Degradação ambiental em face da urbanização: educação ambiental a serviço da conservação do Arroio Funil/Parobé, RS

Abstract

This paper represents a reflection on the development of environmental education in a school Project, trying to concretely demonstrate the importance of environmental education in school subjects, especially regarding to urbanization and water quality. The present study aims to promote a reflection about urbanization and environmental degradation in order to promote awareness on a local reality and consequently, provides support for the effectiveness of environmental actions. According to the observation of the local reality, visual record, discussion and research, the students from EMEF Teresinha Ivone Homem gaucho city from Parobé, RS, were able to develop their studies on the environmental impact of urbanization around Arroio Funil, near the school using tools such as photography and computer and looking for ways to raise awareness of the school community to this subject through the explanation of the results of the research as a lecture to the school community. The digital media resources constituted in an important tools to provide this work as it provided the necessary background to perform the same. A simple proposal, however, an important contribution in the context of Environmental Education at the school looking for strategies to the construction of citizenship.