A presença da educação ambiental na educação infantil: estudo em creches de Santo André/SP – Brasil

The planet is going through a period of worrying degradation that has affected the climate and the health of the beings that inhabit it, showing urgency in changing behavior, as it is about the health of our home. This change is found in Environmental Education. This work aims to analyze how Environmental Education is worked by Early Childhood Education teachers in the Municipal Nursery of Santo André. Fourteen teachers belonging to two Municipal Kindergartens in Santo André (São Paulo/Brazil) were researched. The methodology of this research had a qualitative focus. As for the procedure, Bibliographic, Documentary and Field Research were carried out. The results obtained indicate that all of them know that Environmental Education should be included in the curriculum of schools, most of them are aware that Santo André offers training in Environmental Education, less than half have knowledge of Environmental Laws and none have a specialization or postgraduate degree in Environmental Education. These results suggest that all teachers, from Early Childhood Education, have training in Environmental Legislation and Environmental Education to complement and enrich their pedagogical practices.