Research Group on Environmental Education, Communication and Art – Federal University of Mato Grosso

Work areas

Photo: Michèle Sato

Some of our actions can be verified at

http://gpeaufmt.blogspot.com.br/p/projetos-em-andamento.html

Three main successes

Identification of social groups and their cartographic distribution (for whom we promote environmental education)
Identification of the main socio-environmental conflicts and survival tactics (how people live);
Cooperative educational materials with the communities (non-scientific language for better understanding of the sciences - educommunication and art).

Three main challenges

The developmentalist notion that degrades the environment, promoting social exclusion, slave labor, prejudice, human rights violations.
The inexistence of policies that promote social justice, especially for indigenous people, quilombolas, river dwellers, artisanal fishermen or canoeists, among others.
The fragmented view of environmental complexity, segregating nature and culture, with social and ecological damage.