Mobilização em rede pelo acesso à água potável

Abstract

The present study analyzed the impacts of creating a socio-environmental protection network at Colégio Estadual Olegário Mariano, in the neighborhood of Rocha Miranda, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with the aim of collecting data on the problems of supply and quality of water in streets in the neighborhoods of Honório Gurgel and Rocha Miranda where the majority of students at this institution live. Through Critical Environmental Education (EAC) and action research methodology, we seek to mobilize students in the search for solutions to the problems encountered. These students went through training workshops at the school to work as interviewers on the streets and to become more engaged with the network's objectives. We analyze the concepts of EAC, Environmental History and Environmental Racism and water in environmental education. Furthermore, we highlight the perspective of geographer David Harvey on how the Capitalist State interferes in the territory and generates social inequalities that affect access to the fundamental right to drinking water. We also carried out a study of the management of drinking water distribution in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro, with an emphasis on the period after the 1988 legal framework. Finally, we presented the information collected by the network at events held at educational institutions from different spheres, such as the Colégio Municipal Iran, and the State University of Rio de Janeiro and we seek dialogue with local political leaders aiming to improve the region's supply service.