Suspended vegetable garden as an agro-ecological practice in elementary education

Abstract

The agroecological education becomes more effective when integrated to educational practices
where the student sees, in practice, possibilities that previously only knew theoretically.
The objective of this research was to present and implement an agroecological practice in
the school through the construction of a suspended vegetable garden. This action research
was carried out with 89 elementary school students from a public school in the municipality
of Alegre, Espírito Santo. All were interested and participative in the constructive process.
The practice was new to the school, and it was satisfactory for awakening the importance
of healthy, responsible and sustainable consumption. It is concluded that the environmental
education proposed through practical activities was adequate, because the students realized
the importance of changing habits and customs that harm the environment, and that there are
many possible agroecological practices to be carried out in small spaces, guaranteeing the
future of the new generations.