ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND THE SCHOOL IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS OF SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

Abstract

The concept of sustainability is much discussed in today's society and is contemplated in the actions of Environmental Education. We present in this paper a clipping of the results of our masters research, of documentary character, in which we evaluated 16 environmental books focused on the environmental issue, with special attention to the issue of Solid Waste / Garbage. Among the concepts we observe are Reuse, Recycling and Sustainability. We aim to discuss the relevance of the text books as important allies of the teaching work in the school. We consider the school as an educational space, so that the Environmental Education in the school contributes to the construction of social-environmental responsibility and to the acquisition of values and attitudes aligned with environmental conservation.