Vera Margarida Lessa Catalão

Mapeamento de tendências na produção acadêmica sobre Educação Ambiental

This paper was aimed at setting the stage research in Environmental Education - EE in the annual meetings of the National Association of Graduate Studies and Research in Education between 2003 and 2007, following requests from the area working group (WG-22). Our goal was to elucidate thematic, theoretical and methodological trends in academic research in EE, and to understand the diversity of this research field and pedagogical action. For the analysis we considered 66 papers presented in the five meetings. The results were articulated considering: thematic evolution; timeline regarding theme, theory and methodology diversification; spatial location; and the connections between environmental, educational and EE. It was evident a concentration of production in the southern and southeastern areas of Brazil, the prevalence of a socioenvironmental approach and a critical view of EE over the years, as well as the emphasis on formal education and qualitative methodology.

Environmental Education and Energetic Efficiency: Reports on Brazilian Projects in the Sake of Socio-Environmental Sustainability

The goal of this work is to describe the importance of environmental education in the energy conservation and energy efficiency process. Besides the various technical proposals aimed at minimizing energy waste, environmental education has been a primordial tool in the search of a more responsible character with respect to the environment. This article attempts at showing some reflections concerning the role environmental education plays in that process, as well as putting in evidence the educational actions of the National Program for Energy Conservation, with its emphases in diminishing the energy waste and pull towards its efficient use.