La rehabilitación ambiental como escenario de aprendizaje y transformación socio-cultural en las veredas de Salgar

Abstract

Waste production is increasing; In today's consumer society, empowered by capitalism, the volume of garbage has grown exponentially and cumulatively, increasing its level of contamination to the point of generating problems of sustainability and deterioration of the environment, without environmental awareness, promoted by a generation of false needs, the ecological debt increases due to its consumption and production patterns, the throwaway culture, which we have gone through for decades, is depleting water sources and soils, due to its decomposition and slow process of degradation. The volume of everyday consumer products, for the most part, is contained in single-use plastic, normally manufactured from non-renewable raw materials, or which, even though they are renewable, are being exploited at a rate greater than their regeneration; such as wood, for the manufacture of paper, which is difficult to recover in a short time and, even so, forests continue to be cut down. Rural domestic garbage, and even more so if it comes from dispersed homes, mostly ends up in water sources (rivers and streams), is burned and/or buried. Likewise, on farms waste is produced from paints, solvents, insecticides, cleaning products, toxic waste (such as batteries, cell phones, appliances, etc.), construction waste and others that, due to ignorance of current regulations, These wastes are poorly disposed. Socio-environmental deterioration must rethink the relationship between society and its natural environment,through sustainable development, and recognize the existence of limits to social development, economic (productive) growth and exploitation (abuse) of ecosystems, given the current state of technology, social organization and the capacity of the biosphere to absorb the effects of human activities. Therefore, environmental deterioration is exacerbated due to the voracity of the deregulated private sector (national and transnational) and public sector (Ministries, institutions and government) for natural resources such as water, soil, land, forests, minerals, the scenic beauties (Martínez, 2007a) The environmental and ecological crisis promotes a restructuring of thought, vision, implementation and production of needs and interests of the human being, where the need for empowerment, leadership of environmental awareness and promotion of the care of the individual, collective and environment, recognizing the environment as an essential part of 6 development and well-being, where environmental education provides the tools that seek to transform the relationships of human beings and the environment, where the roles of all social actors are defined and their protection, “bring people closer to a global conception of the environment (as a system of multiple relationships) to acquire knowledge, elucidate values ​​and develop attitudes that allow them to adopt a critical and participatory position regarding issues related to conservation and correct use of resources and quality of life” (Prada, E. 2013) On the other hand, separation at the source begins a chain of activities and processes whose effectiveness depends on the will of the individual, to carry out a proper classification of waste, adequate containers must be available, they must be made of a resistant material that does not deteriorate easily, whose design and capacity optimize the storage process, the total or partial use of a previously used good reduces the impact environmental by avoiding waste incineration, land and water pollution; The generation of gases is avoided due to the accumulation of toxins and the use of energy in the creation of new products, where these processes generate changes in thinking seeking to transform the customs of the productive system, empowerment, job expansion and sense of belonging.