Breve análise do processo de canalização do Arroio do Moinho – Panambi/RS: um olhar da educação ambiental

Abstract

The present paper aimed mainly at relating the perception crisis to the process of canalization of Arroio do Moinho, in the town of Panambi – RS. Through the general purpose, it is intended to achieve the specific objectives: to detect the environmental perception by the teachers and students of high and elementary schools from Escola Estadual de Ensino Médio Pindorama, in the town of Panambi – RS; to identify the process which culminated in the canalization of Arroio and the environmental perceptions of the people who decided for the work and verify what injuries the Arroio currently suffers. For reaching the objectives bibliographic and documental researches were done in the museum MAHP – Museu e Arquivo Histórico de Panambi - RS, as well as visits to the fountain of Arroio and to several sections of it, especially in the canalized area. During the research work, interviews were done with the President of Conselho Municipal do Meio Ambiente (City Council for Environment); the president of Associação de Recuperação e Preservação Ambiental do rio Fiúza (Association for Environmental Preservation and Recuperation of Fiuza River) – (ARPA - Fiúza); the mayor in Office at the time of the canalization and the current mayor. The current environmental situation of Arroio do Moinho was investigated during the interviews and also through a questionnaire applied to teachers and students of high school (regular) and of elementary school in the modality Education of Young and Adults (EJA – Educação de Jovens e Adultos) from Escola Estadual de Ensino Médio Pindorama. The achieved results give the possibility to conclude that the development model which guided the canalization process was an anthropocentric view turned completely to the profits. Also, the environmental perception crisis is linked to the fact that the natural world where we live is not understood as a whole, on the contrary, it is seen in a fragmented view deriving from the Cartesian thought which leads to the attempts to solve certain problem, creating another one, in the case, the canalization which also aimed at minimizing the effect of floods in the place, ended up resulting on floods with bigger proportions. The canalization was also performed aiming at giving a more urban aspect to the town.