Technical Environmental Education

The environment in which we live is constantly changing, caused by siltation, flooding and pollution, whether natural or man-made. In order to minimise the damage caused by man, a diagnosis was carried out in the municipality of Itaara RS to assess environmental damage, which was georeferenced using a GPS signal receiver. After identifying points of pollution in the diagnosis, improvement activities were recommended to be carried out in the municipality, thus constituting a Technical Environmental Education project, which began in May 2007. Initially, environmental awareness talks were held at the Euclides Pinto Ribas Municipal School in the town, on the problem of deterioration and pollution caused by man. Once the list of problems in the municipality had been established, work began on environmental workshops, selective rubbish collection and the reuse of dry rubbish. These activities were developed together with the local community and prepared by academics and professors from the Federal University of Santa Maria linked to the International Centre for Environmental Projects - CIPAM.