Environmental education in an interdisciplinary approach

This project was launched with students from a public school in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, RJ, a teaching-learning process addressing Environmental Education topics based on the practical activity of reusing post-use Longa Vida carton packaging. The proposal consisted of working with students to build thermal insulation blankets and install them as underlayment on the roofs of classrooms, which reached 47 degrees Celsius in the summer. The goal was to lower the internal temperature of the classroom and contribute to making the environment more suitable for social interaction and learning. From a formal education perspective, the production of the blankets was an activity that integrated several disciplines, involving content from science, mathematics, arts, geography, and Portuguese. Among other results, there was a significant percentage increase in the association of the environment with improved quality of life, with the students themselves recognizing their responsibility for environmental preservation, a fundamental attitude in the exercise of citizenship.