Sustentabilidade nas escolas: estratégias e promoção voltadas para sensibilização ambiental

Abstract

Crucial environmental challenges such as global warming, climate change, scarcity of natural resources and negligence in waste treatment are emerging as global concerns affecting countless lives. It is imperative that these issues are the subject of debate, reflection and research, with the aim of raising awareness and educating a growing number of individuals about this essential issue. Every year, a plethora of studies addressing environmental and school sustainability are published in different parts of the world, bringing with them proven and validated theories. However, these sources often address scattered and disconnected perspectives, due to the fact that knowledge is dealt with on the spot. The central aim of this work is to compile an extensive collection of literature on school sustainability and its promotion, providing support for strategies and promotion aimed at fostering environmental awareness in the educational field, based on local successes so that more places can test and implement them in the school routine. This compilation aims to contribute to compiling improvements and strategies for promoting environmental awareness in educational establishments, which represent the epicenter of education, while also seeking to understand concepts, scrutinize practices corroborated around the world, and the challenges that arise along the way. It also seeks to enrich the understanding of the school curriculum and its integration into government educational policies. With this in mind, we must educate citizens, preparing them to face the challenges of sustainability in a world where change is constant.