During the past two decades, one of the positive developments in academia has been the emergence of a sizable literature pertaining to ecological education-the theory and practice of preparing children and adults alike for ecologically responsible citizenship. Gregory A. Smith, David W. Orr, and C. A. Bowers are three of the more prolific writers in the field. Smith critiques modern primary and secondary education and argues for, and paints a picture of, an alternative "green pedagogy" that seeks to inculcate in students strong community and ecological values. Orr focuses on the social and ethical problems associated with the environmental crisis and the changes that colleges and universities need to make in order to become propagators of, rather than impediments to, a widespread diffusion of ecological literacy. Bowers emphasizes the role that ecologically problematic modern cultural assumptions play in blinkering the ecological vision of most educational theorists and in preventing the flowering of an eco-justice pedagogy. Each writer seeks the transformation of both education and culture with a view toward realizing ecological sustainability, strong communities, social justice, and moral edification. They neglect or ignore some important subjects, including animal welfare ethics, politics, and corporate influence on governments.

The fast-fashion industry’s effect on the environment becomes more of a critical subject as the industry grows and dominates the apparel industry. Fast-fashion is based on frequently pushing new trends to consumers in order to increase sold volumes. This has led to overconsumption and fashion waste where large volumes of unsold garments are burned each year. Alongside of this, the industry has begun to understand the importance of ethical conduct and sustainability to positively affect or minimally harm humans and reduce their overall impact on the environment. Generation Z are said to be a finely tuned ecologically conscious generation, whilst being frequent shoppers of fast-fashion. This has led to the purpose of this study, to see how Swedish Generation Z’s increased ecological conscience affects their fashion consumption. This will be found by examining how shifts in thinking affects their attitudes towards fast-fashion retailers and their willingness to purchase sustainable and ethical fast-fashion. This, with the intent of addressing the behavioral-attitude gap that exists amongst sustainable fast-fashion, where consumers want sustainable fashion but do not purchase it. To answer this, the empirical foundation was obtained through 20 semi-structured video-interviews via telephones to give an understanding of Generation Z’s attitudes and behaviors surrounding sustainability and ethics in fast-fashion. Conclusions drawn were that there was an awareness of sustainability concerning fast-fashion, but that it was not something that changed their behaviors so much as their attitudes. What was found was a strong attitude about ethics in fast-fashion as the majority of participants felt that they were in the dark about what happens in the supply chain, and that they could do nothing about it. If companies would clearly define why something is more ethical, it was found that the majority would be willing to change their behaviors, and purchase ethical fast-fashion. Sustainability that was something they were aware of, was lacking in fast-fashion but something they compromised for price, whilst price was not such a sensitive subject regarding ethical fashion.

The objective of this work is to purpose (intend) actions environmental education, coordination and sustainable managing of Reginaldo´s river basin in Maceió city. The characterization of an emergency situation in a recovery basin, it means a numerous practices of private sector like reference in get so many effluents liquids and solid flows, from his residuals industry productions directly of fountain just to Estuary River. The public politic default efficient environmental education, joining nearest river s community have been brought facilities to erosions in that river and his affluent; the big number of organic dejects throwing into the river by located fosses in that border side, and the great garbage quantity lanced in the water, gives a rapid effect of pollution and exterminated ecosystem over there. The grades of organic materials and eutrophication were growing, beginning a contamination throw the all river. It is urgent that the population community s near of high, medium or low Reginaldo´s river have a opportunity to try courses and training environmental conservation, practices with ecological conscience, that allow the restoration and revitalization of this important basin what it s so important to the quality life for citizens of Maceió and their visitors, that in the past was frequently have been tried the Avenue beach, a very famous tourist place with a clean bath and enchanting estuary river. The applied methodology the scientific research will be adopted from the comment and verification of victorious and successful experiences in the scope of the marginal communities and the models adopted in the public and private sectors, which had conceived the ambient education in action of sustainability of the hydric resources. The application of interviews with inhabitants in periphery of the hydrographic basin of Reginaldo´s river strengthens the method to certify the veracity of the facts with the qualification and evaluation of the human material and its different necessities. / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas / O objetivo desse trabalho é propor ações de educação ambiental, coordenação e gestão sustentável da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Reginaldo no município de Maceió - AL. A caracterização de uma situação emergencial de recuperação desta bacia se deve a inúmeras práticas do setor privado com o potencial despejo de efluentes e resíduos industriais ao longo do curso fluvial, desde sua nascente até a foz, sendo ainda relevante a falta de políticas públicas eficientes de educação ambiental junto às comunidades ribeirinhas, facilitando o assoreamento de processos erosivos no rio e seus afluentes; gerado pelo grande número de dejetos orgânicos lançados ao rio em fossas localizadas em suas margens e uma grande quantidade de lixo jogados diretamente em suas águas, possibilitando o rápido efeito poluidor e exterminador do ecossistema ali presente. Os níveis de matéria orgânica de origem doméstica elevaram os processos de eutrofização e a contaminação do manancial ficou evidente ao longo de todo o leito do rio. Urge que as comunidades populacionais adjacentes do alto, médio e baixo Reginaldo sejam oportunizadas com cursos e treinamento de práticas de conservação ambiental, desenvolvendo assim uma consciência ecológica que permita a revitalização e recuperação dessa bacia hidrográfica de grande importância para a qualidade de vida dos habitantes de Maceió e de seus visitantes, que usufruíam o ambiente turístico acolhedor da Praia da Avenida, outrora palco de banhos marítimos saudáveis, refestelando-se em suas águas de estuário até então limpo, permanente e encantador. A metodologia aplicada a pesquisa científica foi adotada a partir da observação e constatação de experiências vitoriosas e bem sucedidas no âmbito das comunidades ribeirinhas e, dos modelos adotados nos setores públicos e privados que conceberam a educação ambiental em ações de sustentabilidade dos recursos hídricos. A aplicação de entrevistas com moradores no entorno da bacia hidrográfica do Rio Reginaldo reforça o método de atestar a veracidade dos fatos com a qualificação e avaliação do material humano e suas diferentes necessidades.