The awakening educational use in urban green spaces

Authors

  • Rebeca Vieira de Lima Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  • Monica Palloni Gonçalves Federal University of São Carlos
  • Andréia Nasser Figueiredo Federal University of São Carlos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34024/revbea.2024.v9.16171

Keywords:

active environmental awareness, environmental experiences, Ecological Trails

Abstract

This paper reports on the process of building, developing and unfolding an extension project to raise awareness and environmental education in urban green areas. This resulted in an event called Ambiente-se nos Bosques (Environment in the Woods) with workshops, trails and various other activities that contribute to the esteem of conscious and critical citizens, strengthening citizen practices and sharing values for the formation of a more sustainable community. The awakening of educational use in spaces like these was a milestone that, through Ambiente-se nos Bosques, inspired people to multiply their experiences in green areas and stimulated multiple uses of these spaces, spreading the idea of events like this.

Author Biographies

  • Rebeca Vieira de Lima, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

    She holds a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Centro Universitário Central Paulista (2020) and a master's degree in Biotechnology from the Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar (2023). She is currently a doctoral student in Biotechnology also at UFSCar (2023-2027) developing a project in the Biophotonics group at the Physics Institute of USP - São Carlos under the guidance of Prof. Vanderlei Bagnato. She has experience in the field of Biophotonics, with an emphasis on Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy and Bacterial Resistance, and also has experience in Environmental Education.She developed an Environmental Education project at the Applied Engineering Laboratory (LEA) and the Department of Environmental Sciences (DCAm) in partnership with OSCIP Veredas: Caminho das Nascentes, the Jardins Residents' Association (AMOR) and the Environmental Education Support Department of the Department of Environmental Management and Sustainability (DeAEA/SGAS/UFSCar) (2016). She undertook her first Scientific Initiation at the Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar - at the Laboratory of Phycology, Department of Botany, where she developed a project on Cryopreservation of Microalgae and also an extension project with the theme: Collection of freshwater microalgae cultures at UFSCar (CCMA-UFSCar): supply of strains and biomass for teaching and research purposes, and related services (2017-2019). She carried out her second Scientific Initiation at the University of São Paulo - USP - at the São Carlos Physics Institute - IFSC - (2019-2020), where she studied the internalization of curcumin in bacterial biofilm. Developed the master's project (CAPES scholarship) entitled "Study of the Effect of Photodynamic Inactivation on the Transfer of Bacterial Resistance", by the Biotechnology Graduate Program - PPGBiotec - UFSCar, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Vandelei S. Bagnato - IFSC - USP.

  • Monica Palloni Gonçalves, Federal University of São Carlos

    Master's degree in Environmental Sciences from the Federal University of São Carlos (2016-2018). Graduated in Environmental Management and Analysis from the Federal University of São Carlos (2015). FAPESP Fellow - Technical Training - Technological Innovation Programs / PIPE - Innovative Research in Small Businesses / PIPE I, from 01/03/2018 to 30/11/2018; and PIPE II, from 01/07/2019 to 30/09/2020. (Source: Currículo Lattes)

  • Andréia Nasser Figueiredo, Federal University of São Carlos

    Graduated in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar - Campus São Carlos). She holds a Master's degree in Ecology and Natural Resources and a PhD in Science from the Postgraduate Program in Ecology and Natural Resources (PPG ERN) at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), both in the area of Environmental Education. She worked as an educator and coordinator of projects and training courses in Environmental Education in the Escola da Floresta group at Sítio São João (São Carlos/SP) from 2009 to 2021. She has been a founding partner, researcher and educator at the company Fubá Educação Ambiental since 2015. Since 2018, she has been the educator responsible for implementing the educational component of the projects of the Institute for the Conservation of Wild Animals (ICAS).

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Published

2024-04-01

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2024)

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Relatos de Experiências

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LIMA, Rebeca Vieira de; GONÇALVES, Monica Palloni; FIGUEIREDO, Andréia Nasser. The awakening educational use in urban green spaces. Brazilian Journal of Environmental Education, [S. l.], v. 19, n. 2, p. 446–456, 2024. DOI: 10.34024/revbea.2024.v9.16171. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/revbea/article/view/16171. Acesso em: 16 dec. 2025.
Received 2024-01-19
Accepted 2024-03-11
Published 2024-04-01