Consumo sustentável e educação ambiental : um diálogo necessário

Abstract

Nowadays, sensibilization has been increased in some areas of society, and the quality of life getting better is directly related to the preservation and respect of environment, presented to mankind by daily practicing of Environmental Education. The objective of this academic text, is to analyze the perception of Environmental Education from students in high school, in this particular case, from Liceu Cuiabano School, and their consume whether sustainable or not. Therefore, the methodology used is the qualitative, with questions applied and interviews, in loco observation, and recorded transcriptions. So, it has been possible to verify that all the interviewed were able to recognize the importance of water, but, only 31% approached the right answer when it comes to potable water in the whole planet, 62% of the students could not tell what biodegradable detergent is; but it is very interesting to verify that 93% of the interviewed were able to answer what Environmental Education means. It is clear that with this research, future of mankind is directly related to the bond established between Nature and the use of natural resources by human being. It has been verified that just the changing of insignificant habits of consumption could really make a difference in the whole environmental context, for instance the simple act of closing the tap when shaving, which makes efforts really necessary in this non-stop awareness of students in sustainable consumption and environmental education subjects, and obviously, also the needing of public politics that will incentive and create the ambient protection.