The rationality triggered by tree planters in pratics of environmental protagonism

Abstract

The values of Western and capitalist society seem to be causing the environment to collapse. In this uninspiring scenario, it appears that people practicing actions of environmental protagonism, planting trees in different spaces. Looking at this, we pose the question: Are environmental protagonism practices related to afforestation carried out by different social actors inserted in an environmental rationality? Thus, our objective was to investigate practices of environmental protagonism of social actors, understanding what are their motivational elements, knowledge and actions involved. Methodologically, we rely on oral histories. The main results indicate the relationship between the central motivation of the planters and the feeling of belonging with the cause of planting and that the understanding of the relationship between knowledge and practice seems to be important. Such notes are evidence of an environmental rationality.