COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION AND POPULAR EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY OF EXTREMA-CONGONHAS DO NORTE / MG

Abstract

The Community Educational Space Contraponto is a human-environmental education project that, through a democratic and libertarian educational methodology, practices and knowledge of the socio-environmental sciences such as Permaculture and Agroecology, aims to develop the empowerment, autonomy and community of the individuals for the self-management of the community aiming to foster the development of a model rural ecovillage in the community of Extrema, Congonhas do Norte-MG.