The article faces the foundation of political ecology as a theoretical-practical field. Starting with the analysis of the denaturalization of nature, it focuses the role of the culture policy, as a policy of difference. After this, it treats the chain class consciousness, ecological consciousness, species consciousness, as necessary elements of political ecology. The axis of political epistemology serves as a reference to the analysis of ethics and emancipation, a subject taken as a conclusive consideration.
political ecology; Latin America