Iracema program: sustainability in distance education

With the change in the means of production since the Industrial Revolution, man starts to cause increasing impacts to the environment, since the means of production are no longer handcrafted to be machines that use steam energy from the burning of fossil fuels - initially coal. These impacts have been discussed since the 1970s at United Nations (UN) events that aim to achieve global cooperation in search of solutions to environmental problems. Research has shown that the key to sustainability is education and that it is necessary to prepare young people to work within a sustainable culture. In this sense, this work is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach that sought to promote environmental awareness in the municipalities where the UFRPE distance education centers are located, through the involvement of a program called “IRACEMa”. With regard to the axes worked on by the project, such as selective collection, and the proper use of resources such as plastic cups, it was verified that there is still an insufficient commitment between the research subjects. Thus, it is clear that actions of this nature must be strengthened in order to foster environmental awareness in distance education centers.