A educação ambiental nas ações públicas municipais de preservação do meio ambiente no âmbito da Associação dos Municípios do Oeste de Santa Catarina - AMOSC

Abstract

The article discusses the way in which Environmental Education is being understood and implemented by the Environment Departments within the scope of the Association of Municipalities in the west of Santa Catarina. The methodological proposal was based on applied research with a quali quantitative approach and was developed from two moments: documental research and case study. The do cumental research analyzed the Municipal Plans for Integrated Management of Solid Waste and, in its specificity, the chapter dedicated to Environmental Education. In the case study, the collection of information was carried out through the application of q uestionnaires to the managers responsible for the Departments of the Environment and the resulting categorizations and analyzes were made, mainly, using the Content Analysis methodology. Despite some important initiatives developed by the Environment Depar tments, the results indicate that the way in which Environmental Education is being understood and implemented by environmental managers, to a large extent, does not allow the construction of critical analyzes and the development of concrete actions that p romote in the population a sense of co responsibility for the prevention and resolution of environmental problems.