Alimentação e sustentabilidade : Agenda Ambiental na Administração Pública (A3P) no restaurante universitário da UFRPE e a contribuição da educação ambiental

• Autor(a) principal: GONÇALVES, Manuela Medeiros
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRPE
• Texto Completo: http://www.tede2.ufrpe.br:8080/tede2/handle/tede2/7591
• topic: Restaurante universitário; Alimentação; Sustentabilidade; Educação ambiental; ADMINISTRACAO::ADMINISTRACAO PUBLICA

The theme of waste management provokes the discussion that involves the potential of food production and sustainability. The amount of solid waste produced by UFRPE’s University Restaurant – a space where subsidized meals are offered to the university community – is large. Therefore, this research focused on two variables that would enable it to check how managers, employers, and users of UFRPE’s UR can incorporate the policies suggested by A3P in order to promote those same variables: “proper waste management” and “awareness and skill training”. This research aimed to analyze how the policies proposed by A3P, on the variables of “Proper Waste Management” and “Awareness and Skill Training”, can be incorporated by the managers, employers, and users of UFRPE’s UR, in a way to contribute to an educational material which embodies appropriate sustainable actions. The methodology used was of a case study with a qualitative investigative approach. The data collection was conducted through printed surveys with employers and users of the UR, direct observation, and interviews. The results gathered show that 91% of the employers and 85% of the users of the UR have no knowledge about A3P. Besides, 55% of the users tend to leave food waste on their plates, and 53% of those say they serve themselves with lavishness. It is important to point out that over 90% of the employers and users have already heard of or are familiar with Environmental Education, but only 11% of the users are informed about the institutional PLS – Sustainable Logistic Managerial Plan. Lastly, 64% of the commensals believe awareness and schooling actions would make the UR more sustainable. So, it is pertinent to advert the managers of the UR to (1) begin investing in actions that relate to environmental education and policies, as the best way of implementing the variables from the A3P that deal with waste management, awareness and schooling, because those tools assist in developing a mindfulness on the agents that are part of the UR, decreasing the amount of generated waste; (2) a greater integration with the society through community centers and garbage collectors associations; (3) assurance that the specific legislation that deal with waste management will be followed accordingly; (4) a closer relation with the university community; as well as (5) the reduction of the expenditures with waste collection. To conclude and taking into consideration the environmental actions and proposed variables, the research affirms that in order for the A3P to be implemented and properly used at the UR, the environmental education is one of the main instruments to improve the waste management, the awareness and the schooling of those who are part of the UR. Besides, the use of the proposed socio and environmental categories may also be used as a support tool for sustainability management, and to provide a participative process for a shared management between the UR and the university community.