Construcción y diseño de prácticas sustentables basadas en los principios de la química verde aplicadas en el Colegio Brasilia Usme IED en el contexto PRAE

Abstract

This project arose from the need to support the school environmental project PRAE through the implementation of practices aimed at preventing excessive waste production and the use of clean technologies. These practices were built upon the principles of Green Chemistry and sustainability, topics of growing importance for environmental conservation in recent decades. In the school context, addressing this concern from a perspective of prevention, efficiency, and sustainability is particularly relevant. The project's goal was to collaborate with the students of the environmental guardians group at Brasilia Usme IED school. These students applied practices designed based on the mentioned principles and made a contribution to the institutional PRAE. Their work consisted of identifying everyday actions that could be transformed into sustainable practices, which helped prevent the production of harmful waste for the environment and promote the adoption of clean and environmentally friendly technologies. This project was conducted using a qualitative research approach, as it allowed us to analyze the dynamics of the school reality. Additionally, an action research design was employed, which involved intervening in the educational institution and working directly with the group of student guardians. To obtain and analyze the results, we used the focus group strategy, and the primary data collection instrument was field journals. All of this aimed to promote environmentally responsible practices in the school context, fostering student participation and their commitment to environmental care and conservation of the surroundings.