Environmental Education in School
as a Contributor for Social Responsibility
Towards the Sustainability
of the Historical and Natural Heritage
of Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil
Regina Célia Soares Pereira , Ivaní Nadir Carlotto ,
Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis , and Luis Borges Gouveia
1 Introduction
The consequences of anthropogenic impacts on the environment are well known.
Pollution of water sources, atmosphere, soil, scarcity of natural resources and social
and environmental exclusion are some of the severe problems that affect life on the
planet (Masterson et al. 2019; Souza and Santos 2016).In this context, the city of
Cabo Frio, located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, stands out for presenting
tourism as one of the pillars of the economy due to the diversity of historical and
environmental heritage, which needs recognition, belonging to the country’s identity.
They are related to reminiscence, which maintains a link with the cultural identities
R. C. S. Pereira (B)
Information Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto,
Portugal
e-mail: rsoarespereira7@gmail.com
Educational Affairs Technician Fluminense Federal Institute—IFF, Estrada dos Búzios, S/N, Cabo
Frio, RJ, Brazil
I. N. Carlotto
Ecology and Environmental Health, UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit
(FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
e-mail: 33163@ufp.edu.pt
M. A. P. Dinis
Information Sciences, UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS),
University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
e-mail: madinis@ufp.edu.pt
L. B. Gouveia
Information Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 349, 4249-004 Porto,
Portugal
e-mail: lmbg@ufp.edu.pt
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_36
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as a Contributor for Social Responsibility
Towards the Sustainability
of the Historical and Natural Heritage
of Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil
Regina Célia Soares Pereira , Ivaní Nadir Carlotto ,
Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis , and Luis Borges Gouveia
1 Introduction
The consequences of anthropogenic impacts on the environment are well known.
Pollution of water sources, atmosphere, soil, scarcity of natural resources and social
and environmental exclusion are some of the severe problems that affect life on the
planet (Masterson et al. 2019; Souza and Santos 2016).In this context, the city of
Cabo Frio, located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, stands out for presenting
tourism as one of the pillars of the economy due to the diversity of historical and
environmental heritage, which needs recognition, belonging to the country’s identity.
They are related to reminiscence, which maintains a link with the cultural identities
R. C. S. Pereira (B)
Information Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto,
Portugal
e-mail: rsoarespereira7@gmail.com
Educational Affairs Technician Fluminense Federal Institute—IFF, Estrada dos Búzios, S/N, Cabo
Frio, RJ, Brazil
I. N. Carlotto
Ecology and Environmental Health, UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit
(FP-ENAS), University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
e-mail: 33163@ufp.edu.pt
M. A. P. Dinis
Information Sciences, UFP Energy, Environment and Health Research Unit (FP-ENAS),
University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril 349, 4249-004 Porto, Portugal
e-mail: madinis@ufp.edu.pt
L. B. Gouveia
Information Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril, 349, 4249-004 Porto,
Portugal
e-mail: lmbg@ufp.edu.pt
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Integrating Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development,
World Sustainability Series, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59975-1_36
541