Environmental awareness among adults is still a challenge in Brazil, but children are becoming more aware of sustainability ideals and practices in schools. Schools are encouraging this, promoting everything from sustainable vegetable gardens to collecting recyclable materials.
Students begin to practice the lessons they learn about sustainable development from an early age and share this knowledge at home. The Rio de Janeiro City Hall, for example, encourages nine projects in this area, in partnership with the Department of Conservation and the Environment. One of them, Rio Escolas Sustentáveis, develops actions for reuse, recycling, selective collection, energy efficiency and conscious water consumption in the city's educational centers.
