A importância do ensino da Educação Ambiental nas instituições de ensino

The work refers to an excerpt from the Master's Dissertation that addresses ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: A critical reflection on the problem of “fallen lands” on the edge of the municipality of São Paulo de Olivença-AM, and its main social and environmental consequences with students from Calixto Ribeiro Full-Time Education Center. With the increasing technological evolution in recent decades and its implications in all spheres of society, mainly in the industrial scope that shamelessly seeks only profit in the exacerbated “consumerism” of the population that directly and indirectly corroborates the degradation of the environment that undergoes harmful changes, which put at risk not only the fauna, the flora but also the man himself, who often exploits the available natural resources without projecting the possible harmful impacts on the vital space in which he lives. In this context, Environmental Education in society, especially in school spaces, emerged as a necessary philosophy in educating individuals, aiming to raise awareness and mobilize them to act in favor of socio-environmental issues, aiming to gradually remodel selfish attitudes and construction of attitudes beneficial to environmental balance.