Social and environmental responsibility: a report on encouraging social environmental engagement in higher education institution in Caucaia/CE

Abstract

This paper aims to report the contributions of an environmental responsibility project in a Higher Education Institution based on the collaborative experience of a professional. Within this specific context Identify the need for socio-environmental projects for the institutional image before civil society; To cite the main actions and investments made in a Social and Environmental Responsibility Project; And report the limitations perceived in the vision of the professional involved in the project. In view of this, it is intended to answer the following question: ‘What benefits can be reported in an HEI, through its engagement and its students in Social and Environmental Responsibility Projects - PRS?’ Thus, it was used as methodology for the collection and evaluation of results, an experience report through a structured questionnaire interview, applied to the Extension Coordinator of a Caucaia/CE college. In this way, it was possible to obtain the perception of the idealizer of the project, which showed the benefits obtained with the implementation of the project involving the welfare and the environmental education of the students engaged and the civil society assisted.