Studies and research in environmental ethics and philosophy in Brazil are rather recent and environmental ethics is still struggling to be considered a proper academic field. However, since the 1990s the interest in this area of knowledge has grown significantly with well-documented work, both international and domestic, in the Portuguese language. Pioneers in discussing environmental ethics include scholars such as Leonardo Boff (State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ), Josafá Carlos de Siqueira (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro – PUC/RJ), Héctor Ricardo Leis (Federal University of Santa Catarina) and Antônio Moser. Among the younger generation in environmental ethics today, one can refer to José Roque Jungues (UNISINOS University), Marcelo Luiz Pelizzoli (Federal University of Pernambuco – UFPE), Renato Nalini (UNINOVE), Jelson Oliveira (Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná – PUC/PR) and Mario Alencastro (International University Center – UNINTER). Despite this increase in terms of research interest, few universities currently include environmental ethics in their curricula.