Um caminho melhor para os resíduos sólidos: levando a educação ambiental para as escolas públicas de Tefé (Amazonas)

Abstract

During the period from March 2013 to August 2015, teachers and students Amazonas State University undertook many activities in their project “Clean City: Do your part” (BR Portuguese: “Cidade Limpa: faça sua parte”) together with the Tefé municipal district (Amazonas). In such activities were included: Awareness campaigns, educational lectures, workshops, competitions, and short courses in state and municipal schools and rural communities. The environmental education actions were developed in fourteen schools in Tefé, involving two thousand five hundred students from elementary and high school. On the university campus, the actions were also developed involving academics from all courses, which led to a reduction in the use of plastic cups. Finally, this experience has brought the University Enviromental Education to different social segments, contributing to educational practices on the reuse of solid waste by teaching how to execute the “5 R’s”, seeking improvement in the quality of life.