A educação ambiental como meio de ação nas atividades agrícolas para preservação dos solos e da água nas comunidades rurais do município de Santo Ângelo - RS

Abstract

A major problem faced by the population, is the lack of sanitation and care for water and soil, especially in rural areas, where there is no specific type of control over the issues of environmental sanitation or when there is done so unsystematic, only appears to be triggered when a health problem in the community. Water pollution and soil increases every day due to residues of organic and inorganic materials, due to lack of sanitation and care of the man himself with his environment, and also daily activities of rural workers that may be irreversible environment. This study aimed to relate human activities with environmental problems in the interior of Santo Angelo - RS, focusing on the pollution of soil and water. For this reason, participants are doing work environment perception survey data on key factors of contamination in rural areas, through a photographic survey questionnaire and socio-environmental. From these data we can verify the quality of life in relation to issues of environmental sanitation and awareness of the population, allowing for discussion and promotion of environmental education, encouraging the formation of a sense of citizenship and helping to promote sanitation in these areas, forming citizens able to charge their rights to practice their duties to the preservation of natural resources, especially water and soil.