Geography and environmental education: a contribution to the company in via de possible changes

• Autor(a) principal: Camilo, Karine de Siqueira
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Silveira, Yara Maria Soares Costa da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Cerrados (Montes Claros. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/cerrados/article/view/3029
• topic: Educação Ambiental. Geografi a. Transformação. Meio Ambiente.; Environmental Education. Geography. Transformation. Environment.

Modern society is consumerism, but not oblivious to the changes arising from globalization and the its impact on the environment. This fact has aroused society for a possible transition process, making them more aware of their role in the community. This implies a change in attitude and behavior that can be gained with the inclusion of environmental education in schools and the daily life of the population. What sparked this interest in this work is to analyze the importance and the contribution of education in the understanding of the dynamic nature and society and their responsibility in the face of current environmental problems. The methodological procedure used was bibliographical research. In this sense, environmental education should be implemented as an integrated educational process and the discipline of geography would be an essential tool to guide future actions regarding the environment and its maintenance. This should be planned in aan operation form, targeting new opportunities for sustainable development. Fromthe study we can infer that the Geography and Environmental Education are only possibilities of success and failure, but always leaving their contribution to the construction of knowledge and subsequent planning, toward a new social and environmental ethics.