Abstract
This article was created within the scope of the Rio Doce Escolar Project of the Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo, entitled “Exploring non-formal educational spaces: a practical approach from the perspective of Célestin Freinet and Paulo Freire”, which aims to convert the Santa Fé Municipal Garden into a space where critical Environmental Education (EE) can be thought about and practiced. By proposing the transformation of the garden, the aim is to give this space the conditions to exercise its educational potential, which has not yet been explored by educational institutions and/or by the people of Colatina. By seeking to combine theory and practice, through field trip classes, the aim is to apply what Freinet postulates, when he advocates an association between everyday life and the experience at school. To this end, the following steps were followed: planning and preparation, transformation and revitalization, reflection and learning, communication and community engagement. After the first field trips, it was already clear that it would be necessary to make the space at least a little welcoming, to attract the attention of the Colatina community, to establish partnerships so that the space could be adequately prepared to conduct research and to involve other areas of knowledge in the implementation of the Applied Pedagogical Proposal (PPA) presented here. In the future, it is proposed to promote urban circuits to the garden, a bicycle circuit and a joint effort to clean the spaces that can already be used. Such actions, in the eyes of those involved, can bring the visibility we want and, thus, attract more partners.
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