Trilhas Ecológicas na Fazenda Escola de São Bento (FESB) como instrumento para Educação Ambiental

Abstract

This article presents Environmental Education as an opportunity for a life with higher quality and as a method for preservation. The practice of trilhas is capable of emphasizing the relationship between home and the environment and provoke reflection on the importance of environmental conservation and sustainable practices. This context, the study will show how this topic can be applied in an area of environmental preservation, located in the locality of the Fazenda Escola da State University of Maranhão in the municipality of São Bento. In the first stage, a bibliographic study was carried out to collect information on the topic. The second stage consisted of field research, with the aim of classifying the trails in terms of format, degree of difficulty, distance, travel time, and also to classify plant species according to popular name, scientific name, and family. The predominant species family was Arecaceae. There are three easily accessible paths observed. As three years have started, we have been served by around 500 people, allowing you to enjoy the environment where you only carry out field activities and academic training at State University of Maranhão.