Educação ambiental: sensibilizando e mobilizando alunos da escola Miguel Beltrame, Santa Maria (RS, Brasil)

Abstract

The education is a strategy that has as objective the innovation and the raising of awareness for the change, change of behavior, of acts and social relations. This paper has as objective sensitize the students of the Escola Municipal de Ensino Fundamental Miguel Beltrame, located in the city of Santa Maria, RS, in relation to existing socio-environmental problems in local reality, starting from the perception that students have of where they live. Furthermore, alert the community about the problems detected. Thereunto, were realized group work activities; presentations of documentaries; elaboration of pamphlets; tour nearby school; delivery of pamphlets to the community. This work of raising awareness sought to show to the children the importance of proper disposal of the trash and the reduction of consumerism in society. Were observed results in the scholar environment as the transmission of social values, the cooperation between the educatees, the development of the creative process during the applied workshops, the awakening of a continued environmental practices, mainly from working with recyclable materials, further of the development of a citizen spatial awareness.