Abstract

GIORDANO, Gabriel; TRIMBLE, Micaela  and  JACOBI, Pedro-Roberto. Environmental Education and Water Governance in Laguna del Sauce Basin, Uruguay. Letras Verdes [online]. 2023, n.34, pp.121-140. ISSN 1390-6631.  https://doi.org/10.17141/letrasverdes.34.2023.5798.

This article focuses on environmental education and water governance as two fields that allow for a synergy to transform local environmental problems. The objective is to present results of the systematization of a non-formal environmental education experience that involved participants from civil society organizations in the Laguna del Sauce basin (Maldonado, Uruguay). The methodological strategy was based on the facilitation of group processes of educational action research and participatory action research. The results arising from the registration of the process and the interviews conducted with participants include the generation of contextualized learning about environmental education, the environment, and the territory, as well as the strengthening of the relationships between the participating organizations. One of the conclusions is that a greater interaction is needed between the actors involved in environmental education and those involved in water governance, as well as greater social participation in both fields.

Keywords : action research; civil society; governance; non-formal environmental education; participation; watersheds.

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