Criação de espaços permanentes de saúde e educação ambiental no município de São Carlos

Abstract

“Creation of Permanent Health and Environmental Education Spaces in the municipality of São Carlos", is the name of the environmental education project promoted by the Educational Foundation of São Carlos with funding from the State Water Resources Fund. It had its start postponed, officially started from 2021, due to the necessary adjustments due to the SARS-COV-19 virus pandemic, established in the beginning of 2020 and popularly known as "COVID-19". The project aims to contribute to increasing the quality of life of the population and reducing socio-environmental problems in the city of São Carlos - SP. It is intended to achieve these goals through environmental awareness activities, such as: Assistance in the Nature Trail project; Conducting environmental awareness workshops in municipal schools of basic education EMEB Profª. Angelina Dagnone de Melo and EMEB Profª. Delilah Galli; Creation of an interactive space for environmental education; Interactive exhibition of environmental themes addressed during the project's execution time; Two integration and project evaluation workshops. Among these numerous awareness-raising activities, I am responsible for the activities carried out in the Nature Trail project, this project, over 28 years ago, preserves the fragment of cerrado existing at the Federal University of São Carlos, through non-formal environmental education and by the end of the Aflorar project, it is intended to carry out: website and application for a virtual visit to the fragment of cerrado, signposts for the cerrado area and elaboration/alteration of educational material about the Nature Trail. The Cerrado is considered a hot spot for the conservation of global biodiversity and an important aquifer recharge area. Therefore, the sum of these factors reinforces, more and more, the importance of the fight for the preservation of the remaining fragments of the Cerrado. Finally, it is up to the Environmental Manager and Analyst and other professionals, the important role of demonstrating to the population the importance of maintaining areas of permanent preservation, for example, the cerrado, in addition to the population, also plays an important role in reducing social and environmental problems in the municipality.