Educação ambiental não-formal: a experiência dos parques urbanos de Goiânia

Abstract

Facing environmental problems requires a transformation in the relationship between humanity and nature. Non-formal Environmental Education is an important strategy for a reintegration of the human being into the environment, awakening citizens with planetary consciousness to intervene in social and environmental issues. In this perspective, this research, developed in seven parks in the city of Goiânia, aimed to study environmental education in these environments, evaluating how public policies are consolidated and exploring the perceptions of the subjects linked to these units. It is a qualitative analysis through the categorization of the answers of questionnaires and interviews, besides the analysis of documents of the municipal public management. Although there was a conflicting perception between nature and environment, it was possible to identify elements for the re-signification of parks as educational spaces for the exercise of citizenship.