Education and Development on the Island of Príncipe: The Waste Recovery Cooperative and its Educational Potential

• Autor(a) principal: Olga Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Sofia Bergano, Mário Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.7.2021.450-460
• topic: Education; Waste Cooperative; Sustainable Development; Environmental Education; Educação; Cooperativa de Resíduos; Desenvolvimento Sustentável; Educação Ambiental

The Waste Valorisation Cooperative, in Porto Real - Príncipe Island, develops its activity through the recycling of glass, which is transformed into handmade jewellery, this work is developed by the women who make up the cooperative. The intention of this article is to show the educational potential of the cooperative through the involvement of schools, contributing to the development of the Island, emphasizing its role as a World Biosphere Reserve. For this purpose, a qualitative case study was carried out, with a view to analyse the perceptions of different social actors involved. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and treated using content analysis. The results obtained point to the need for the cooperative to approach schools in order to sensitize children and young people to the need for separation and recycling of materials dispersed throughout the island, in a perspective of all contributing to their development and minimizing environmental impacts in the island.