Environmental Perception of Public School Coordinators In the Triangulo Mineiro Region, Brazil

Schools are facilitating agents that help on diffusion of values modifying individual and social environmental behavior; then there is a great need to develop the environmental theme in this institution, so that young people and adults become aware of the environmental problems that afflict the planet today and our role as causative agents and also solvers. The Brazilian Environmental Education Policy points out that schools are responsible for Environmental Education promotion through educational programs that they develop, thereby providing individual and collective formation of citizens who can identify, prevent and solve environmental problems. From this conception, it was emphasized the importance of knowing the level of knowledge of school managers on the environmental theme and on how their approach is carried out in schools. To obtain this data, questionnaires were developed and sent to public school managers in the Triangulo Mineiro region to analyze how Environmental Management is being treated by these public institutions and what is level of knowledge about the environmental issues of these educational managers. Through the questionnaires answered by the managers, it was inferred that the great majority of them find it fundamental and that schools should worry about the environmental issues. There are several public policies that encourage the practice of environmental issues in schools such as the National Environmental Education Policy. Even so, schools do not adhere to this theme because of deficiencies in public management such as lack of infrastructure, monetary and ideological incentive, links between institutions, knowledge about the environmental context, etc. It is concluded that schools and their managers have sought to perform environmental management in the way they can, seeking the necessary knowledge and carrying out environmental projects that are appropriate. But, unfortunately, they still run into shortcomings that make it difficult to aggregate environmental issues, which results in less generation of managers with environmental awareness in companies and who have a vision of integrated sustainability, and can act in the solution of environmental problems.