Today, textile products are designed with a “built-in obsolescence” to only last for a shorttime. The intention of this is to allow or even to encourage the customer to get rid of it assoon as possible and buy a new item. This has led to the discussed matter of increase indemand and hence overconsumption of textiles causing a lack of raw materials. Upcycling oftextile materials is a possible solution to this problem, where textile waste is re-used to makea new product. The purpose of this thesis is to view the penetrating power of upcycling oftextile materials and to define the potential of solely selling upcycled textile products. Up-todatetheoretical data has been collected together with three qualitative interviews withretailers and a manufacturer, all selling upcycled textile products. The potential of solelyselling upcycled textile products lies in the mind of the consumer and the dedication of thevendor. The younger generation makes a challenging potential and the emotional attachmentto the products generated by story telling and surprising factors contribute to this potential.The fact that the textile industry is facing severe challenges is also seen as a potential to covernew and substantial market shares.Textila produkter designas idag med ett inbyggt föråldrande med en kort livstid som syfte.Avsikten med detta är att tillåta eller till och med uppmuntra kunden att tröttna och göra sigav med produkten så snart som möjligt för att därefter köpa en ny. Den här processen harresulterat i det diskuterade ämnet om efterfrågeökning och överkonsumtion av textilier, sominnebär en råvarubrist i textilindustrin. Förädling (upcycling) av textila material är en möjliglösning till det här problemet, då textilavfall återanvänds och görs till en ny produkt. Syftetmed den här uppsatsen är att studera genomslagskraften upcycling av textila material har ochatt genom det kunna definiera vad det finns för potential att enbart sälja upcyclade textilaprodukter. Aktuell teoretisk information har samlats in tillsammans med tre kvalitativaintervjuer med två återförsäljare och en producent av upcyclade textila produkter. Utsikterna iatt enbart sälja upcyclade textila produkter ligger i kundens sinne och hos säljarens hängivelsetill fenomenet. Den yngre generationen utgör en utmanande potentiell målgrupp, och denkänslomässiga relationen till produkten som erhålls genom att förmedla historien bakomprodukten samt produktens överraskningsförmåga innebär möjligheter. Det faktum atttextilindustrin står inför allvarliga utmaningar ses också som en möjlighet att täcka nya ochomfattande marknadsandelar. / Program: Textilekonomutbildningen

EIA's contribution to increased environmental awareness is a posited means by which EIA's contribution to a substantive level of environmental protection can be measured. However, little research has been done to evaluate and properly contextualise this increased environmental awareness in members of the public who participate in EIA and its associated processes of public participation. Utilising a Foucauldian understanding of power and governmentality, this research has shown how this process of becoming environmentally aware takes place within a broader application of governmental power and it is within this context which the success (or otherwise) of steering towards a greater environmental awareness must be evaluated. The biopolitical intentions EIA has for managing environmental life in general draws strict boundaries of expertise and authority in governing the environment, and as products of this formation of governmental power the public become subjects of expert direction. In opposition to this, the public produced a rural environment and local community as defined and governed by forms of experiential knowledge, which although pertaining to a truth-oriented mentality of rule, exerted a similar biopolitical control over the environment and immutable form of authority and expertise within it. It is contended that for EIA to penetrate bounded environments and disrupt their totalising environmentalities, the tool must extend the meaning of uncertainty to explicitly recognise the conflict that exists between actors and their respective environments. In this way, EIA can contribute to a form of self-reflexive and -critical environmental citizenship deemed necessary for a thorough investigation into the political dimensions of the environment and its associated substantive measures of enhancement and protection. Employing a realist governmentality approach to the case-study of the 2016 public inquiry in shale energy proposals in Lancashire, this research generated discourse analyses of key policy documents and public contributions to the inquiry in addition to a 'lived experience' of the inquiry as a participatory space through participant observation. The key findings were that at the policy level, the participating member of the public is produced as both a trustee and an expert, heightening the potential for conflict. Further to this, the experiences of the public inquiry added to this potential by seeking to impose on the participant an individualised, silent identity which was directly contradicted by the public during 'non-technical' sessions who sought to participate actively and collectively. Within their contributions the public produced further internal conflicts, with aspects of this discourse relying on existing institutionalised forms of knowledge and expertise to respond to environmental problems, while in others asserting that localised and personal experiences were necessary. EIA as a technique of government can have a leading role in defining the environment in both a physical, surrounding sense and as a mentality. To do so and challenge essentialised and concrete ideas regarding the environment avoiding the acts of exclusion that underpin them becoming normalised the thesis builds on the analysis to make a proposition for a more effective agonistic EIA process.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:26:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Barbara Susana Barbosa de Araujoprot.pdf: 2856714 bytes, checksum: 2d649f4e75619acdc07f8887a5c9bb99 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The starting point for the construction of this study was the perception that the current societal behavior and business management models do not provide the balance needed for the continuation of environmental resources essential to human survival. The challenges to achieve the widespread sustainable development are immense and, for many, utopian. This research was conducted after admitting that the production of knowledge is one of the guiding pillars of the advancement of the discussions which enable a boost in understanding and engagement within society in favor of a less unsustainable future. This study sought to understand to what extent there is a relationship between the environmental awareness of taxi drivers in São Paulo and the use of natural gas for their vehicles, compared to the survey of the factors that stimulate and discourage the use of this fuel considered less pollutant. The choice of researching on the use of Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV) as an energy source was due to the fact that in Brazil the use of other clean energy sources in the transport sector is extremely incipient. We sought to identify which in practice, are perceived as attributes that encourage and / or inhibit drivers to use NGV. In addition, we sought to understand whether taxi drivers, apart from the technical and economic developments, were also motivated by an environmental concern to collaborate or reinforce the choice of a less polluting fuel than traditional ethanol and gasoline. The results obtained by our descriptive quantitative research, with 73 taxi drivers in São Paulo, preceded by a qualitative exploratory study. Factors related to the financial benefits of the use of CNG were confirmed as the main attractions for using this type of fuel; whereas the necessary investment to adapt the vehicle to the supply of natural gas was appointed as the main to its use. When analyzing the results, it can be concluded that, because there is no evidence that environmental awareness is an important attribute in the decision of taxi drivers to use cleaner fuel, it is necessary to have a greater incentive to use this power source, or any other offering less potential offensive worsening of urban pollution and consequent respiratory diseases, to which the population is subject to. The stimuli may be a result of, among others, tax exemptions, already practiced in some Brazilian municipalities. / A percepção de que os modelos atuais de comportamento da sociedade e de gestão de negócios não proporcionam o equilíbrio necessário para continuidade dos recursos ambientais essenciais à sobrevivência humana foi o ponto de partida para construção deste estudo. Os desafios para se atingir o tão difundido desenvolvimento sustentável, são imensos e, para muitos, utópicos. Essa pesquisa foi concebida por admitir-se que a produção do conhecimento é um dos pilares norteadores para o avanço dos debates capazes de impulsionar a compreensão e o engajamento da sociedade em prol de um futuro menos insustentável. Objetivou-se compreender em que medida existe relação entre a consciência ambiental dos taxistas do município de São Paulo e a utilização do gás natural em seus veículos, face ao levantamento dos fatores que estimulam e dos que desestimulam a utilização desse combustível tido como menos poluente. A escolha pela utilização do gás natural veicular (GNV) como fonte de energia pesquisada se deu pelo fato de que no Brasil a utilização de outras fontes de energia limpa no setor de transporte é extremamente incipiente. Buscou-se identificar o que na prática é percebido como atributos que incentivam e/ou inibem os motoristas a usarem o GNV. Além disso, buscou-se entender se, afora as motivações de cunho técnico-econômico havia, entre os taxistas, preocupação ambientais que colaborassem ou reforçassem a escolha por um combustível menos poluente do que os tradicionais etanol e gasolina. Os resultados foram fruto de uma pesquisa quantitativa descritiva realizada com 73 motorista de táxis do município de São Paulo, precedida de um estudo qualitativo exploratório. Os fatores relacionados às vantagens financeiras decorrentes do uso do GNV foram confirmados como os maiores atrativos para uso desse tipo de combustível; ao passo que, o investimento para a adaptação dos veículos ao abastecimento do GNV, foi apontado como o principal obstáculo a sua utilização. Através da análise dos resultados, pode-se concluir que, por não haver evidências de que a consciência ambiental é um atributo relevante na decisão dos taxistas pela utilização de um combustível menos poluente, faz-se necessário que haja maior estímulo ao uso dessa fonte de energia, ou de qualquer outra que ofereça menor potencial ofensivo ao agravamento da poluição urbana e das consequentes doenças respiratórias, as quais a população está sujeita. Os estímulos podem ser fruto, entre outros, da isenção de impostos, já praticada em alguns municípios brasileiros.

Hotels constitute one of the main, and still expanding, pillars of the tourism sector and are highly unique among other commercial buildings. Resource intensive and frequently inefficient systems and operational routines applied in the sector, result in considerable environmental impact and indicate an urgent need for more environmentally sound practices and products in the hotel industry. A certain level of activity in the area of reducing resource use has been observed for quite some time but the motivation for this was related to cost-benefit issues rather than the environment. Furthermore, most of the initiatives are still considered to be best practice case studies and not daily routines. The constantly increasing prices of basic commodities, such as energy resources and water, encourage the implementation of energy and water efficiency and conservation measures in hotel facilities. To this end, numerous guidelines and initiatives have been produced by hotel-related organisations. The study of attitudes among 610 European hoteliers indicated that, at the moment, the level of environmental awareness among hotel managers is not high enough to introduce significant changes, although attitudes differ depending on the country of origin and the corporate policy. The prospects of significant cost savings, as well as customer demand were identified as the most likely parameters to enhance environmental responsibility among hoteliers. The popularity of CSR reporting and sustainability indices, especially among the larger companies, leads the author to believe that the industry is preparing to change. Many of the companies running hotels are also reporting their environmental management goals and indicators of environmental performance, while benchmarking and all types of comparison league tables are gaining popularity. There is, however, no system or methodology of data collection and monitoring that is universally accepted or applicable throughout the hotel sector. Furthermore, the accuracy and validity of the published performance indicators and benchmarks is widely debated due to large variations in the figures reported. The analyses performed on data from over 180 upscale and mid-market European chain hotels (Hilton International and Scandic) indicated that even among relatively uniform (service-wise) hotels the amenities offered did influence consumption, further complicating the concept and applicability of uniform benchmarking and resource consumption modelling. It was thus concluded that, creating a uniform model for all hotels is almost impossible, or would require a significant amount of very detailed input data, and that the results could still be highly inaccurate. Instead, it was suggested that it might actually be more accurate to develop models for individual hotels. Such an approach would allow for the modelling of the behaviour of all types of hotels with no size, type of services or standard limitations. Multi-variate step-wise regression analyses performed on individual Scandic hotels in Sweden indicated that energy consumption was dependent on the outdoor air temperature/actual heating degree days, while water consumption was mainly influenced by the number of guest-nights sold. Experience gained by the author during the process of the Hilton Environmental Reporting system upgrade allowed for the formulation of a set of rules of thumb that ought to be followed in the design of similar schemes. The experience of various regions and numerous companies also suggests that well designed and implemented environmental and resource management programs bring significant benefits at an individual as well as a corporate level. This study provides an indication of the strategies that can be used by various stakeholders in the process of development and implementation of such programs. This research further suggests that future developments in environmental performance indicators and benchmarking may best be served by disaggregating hotels into modules (such as guest-rooms, catering outlets, conference centres) and developing consumption models and best practice indicators for these particular components. The individual efficiencies/performance indicators should then be combined and weighted to provide a just overall evaluation of a facility that could then be compared to a benchmark (developed in the same manner). In a similar manner, sustainability assessment schemes and indicators for destinations and communities could be developed. However, more accurate and differentiated knowledge of the individual performance of sub-systems is necessary to proceed with such an alternative. In addition, the methodologies for data collection and reporting procedures, at all levels of the company and sector, need to be standardized and detailed / QC 20100818

Swedish government aid is divided into three main themes: democracy and human rights, the environment and climate, and gender equality and women's role in development. These three themes in aid are considered by the government to be vital in order to fight poverty and create fair and sustainable development. This study will examine two of the four focus areas designated under the theme of "environment and climate". The study observes the relationship between projects in energy and water and how it promotes a sustainable lifestyle. A survey on environmental habits will be conducted. The purpose of the study is to see if international aid projects funded by the Swedish government are able to promote a sustainable lifestyle in the Swedish population. The study has revealed the following: there is a lack of knowledge among the respondents of how the government conducts its environmental efforts; there is an interest in the environment and environmental issues among the respondents; the respondents consider environmental issues important. The investigation has also revealed that water projects have a greater tendency to promote sustainable lifestyles among the respondents because it had the greatest degree of influence on individuals’ actions. However, the investigation also showed that the action readiness for environmental behavior is generally low but that development aid for water and electricity can promote a sustainable lifestyle in the donor country in conjunction with other factors. / Regeringen har tre prioriterade biståndsteman för att bekämpa fattigdomen och för en rättvis och hållbar utveckling, dessa är: demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter, miljö och klimat samt jämställdhet och kvinnors roll i utveckling. Jag undersöker två av fyra inriktningar under temat miljö och klimat. Inom denna studie kommer jag att undersöka hur relationen mellan satsningar på energi- och vattenprojekt och vår livsstil ter sig. En egen enkätundersökning har utförts om miljövanorna hos svenskar. Tanken är att se om internationella biståndsprojekt som Sverige bedriver främjar en hållbar livsstil genom att influera svenskarnas handlingsberedskap. Det som undersökningen har påvisat är följande: att det bland respondenterna saknas kunskap om hur regeringen bedriver sitt miljöarbete på ett internationellt plan, bland annat genom biståndsarbeten; att det hos de flesta respondenterna fanns ett miljöintresse och att miljöfrågan och miljöarbete ansågs vara viktiga; att vattenprojekt har en större benägenhet att främja en hållbar livsstil hos respondenterna eftersom det hade störst påverkan på deras handlingar; att det förekommer en svag handlingsbenägenhet för ett miljöbeteende hos respondenterna och att biståndsprojekt gällande vatten och el kan i samverkan med andra faktorer vara en faktor som främjar en hållbar livsstil inom givarlandet.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:54:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RichellyCD_DISSERT.pdf: 2320293 bytes, checksum: 0a60ecea735c1b5c6fe1a9d05e141fe9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-06 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Contamination by complex mixtures of various origins has been explored and studied for decades. Radon is a naturally occurring environmental contaminant that causes carcinogenic effects. These emissions can cause mutations in the lung tissue, which can initiate a carcinogenic process. Thus the dam Creek Falls, located in the municipality of Lajes Pintadas, was chosen for the development of this study, since cancer rates in the region reach 9% of the population annually, with this, the main objective of this study was evaluate the mutagenicity and toxicity of Riacho da Cachoeira damunder the influence of radon. The methodology ecotoxicological tests were performed with Ceriodaphinia dubia, as well as tests with Tradescantia pallida genotoxicologicos and Oreochromis niloticus. To understand how the population of Pintadas Slabs realizes the environment, we performed a study of environmental perception. The test results indicated that the reservoir water is toxic to test organimos exposed, found heavy metals, chloride, total and fecal coliforms as well as radon levels above the maximum allowed under Brazilian law. These results can be justified because it is so complex samples composed of different compounds that interact only with each other or causing synergistic effects. It was concluded that the dam Creek Waterfall, is contaminated with radon, as well as heavy metals, coliforms and chloride, causing toxic effects to the natural community. Thus, further studies should be performed with the human population of the region, to verify that the high rates of cancer in the population of the municipality may be linked to the presence of natural radiation. Thus, it is expected that the competent bodies that administer the municipality of Lajes Pintadas take reasonable steps to minimize risks and ensure the health of the community that still makes use of the weir / A contamina??o por misturas complexas de origens diversas vem sendo explorada e estudada por d?cadas. O rad?nio ? um contaminante ambiental de origem natural, que provoca efeitos carcinog?nicos. Estas emiss?es podem levar as muta??es no tecido do pulm?o, que podem iniciar um processo carcinog?nico. Assim o a?ude Riacho da Cachoeira, localizado no munic?pio de Lajes Pintadas, foi escolhido para o desenvolvimento do presente estudo, j? que h? altas taxas de c?ncer na regi?o que chegam a 9% da popula??o, anualmente, com isso, o objetivo principal do presente estudo foi avaliar a mutagenicidade e toxicidade do a?ude Riacho da Cachoeira sob a influ?ncia do Rad?nio. Como metodologia, foram realizados ensaios ecotoxicologicos com Ceriodaphinia dubia, assim como ensaios genotoxicologicos com Tradescantia pallida e Oreochromis niloticus. Para entender como a popula??o de Lajes Pintadas percebe o meio ambiente, foi realizado um estudo de percep??o ambiental. Os resultados dos ensaios indicaram que a ?gua do a?ude ? toxica aos organimos-teste expostos, foram encontrados metais pesados, cloreto, coliformes totais e fecais assim como os n?veis de rad?nio acima dos limites m?ximos permitidos segundo a legisla??o brasileira. Os resultados encontrados podem ser justificados pelo fato de se tratar de amostras complexas constitu?das assim de diferentes compostos que interagem s? ou entre si causando efeitos sin?rgicos. Concluiu-se que o a?ude Riacho da Cachoeira, est? contaminado com rad?nio, assim como por metais pesados, coliformes e cloreto, causando efeitos toxicol?gicos ? comunidade natural. Assim, novos estudos devem ser realizados com a popula??o humana da regi?o, para verificar se os altos ?ndices de c?ncer na popula??o do munic?pio podem estar ligados a presen?a da radia??o natural. Desta forma, espera-se que os ?rg?os competentes que administram o munic?pio de Lajes Pintadas tomem medidas cab?veis para assegurar e minimizar os riscos a sa?de da comunidade que ainda faz uso do a?ude

O crescimento da população e o aumento do consumo de recursos naturais acentuam a poluição da água, do ar e do solo, o que é evidenciado pelo crescente desaparecimento de espécies década após década, apenas um dos muitos efeitos nefastos do descuido com o planeta que habitamos. Acreditamos que a educação possa ter significativa contribuição no processo de percepção deste desequilíbrio na relação entre homem e natureza auxiliando para a busca de uma melhora do cenário atual. Para que a educação possa cumprir este papel é fundamental que se tenham indicadores do nível de conhecimento ambiental dos alunos. Isso nos permite aferir a situação atual e a partir disso definir metas e construir estratégias para o trabalho com Educação Ambiental, buscando a sustentabilidade e a responsabilidade de todas as gerações para o futuro. Um dos principais objetivos desta pesquisa é caracterizar e enfatizar a importância de compreender como os alunos do terceiro ano do ensino médio e oitava série do ensino fundamental de escolas estaduais percebem e conhecem o meio ambiente do município e a atuação das estruturas públicas e de ONGs (Organizações não governamentais) presentes em São Leopoldo/RS. Além disto, buscamos verificar a inserção de novas tecnologias neste cenário, como o uso do Orkut e de suas comunidades relacionadas ao meio ambiente. Um total de 218 alunos participaram desta pesquisa, respondendo a um questionário sobre sua percepção a respeito do meio ambiente da cidade; as respostas foram analisadas estatisticamente com o auxílio do software SPSS e Excel. Esta análise revelou que mais da metade da amostra possui cadastro no Orkut, mas não participa de comunidades virtuais sobre o meio ambiente. Quanto à Pegada Ecológica a maior pontuação foi de alunos do terceiro ano do ensino médio que obtiveram um valor entre 8 e 10 hectares. Um pouco menor foi o resultado apresentado pelos estudantes de oitava série, entre 6 e 8 hectares. Através desta pesquisa também foi possível identificar e quantificar um grande desconhecimento por parte dos alunos no que se refere aos órgãos públicos e suas ações. Em ambos os níveis de ensino, a maioria desconhece a localização da Secretaria de Meio Ambiente da cidade, nunca pensaram em denunciar algo que tenham visto contra a natureza, bem como desconhecem a existência de projetos sobre meio ambiente no município. A legislação ambiental também é desconhecida pela quase totalidade dos estudantes. É essencial que estes resultados sirvam de estímulo para uma reflexão de todos os sujeitos que estão ligados à discussão da temática ambiental, principalmente aqueles que estruturam políticas públicas voltadas à Educação Ambiental. A legislação que visa preservar nosso patrimônio ambiental existe, cabe à sociedade promover uma maior cobrança para que essas leis sejam aperfeiçoadas e efetivamente aplicadas, e cabe às instituições escolares debaterem estes assuntos em suas comunidades, formando cidadãos ativos na busca de soluções para estes problemas. Desta forma, é possível trabalhar a construção de uma consciência ambiental visando um futuro melhor. / Population growth and increased consumption of natural resources intensify water, air and soil pollution, which is evidenced by the increasing loss of species over the decades, only one of many harmful effects of neglecting the planet we live on. We believe education can have significant contribution in the perception of this imbalance in the relationship between man and nature, helping to improve the current scenario. For education to fulfill this role it is essential to have indicators of the level of student’s environmental knowledge. This allow measuring the current situation and from that set goals and build strategies for working with Environmental Education, aiming sustainability and responsibility of every generation for the future. One of the main objectives of this research is to characterize and emphasize the importance of understanding how students in the third year of high school and eighth grade in the elementary school at public schools perceive and know the environment of the city and the actions of public structures and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in São Leopoldo city. Furthermore, we investigate how new technologies take part in this scenario, as the use of Orkut and its communities related to the environment. A group of 218 students took part in this research, answering a questionnaire about their perception about the city's environment; the answers were statistically analyzed with the aid of SPSS and Excel softwares. This analysis revealed that more than half of the sample has an Orkut account, but does not take part of communities about the environment. Regarding Ecological Footprint, the highest score was obtained by students in third year of high school, between 8 and 10 hectares. Slightly lower was the result of the eighthgrade students, between 6 and 8 hectares. It was also identified and quantified through this research students display a great ignorance of public structures and its actions. At both levels of education, most are unaware of the location of the city’s Department of Environmental Protection, never thought to report something wrong they witnessed against nature and do not know any environmental projects being held on the city. Environmental Law is also unknown by almost all students. It is essential that these results stimulate the study of all environmental involved parties that are linked to discussion of environmental issues, especially those responsible to make public policies for the Environmental Education. The Environmental Law already exits, it is up to society demand these laws are improved and enforced, and it is up to schools to discuss these issues in their communities, developing citizens who are active in the pursuit of solutions to these problems. Thus, it is possible to build an environmental awareness aiming a better future.

O Programa Mais Educação (PME), instituído em 2007, surge como uma estratégia do Governo Federal para induzir a ampliação da jornada escolar e a organização curricular na perspectiva da educação integral. Este programa integra diferentes saberes, espaços educativos e pessoas da comunidade e visa desenvolver uma educação pública de qualidade. O objetivo desta pesquisa de caráter predominantemente qualitativo foi investigar como a escola com jornada educativa ampliada, por meio do Programa Mais Educação (PME), pode colaborar para o desenvolvimento de uma educação conscientizadora na rede municipal de ensino fundamental de São Gabriel-RS. Realizou-se uma análise qualitativa por meio da aplicação de questionários que permitiu compreender a visão dos educadores do município sobre as concepções acerca de educação integral e Programa Mais Educação. Percebemos uma visão simplificada do Programa, visto que uma minoria participou de cursos de formação sobre educação integral e PME. Observamos também que poucas escolas aderiram aos macrocampos educação ambiental e desenvolvimento sustentável, dado que nos chamou a atenção ao considerarmos as influências da produção científica e tecnológica no modo atual de vida da sociedade. Diante disso, partimos para uma intervenção nas oficinas pedagógicas do PME, com estudantes do ensino fundamental, onde desenvolvemos sete oficinas de educação ambiental com uma abordagem CTS (Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade) sobre a temática do lixo. Encontramos lacunas no ensino das relações lixo e meio ambiente, principalmente com relação ao seu destino, observamos que os estudantes não possuíam uma visão mais clara dos impactos de nossas atitudes e a sua relação com o lixo. A partir dessas dúvidas,foram desenvolvidas atividades embasadas nos Três Momentos Pedagógicos (Delizoicov e Angotti, 1992) propiciaram a participação ativa dos alunos, oportunizando informações para o pensamento reflexivo e a tomada de decisões. Ao final deste trabalho apresentou-se um vídeo com os conceitos construídos pelos estudantes durante as oficinas. Esse vídeo foi utilizado como recurso informativo para a população, em diversos espaços da comunidade como: sala de espera da prefeitura e espaços de propagandas de mídias na praça central da cidade. Por fim, disponibilizamos o vídeo no YouTube e um livreto com as oficinas aplicadas nesta pesquisa para as educadoras da escola envolvida e a todos os professores de ciências que tiverem interesse, pois está disponibilizado nos apêndices deste trabalho. / The PMC (More Education Program) established in 2007 emerges as a strategy from the Federal Government to induce the enlargement of the school´s day work as well as the curriculum organization aiming the overall education. That program integrates different knowledges, and seeks to develop a public education with quality. The target of this research, which has a mainly qualitative outline, was to investigate how a school with such enlarged day work through the PME Program can cooperate for the development of an education with awareness in the city´s elementary school in São Gabriel-RS. An analysis was performed both quantitative and qualitative through the application of questionnaires which allowed to understand the São Gabriel teachers´ vision about the conceptions concerning the overall education and the PME. We have noticed a simplified vision of that Program, since a minority have participated in the formation courses about overall education and the PME. We have also perceived that few schools joined the macrofields overall education and sustainable development, data which was evident when we considered the influences of the scientific and technological production in the society´s present way of life. Being so, we have started and intervention in the PME´s workshops with students from the elementary school, where we developed seven workshops of environmental education with a STS approach (Science, Technology and Society) about the trash theme. We have found gaps in the teaching of the trash/environment relationship, mainly as to its destination, where we have noticed that the students did not have a clear notion of the impact our actions and attitudes in relation to the trash. After these doubts, the development of activities based on the Three Pedagogical Moments (Delizoicov and Angotti, 1992), enabled the students´ active participation generating information for the reflexive thought and the decision-making. At the end of this work, a video was presented with concepts built by the students during the workshops. That video was used as an information resource for the population, in several spaces of the community such as; the City Hall´s waiting room, spaces of media on the main square. Finally, that video was also made available to YouTube followers, and a brochure with the workshops used in that research for the tutors of the related school and to all science teachers who have shown interest, since it is available at the addendum of this work.

O crescimento da população e o aumento do consumo de recursos naturais acentuam a poluição da água, do ar e do solo, o que é evidenciado pelo crescente desaparecimento de espécies década após década, apenas um dos muitos efeitos nefastos do descuido com o planeta que habitamos. Acreditamos que a educação possa ter significativa contribuição no processo de percepção deste desequilíbrio na relação entre homem e natureza auxiliando para a busca de uma melhora do cenário atual. Para que a educação possa cumprir este papel é fundamental que se tenham indicadores do nível de conhecimento ambiental dos alunos. Isso nos permite aferir a situação atual e a partir disso definir metas e construir estratégias para o trabalho com Educação Ambiental, buscando a sustentabilidade e a responsabilidade de todas as gerações para o futuro. Um dos principais objetivos desta pesquisa é caracterizar e enfatizar a importância de compreender como os alunos do terceiro ano do ensino médio e oitava série do ensino fundamental de escolas estaduais percebem e conhecem o meio ambiente do município e a atuação das estruturas públicas e de ONGs (Organizações não governamentais) presentes em São Leopoldo/RS. Além disto, buscamos verificar a inserção de novas tecnologias neste cenário, como o uso do Orkut e de suas comunidades relacionadas ao meio ambiente. Um total de 218 alunos participaram desta pesquisa, respondendo a um questionário sobre sua percepção a respeito do meio ambiente da cidade; as respostas foram analisadas estatisticamente com o auxílio do software SPSS e Excel. Esta análise revelou que mais da metade da amostra possui cadastro no Orkut, mas não participa de comunidades virtuais sobre o meio ambiente. Quanto à Pegada Ecológica a maior pontuação foi de alunos do terceiro ano do ensino médio que obtiveram um valor entre 8 e 10 hectares. Um pouco menor foi o resultado apresentado pelos estudantes de oitava série, entre 6 e 8 hectares. Através desta pesquisa também foi possível identificar e quantificar um grande desconhecimento por parte dos alunos no que se refere aos órgãos públicos e suas ações. Em ambos os níveis de ensino, a maioria desconhece a localização da Secretaria de Meio Ambiente da cidade, nunca pensaram em denunciar algo que tenham visto contra a natureza, bem como desconhecem a existência de projetos sobre meio ambiente no município. A legislação ambiental também é desconhecida pela quase totalidade dos estudantes. É essencial que estes resultados sirvam de estímulo para uma reflexão de todos os sujeitos que estão ligados à discussão da temática ambiental, principalmente aqueles que estruturam políticas públicas voltadas à Educação Ambiental. A legislação que visa preservar nosso patrimônio ambiental existe, cabe à sociedade promover uma maior cobrança para que essas leis sejam aperfeiçoadas e efetivamente aplicadas, e cabe às instituições escolares debaterem estes assuntos em suas comunidades, formando cidadãos ativos na busca de soluções para estes problemas. Desta forma, é possível trabalhar a construção de uma consciência ambiental visando um futuro melhor. / Population growth and increased consumption of natural resources intensify water, air and soil pollution, which is evidenced by the increasing loss of species over the decades, only one of many harmful effects of neglecting the planet we live on. We believe education can have significant contribution in the perception of this imbalance in the relationship between man and nature, helping to improve the current scenario. For education to fulfill this role it is essential to have indicators of the level of student’s environmental knowledge. This allow measuring the current situation and from that set goals and build strategies for working with Environmental Education, aiming sustainability and responsibility of every generation for the future. One of the main objectives of this research is to characterize and emphasize the importance of understanding how students in the third year of high school and eighth grade in the elementary school at public schools perceive and know the environment of the city and the actions of public structures and NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in São Leopoldo city. Furthermore, we investigate how new technologies take part in this scenario, as the use of Orkut and its communities related to the environment. A group of 218 students took part in this research, answering a questionnaire about their perception about the city's environment; the answers were statistically analyzed with the aid of SPSS and Excel softwares. This analysis revealed that more than half of the sample has an Orkut account, but does not take part of communities about the environment. Regarding Ecological Footprint, the highest score was obtained by students in third year of high school, between 8 and 10 hectares. Slightly lower was the result of the eighthgrade students, between 6 and 8 hectares. It was also identified and quantified through this research students display a great ignorance of public structures and its actions. At both levels of education, most are unaware of the location of the city’s Department of Environmental Protection, never thought to report something wrong they witnessed against nature and do not know any environmental projects being held on the city. Environmental Law is also unknown by almost all students. It is essential that these results stimulate the study of all environmental involved parties that are linked to discussion of environmental issues, especially those responsible to make public policies for the Environmental Education. The Environmental Law already exits, it is up to society demand these laws are improved and enforced, and it is up to schools to discuss these issues in their communities, developing citizens who are active in the pursuit of solutions to these problems. Thus, it is possible to build an environmental awareness aiming a better future.