JUNIOR CIVIL DEFENSE AGENT: ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR NATURAL DISASTER PREVENTION AND RISK REDUCTION IN BLUMENAU, SANTA CATARINA

Authors

  • Rafaela Vieira Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau
  • Jefferson Ribeiro Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v18n1.p68-87

Keywords:

Environmental education, Methodological procedures, Disaster risk

Abstract

In Blumenau, located in the Itajaí river basin, in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, Civil Defense has been developing in municipal, state and private schools, through activities to raise public awareness of the risks of natural disaster. These actions include training pupils to understand what risk is, and what they should do  before, during and after a disaster. The project, entitled “Agente Mirim de Defesa Civil (AMDC) [Junior Civil Defense Agent] seeks to mediate knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and prevention over the course of a year. This study describes the AMDC project, based on methodological procedures through meetings and the application of comparative questionnaires. The results obtained during meetings organized by the Blumenau Civil Defense enhanced the students’ education, giving them a knowledge of the basics of Environmental Education (EE).

Author Biographies

Rafaela Vieira, Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau

Possui graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1996), mestrado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1999) e doutorado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2004)

Jefferson Ribeiro, Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau

Licenciatura e bacharelado  em Ciências Biológicas pela FURB (2013/2014), especialização em Biologia da Conservação pela UNIVALI (2016), mestrado em Engenharia Ambiental (2017) e doutorado em andamento em Engenharia Ambiental (FURB).


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Published

2018-04-05

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2018): CONTRAPONTOS

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