Experiencias en la aplicación de la educación ambiental como herramienta para la adaptación al cambio climático en espacios comunitarios, en Holguín-Cuba / Experiences in the implementation of environmental education as a tool for community adaptation to climate change in Holguin-Cuba.
Environmental education; Community; Vulnerability; Adaptation; Change climatic
Climate change affects the living conditions of the population, generating negative impacts on community areas. The rising temperatures, increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather events and other effects, damage the economy, politics, environment and society. These effects can be controlled by an effective adaptation, is environmental education as a tool to prepare communities to climate change. The actions of environmental education aimed at transferring contextualized knowledge in order to build capacity in community stakeholders, those actions promoted the exchange of knowledge and ecosystem protection. The research was basically done with qualitative methods, combining methodological approaches from the different scenarios and processes studied. The above mentioned was carried out in relation to the interpretation of reality and discourse of the actors involved in the city of Holguin. The results show that environmental education contributes to arise awareness on the population and encourages the participants to make changes in their communities.
Editora da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
http://www.seer.ufu.br/index.php/sociedadenatureza/article/view/23762/pdf_84
Environmental sciences, Social sciences (General)