A formación de profesionais que traballan coa educación ambiental en organismos públicos do extremo oeste de São Paulo / Brasil

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the training in environmental education of professionals working in this area of ​​management and environmental education in public bodies related to this theme and how they develop environmental programs, projects and / or socio-educational practices in the environmental management process. For the establishment of this problem, the investigation (of a qualitative nature) was limited to a territorial area located in the extreme west of the State of São Paulo / Brazil, called, in state environmental policies, as Espigão Divisor Peixe-Aguapeí. City halls and state public bodies of environmental reference were considered in four municipalities that host administrative microregions, namely Marília, Tupã, Adamantina and Dracena, constituting the so-called multicases. The investigations allowed to conclude that, in the majority, the researched agencies do not present an environmental education as a permanent educational process and do not seek the emancipation of citizens and their collaborators. There are several environmental practices still adopted in a punctual and watertight way, losing the conceptual essence of environmental education. Environmental education in the management process of environmental agencies, in several cases, is related to one or another Professional who has a more focused look at the environmental issue, more personifying than institutionalizing the practice undertaken.