ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: A CHALLENGE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITIES.

This article discusses the use of environmental education for the sustainability of the environment and the quality of life of the population, in order to unravel the environmental dynamics through the multiple actions of the actors involved, it is essential in this process. Therefore, studies on the environment, in particular, are particularly relevant in the contemporary debate. Therefore, this research had as main objective to focus the importance of the use of environmental education for the preservation of the environment and for the quality of life in the cities. In order to reach the proposed objective, this research is based on a qualitative bias in which methodological procedures adopted were the bibliographical and documentary revision, which are essential to support all stages of a scientific work. Thus, this research allowed us to perceive that priority is given to changing postures, habits and customs in relation to environmental problems and that environmental education is projected as a mechanism of great relevance for the formation of ecologically balanced societies and in harmony with the environment.