Educação ambiental não-formal em jornais de circulação na Região Celeiro do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Environmental Education is increasingly inserted without everyday life in society. This article had as objective to study how newspapers of circulation in the Northwest of the State of Rio Grande do Sul report subjects that deal with Environment and Environmental Education. The methodology used consisted of the evaluation and quantification of subjects related to the Environment and Environmental Education in the newspapers Atos e Fatos, Atualidades, O Celeiro e Novo Noroeste. For that, the quantitative-qualitative methodology was used, and, later, the number of news items was analyzed; the theme addressed; the presence of the functions of Environmental Journalism and the use of the functions of Ecological Literacy. Based on the Content Analysis Theory according to BARDIN (2004), Functions of Environmental Journalism described by BUENO (2008) and Ecological Literacy proposed by NUNES (2005). The period of analysis was chosen at random, being restricted to the months of March and April of 2017. As a result, the presence of non-formal Environmental Education was verified in thirty news items found in agricultural, rural, general, among others. The main topics addressed were food and grain production, recycling and climate change conditions. The Informational Function of Environmental Journalism had more occurrence and the criteria of the Ecological Literacy that more appeared were Knowledge, Attitude and values ​​and Participation. Therefore, this study was important because it made possible the analysis of newspapers of regional circulation where it was realized that it is necessary to develop non-formal Environmental Education since its growth and dissemination will also entail the involvement of people in the discussion about the environment and new attitudes.