Agroecological garden and orchard for environmental and community-based agroecological education at Sinésio da Costa State College (CESC),

Abstract

The present report aims to present briefly actions and feasibility of one project implemented
since September 2015 at the Sinésio da Costa State College (CESC), located in Riacho of
Santana – BA, Brazil. The environmental education community-based on the principles of
Agroecology Education is still a relatively unexplored issue in the context of public schools in
the state of Bahia, Brazil. In this sense, the ongoing CESC project is based on the agroecological
and organic systems, with a recent insertion in the Educational Policy Project of this scholl
and allowing a greater participation of the school community, problematization and contextualization,
besides to propose sustainable alternatives to the supply of healthy foods produced in small spaces. Furthermore, this project is in line with the Territorial Plan for Sustainable Rural
Development of Velho Chico, which fosters training in environmental education for young people,
students and teachers.