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Therefore, it is observed the presence of a common discipline—Environmental
Sciences—in all undergraduate courses, which investigates and discusses the environmental issues that permeate the processes verified and contextualized in each
higher course. The approach is made through an expository class and with presentation of case studies focused on the environmental issue. For example, in the Bachelor’
Degree in Computer Science, the following objectives of the Environmental Sciences
subject stand out:
General objective: Enabling students to understand how the environmental theme is involved
and inserted in the processes of Computer Science.
Specific objectives: Understanding basic concepts about the Environment; Recognizing Man
as one of the actors belonging to the Environment and understand its modifying action of natural environments; Recognizing sustainability aspects of projects; Identifying the main legal
instruments in the environmental area; Obtaining an overview of the instruments of Public and Private Environmental Management; Identifying the practices of green information
technology: Green IT (Cefet/RJ 2010a).
It is an opportunity to discuss the relevance of Environmental Education and
reach not only the students but also the community in which students participate
and their professional development. We must seek not only in this discipline, but
in other already existing ones, focusing on development and reinforcement of academic contents that emphasize social, environmental, cultural, humanistic and citizen
formation.
5 Sustainability Extension Activities
Extension activities developed at Cefet/RJ are differentiated, due to their origin and
nature in the field of technological education. This action takes the form of programs,
projects and courses, technological production and publication, using its own material
and financial resources, as well as providing services (Cefet/RJ 2010a).
Actions stemming from student leadership led to programs “capable of individually and collectively putting scientific and technological knowledge acquired at the
service of political, economic and social development in which they live”, such as
Formula SAE, CEFET Jr. Consultancy, while other programs promoted the “development of science and technology towards the perspective of human promotion”,
such as ENACTUS Cefet/RJ, as well as “participation in social movements”, as a
Citizen Team Program (Cefet/RJ 2010a).
During the year 2017, Cefet/RJ employees participated in actions to promote a
culture of management and socio-environmental responsibility and enhancement of
the institutional environment. The events, certified by Cefet/RJ Extension Board,
became known as the “Institutional Environmental Sustainability Meetings”.
The first meeting on June 28 was aimed at presenting and listening to ideas and
proposals to be developed to meet the Environmental Agenda in Public Administration (A3P). The second, more specific, took place on November 29 exposed, shared
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Therefore, it is observed the presence of a common discipline—Environmental
Sciences—in all undergraduate courses, which investigates and discusses the environmental issues that permeate the processes verified and contextualized in each
higher course. The approach is made through an expository class and with presentation of case studies focused on the environmental issue. For example, in the Bachelor’
Degree in Computer Science, the following objectives of the Environmental Sciences
subject stand out:
General objective: Enabling students to understand how the environmental theme is involved
and inserted in the processes of Computer Science.
Specific objectives: Understanding basic concepts about the Environment; Recognizing Man
as one of the actors belonging to the Environment and understand its modifying action of natural environments; Recognizing sustainability aspects of projects; Identifying the main legal
instruments in the environmental area; Obtaining an overview of the instruments of Public and Private Environmental Management; Identifying the practices of green information
technology: Green IT (Cefet/RJ 2010a).
It is an opportunity to discuss the relevance of Environmental Education and
reach not only the students but also the community in which students participate
and their professional development. We must seek not only in this discipline, but
in other already existing ones, focusing on development and reinforcement of academic contents that emphasize social, environmental, cultural, humanistic and citizen
formation.
5 Sustainability Extension Activities
Extension activities developed at Cefet/RJ are differentiated, due to their origin and
nature in the field of technological education. This action takes the form of programs,
projects and courses, technological production and publication, using its own material
and financial resources, as well as providing services (Cefet/RJ 2010a).
Actions stemming from student leadership led to programs “capable of individually and collectively putting scientific and technological knowledge acquired at the
service of political, economic and social development in which they live”, such as
Formula SAE, CEFET Jr. Consultancy, while other programs promoted the “development of science and technology towards the perspective of human promotion”,
such as ENACTUS Cefet/RJ, as well as “participation in social movements”, as a
Citizen Team Program (Cefet/RJ 2010a).
During the year 2017, Cefet/RJ employees participated in actions to promote a
culture of management and socio-environmental responsibility and enhancement of
the institutional environment. The events, certified by Cefet/RJ Extension Board,
became known as the “Institutional Environmental Sustainability Meetings”.
The first meeting on June 28 was aimed at presenting and listening to ideas and
proposals to be developed to meet the Environmental Agenda in Public Administration (A3P). The second, more specific, took place on November 29 exposed, shared