Análise da percepção ambiental dos estudantes da Escola Municipal Charles Garcia sobre a produção de resíduos sólidos no bairro Santa Rita de Cássia

Abstract

The work entitled "Analysis of the Environmental Perception of the students of the Charles Garcia Municipal School on solid waste production in the Santa Rita de Cássia neighborhood", aimed at understanding how the students of the Charles Garcia Municipal School perceive the irregular production and deposition of solid wastes the streets of the Santa Rita de Cássia neighborhood, as well as its interference in the quality of life of the population of the neighborhood in relation to environmental issues, since it is through education and awareness of the population about the problem of solid waste that this to reverse. Thus, this work was carried out through a qualitative research, under a phenomenological approach, followed by a field research and later the application of questionnaires applied to the students of the 6th grade elementary school of the morning shift. From the data collected and analyzed it was possible to understand that it is through the educational practices through the students' perception that it is possible to make them reflective, effectively understanding the interrelationships of man and the environment, leading them to raise awareness and conception of reality implying a transformation of thinking and acting on social and environmental practices, as well as the implementation of public policies that define decisions on the management of urban solid waste, which are fundamentally decisions on public health and therefore require the integration between environmental actions education, public policies and public awareness.