EcoAI framework they function as an operational “bridge” between
the domains (positionality, relational ethics, hybrid eco-agency, systems) and the educational/SDG goals,
enabling informed decisions, responsibility and civic participation.
Why two families of literacies (eco-digital and ecological)?
To understand eco-digital posthumanist philosophy and the EcoAI framework in education, two intertwined families of competences are needed:
Eco-digital literacies (data, algorithms, AI, visualizations, platforms), which allow us to read and co-design the digital apparatuses that cut and make reality visible;
Ecological literacies which connect the natural world (cycles, systems, biodiversity, environmental justice) to virtual environments (dashboards, digital twins, VR/AR), making explicit feedbacks, thresholds and consequences.
Click on one of the four axes to view the corresponding Literacies:
Media & Information Literacy (MIL)
Why here? Critical basis for sources, misinformation, policy and participation.
Outcomes: evaluating evidence/rhetoric, correct citations, responsible production.
DigComp (2.2)
EU framework: information, communication, content creation, safety, problem solving.
GreenComp
Framing, futures, values, transformative action — direct link to the SDGs.
Futures Literacy
Anticipation to decide in the present: scenarios, assumptions, retrocasting on climate/energy.
Data Literacy
Provenance, cleaning, analysis and ethical communication of data (including reproducibility).
Algorithmic Literacy
Ranking/recommendations, platform power, audit and bias mitigation.
AI Literacy
Capabilities/limits of models, data and bias, interpretability, ethical and design implications.
Visualization Literacy
Charts and maps: scales, thresholds, encodings, uncertainty, accessibility.
Social / Platform Literacy
Participating and deliberating online in a critical, safe and collaborative way.
Planetary Systems
Earth as a system (flows/feedback/tipping points); digital twins and school dashboards.
Climate
Causes/impacts, mitigation/adaptation; carbon budget in school projects.
Biodiversity & Ecosystems
Bioacoustics/camera-trap + AI, citizen science, ecosystem services.
Water
Water cycle/basins, IoT sensors + GIS, threshold management and transparency.
Energy
Flows, efficiencies, consumption audit and ICT/AI trade-offs.
Environmental Justice
Distributive/procedural/recognition justice; mapping with socio-demographic data.
Privacy & Data Protection
Minimization, anonymization, legal bases, consent and risks (including minors).
AI Ethics & Responsible Innovation
Transparency, accountability, fairness; ethics-by-design in school projects.
Civic / Deliberation Literacy
School-community participation and deliberation; rules, pluralism, inclusion.