Ações de sustentabilidade desenvolvidas pela UTFPR câmpus Campo Mourão: análise da percepção ambiental dos estudantes

Abstract

Environmental issues are present in daily life, therefore, society must be educated and made aware of issues related to this theme. Environmental perception is intricately linked to environmental education, which aims to stimulate sustainable development and promote prior knowledge so that a better perception can be achieved. Environmental education is important at all levels of education. In gratuation, it becomes relevant for the formation not only professional but also social and environmental, being able to propagate the environmental knowledge for future generations. In face of the current situation, this work aimed to analyze the environmental perception of students from the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Campo Mourão campus, in relation to the sustainability actions developed by the institution. Two groups of students were selected, one characterized by entrants and the other by graduates, totaling 247 students. For these, a questionnaire was applied, for which the student had as answer options the Likert-r scale: I totally disagree, I disagree in parts, I neither agree nor disagree, I agree in parts and I totally agree, the majority of the students positioned themselves in a positive manner - fully agreeing - 52%, 74% and 48%, respectively. Faced with, when questioned about the issues of reducing consumption of electricity, water and paper, the results were not satisfactory - 37%, 37% and 35%, respectively, answered that they did not agree and did not disagree. Therefore, it is inferred that the students have a positive perception of the actions promoted by the institution in relation to issues related to solid waste, recycling and environmental themes. The themes of electric power, water and paper indicate that there is no conviction of carrying out actions in this theme by the institution, in the perception of students.