The Associative Work in Development of Solidarity Economy and the role of Critical, Emancipatory and Transformative Environmental Education

The present work aims to understand how solidarity economy and environmental education help in the process of emancipation and transformation of pickers and pickers in the south of Rio Grande do Sul. For this purpose, 68 meetings, 4 ordinary assemblies in cooperatives and associations, organization of documents, 9 training workshops. Observations and interventions were made, some activities were proposed by the researchers and others were demanded by the groups. It was observed that all the groups have similar characteristics, but it was also verified that each group has its specifics, and sometimes different needs. These characteristics are directly related, with the way the groups are organized, and how they were constituted, as well as the maturity of the groups in the accomplishment of the activities.