ANJOS, E. P.; ANJOS, Edjania Pereira dos.
Resumen:
The environmental issue today reach many issues of socioeconomic, political, cultural,
and not only the ecological order. Thus to achieve changes in our habits environmental
education emerges as the most viable alternative. In this study sought up to characterize
the profile of the Waste pickers, highlight the importance of these subjects as
environmental educators environmental. highlighting the importance of these subjects
as environmental educators, seek grants to identify the interactions between the
activities of collectors, structural demands and environmental crisis. As a research
method the choice was the critical dialectical method, as this contributes to the
understanding of reality seeking to overcome the immediacy, and go beyond the
apparent, reaching the essence of phenomena. This theme was chosen in order to
broaden the understanding of the reality of waste pickers and their perceptions as
environmental educators and find grants that would help professional practice. The
conclusions obtained during the investigation show that the waste pickers have the need
to constantly acquire new knowledge and, consequently, the incorporation of this
knowledge to their work, so they can develop the skills and competencies necessary to
work as professionals, with care for the environment and the spread of this knowledge.