Environmental education and intervention of the Lajeado Sabão microbasin, in Concórdia-SC

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the process of an environmental pedagogical experience developed at the Professor Olavo Cecco Rigon Basic Education School, located in the hydrographic watershed of the Rio Lajeado Sabão, in the municipality of Concórdia-SC. In 2016, the project entitled “Knowing and interacting with and in the School's watershed” started, financed by the National Water Agency and the Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination. The methodology adopted includes action research, applied exploratory, bibliographic, field and qualitative. Among the results obtained are the development of pedagogical works on the theme of water generation, on the implementation of practices or social technologies for water management, governance and preservation and on the production of educational teaching materials. Based on the theme, the research developed environmental education in an interdisciplinary and continuous way with students, volunteers, the population surrounding the watershed, in addition to implementing intervention projects in the spaces mentioned.

Keywords: Waters. Regional Development. Basic Education. Environment.