Preservação ambiental e qualidade de vida em comunidades quilombolas

Abstract

This study aimed to greater awareness in the Quilombola community Passo do Maia, located in Formigueiro, in the central region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, the importance of environmental preservation, as well as its correlation with the health and quality of life residents. In order to make environmental education, was made a map of the environmental conditions of this community, as well as a survey of his views about the concepts of environment, pollution, methods of environmental preservation, environmentally friendly everyday practices, such as destination proper household waste through interview questionnaire consisting of both the mi-structured, whereby it was found that the community currently consists of 55 residents, with only 17 of them engaged in paid activities, only 4 work the formal economy, have employment relatioship and guaranteed income. Regarding the salary issue, only two of the interviewed families reported an income of 3 minimum wages, a family has 2 times the minimum wage, eight of the families living on minimum wage and three of them have incomes below the minimum wage. Despite the low family income included only 06 of the 14 interviewed families are assisted by social programs, and all of them are assisted by Bolsa Família. The vast majority of adults in this community have the primary school, some are illiterate and only one of the respondents have attended high school, but did not conclude it. The results showed that the concepts of environment, environmental degradation and ecologically sound practices are quite rudimentary.