As pulseiras ecológicas como produto de resíduos sólidos: uma proposta sustentável em educação ambiental

Abstract

The environmental preservation has consisted in one of the greatest debates among our society. In the last 30 years, the man-nature relationship has motivated much analysis and research on material and energetic resources capacity, the increase in waste and its destiny, the physical environment modifications, the energy crisis, the potable water, among other aspects. So, we know about the environmental problems our planet has faced during the last years, and we know how little time we have left to save it, the urgency in solving those problems. Thus, this monograph presents as solution the informal Environmental Education, which holds an essential importance for our future, through it we may change concepts and behaviors in our society. Therefore this monograph sprouted, from an observant look over the daily attitudes towards the Environment and oneself, aiming to lead into an awareness of the subjects involved in the production of solid waste research, with the purpose that they comprehend the immediate need for reduction, reuse and appropriate destination of it as a proposal for a sustainable way of life and environmental preservation. Adopting a research-action methodology, the project has developed itself around a product: the Green Bracelet, built from solid waste materials, as of it, the society’s look over reusing, and how this activity can help un-deteriorate the planet, has been researched, besides administering workshops in order to teach how to build the product and lectures, which aim at conveying the knowledge about the environmental crisis and propose thoughts about our attitudes and changes of behavior. From the methodology applied, through the result analysis, we can perceive the importance of lectures and workshops on Environmental Education and how much they can further changes in our society, besides that, the construction of the “Green Bracelet” product showed feasibility and had drawn much interest from everybody involved in the project.