Estudos preliminares sobre percepção ambiental e pegada ecológica dos alunos de uma instituição de ensino na região do Alto Uruguai Catarinense

Abstract

The research deals with environmental awareness and ecological footprint of the students in an educational institution, by the fact that this information is unknown how individuals perceive and impact the environment around it in the upper Uruguay Santa Catarina region. The objective of this work is to perform a data collection to generate information and produce a diagnosis of environmental awareness and ecological footprint. A questionnaire by the author of the study and used an existing standard model in the literature, respectively to environmental awareness and ecological footprint was prepared. In the form of graphics, we presented the measurements of each question contained in each questionnaire. Although there are variations in the information presented, among different students, are unknown place research at the regional level on how individuals interact, perceive and impact the local environment. Environmental problems, considered relevant by the respondents are generation, deposition and segregation of waste improperly, unconscious consumption and water pollution (lack of sewage treatment system, use of pesticides), air pollution (burning fossil fuels) deforestation, buildings and works irregular, inadequate urban drainage system, misuse of power, illegal fishing and hunting are the main described. While for ecological footprint , it is interpreted that , the most representative and significant , as the respondents answered in the questionnaire , we obtained an ecological footprint considered "bacana". Currently students are little involved with concrete actions related to environmental issues in society. This research could contribute to the extent of insertion of environmental education in the curricula of different areas of knowledge, especially in unrelated courses environmental issues directly. Therefore, this research introduced a way to seek development initiatives in favor of environmental, social and economic areas.