Educação ambiental no 2º Batalhão Ambiental da Brigada Militar: possibilidades e desafios

Abstract

This monograph had the aim of investigating the contribution of Environmental Education Nucleus (EEN) of 2º Batalhão Ambiental da Brigada Militar (2º BABM), with the purpose of analyzing its main difficulties, proposals and contributions for the Environmental Education (EE) practice in its ranging area in the Rio Grande do Sul state. Through this monograph, it was sougth to highlight the importance of the environmental education activities performed by the professionals integrating the EEN. The results showed that the 2º BABM, even with limited budgets, material and professional resources, as well as the majority of the institutions under the responsibility of the public administration, develops non-formal EE practices, not only in schools belonging to both the private and the public teaching systems, but also other distinct society segments, through lectures and environmental projects. With a significant range in the State, 114 cities, the members of EEN, through the environmental education activities, seek to relate the environmental matter with the socialpolitic, economic and cultural aspects, aiming at the improvement of the communities´ quality of life, hoping, more and more, to observe more educational, and less repressive, measures. The military policemen who integrate the 2º BABM´s EEN believe that, through EE, there is an approaching movement between the military policeman and the diverse society segments, which contributes to building a new perception of the policeman image by the community, just when, through the educational activities, mutual cooperation and respect bonds, between the community and Brigada Militar, are strengthening.