ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: A STUDY ON THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF THE MERURI INDIGENOUS LAND IN GENERAL CARNEIRO - MT

Abstract

The present work brings a reflection on sustainability, starting from the exploitation of natural resources, deals with sustainability as a goal to be sought. It brings two dimensions of environmental sustainability: it reflects the collective preservation that is linked to the area of education, as it performs an interrelationship between the social and the natural; and sustainability and its economic dimension, deals with the finiteness of natural resources, associated with conditions for the survival of future generations. Issues related to sustainability are something of concern, due to the threat of natural resources as a result of human action. The work analyzes, through the case study, how natural resources can be maintained, not being easily depleted, if man is careful with actions that take care of the environment. It talks about the rationing of water, electricity and the irrational and excessive use that people practice. From then on, the research is directed to the Boe indigenous community of the Meruri Village, in order to verify how the environmental issues that permeate this community are going. I used interviews, two elderly women who point out possible actions that go against the theoretical basis pointed out by the literature.