Semina: Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Jun 2015)

The environment the light of the constitutional right to education

  • Aline Oliveira Mendes de Medeiros,
  • Sadiomar Antonio Dezordi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0383.2015v36n1p3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 1
pp. 3 – 18

Abstract

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Was researched in this article on the importance of the environment to human life, analyzing it as an extension of the right to life and is considered as the core of human dignity, this in turn, comprises a foundation stone for the building of a Democratic State. Aware of this importance only does it propose to act on the basis of education as a means of transmitting these values and build a sustainable state. Knowledgeable of this premise is that the Environmental Police of Santa Catarina created the Environmental Guard program, which aims to bring education to the young extracting it from the margins of society and welcoming them at the police, transmitting values to them focusing in the environmental area. The method used was the qualitative accomplished through literature searchs and case studies. The conclusion that was reached is that education comprises a medium that can bring good results, comprising a solid foundation in the quest to consolidate awareness of the importance of the environment to human life in the social core.

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