Environmental education and popular extension as movements for the construction of the first community garden in Araranguá-SC

Abstract

It is common to see underutilized urban spaces in cities today, the result of predatory real estate speculation. The conversion of these spaces into living territories is possible and necessary and urban agriculture presents itself as a possibility in addition to a better use of urban space if not also food production. In this sense, Environmental Education presents methodological strategies for such a conversion, in line with the methodological strategies proposed by the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire. In this article, therefore, we sought to present a successful experience in the use of Environmental Education as a possibility of transition from an underutilized land to a living territory, where food is produced in a community way for people who go through a situation of food vulnerability in the municipality of Araranguá, in the extreme south of Santa Catarina. As a result, it was possible to observe community engagement and the construction of knowledge by students, according to Freire's practice.