Consumo sustentável: nossas escolhas escrevem nossa história

Abstract

This paper presents a project with students of Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental São João, Lajeado/RS, drawn from the occurrence of different environmental phenomena that cause socioeconomic problems, which are advertised in different media. The students have made many inquiries on this subject especially on the trash, the different types of waste and its destination, the consequences of the irregular allocation as well as how the human being should act in regard to this subject. As the school is the place that promotes knowledge and enhancement of good habits related to environmental education and the teacher has the motivating role in the discovery and construction of meaningful learning linked with daily life, we used the research methodology of students’ previous knowledge through an objective questionnaire. After that students watched lectures, a movie and a documentary related to the topic and discussed it. They concluded on the need to be aware of their attitudes and their responsibility in the separation of waste and its proper destination through selective collection, aiming at life quality. The development of this project showed that getting information on this matter and fostering this habit are required as a continuous process, because even knowing the attitudes regarding the proper disposal of the waste we still need practical actions to make it effective.