Educação ambiental e cidadania

Abstract

This work aims to present the importance of environmental education in citizenship development process. The environmental issue is present in today's society, bringing with it responsibilities to the subject, those related to the preservation and protection of the environment. Environmental education should be present in all aspects of society, especially in educational environments, is guaranteed as a common right to every citizen. The construction of citizenship is linked with environmental education process in which the individual realizes his relationship with the environment and takes actions aimed at the preservation and conservation of this environment, expanding the exercise of the rights of the individual and the collective. Being a citizen is thus exercising citizenship through sustainable attitudes, building a responsible, active and conscious attitude of his actions thus ensuring a healthy and fair environment for this and future generations.