Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

In the Primary Education career, students of the Encounter Course modality are teachers with theoretical and methodological limitations for the adequate treatment of environmental content in the exercise of their profession, for which reason it was necessary to carry out qualitative research (research- action) that would allow the development of a system of workshops by virtue of enhancing their preparation, as part of the Environmental Education Curriculum Strategy. The objective of this work is to expose the conception that ruled each of the workshops implemented on the contents, objectives and methods that favor environmental education and sustainable development, which started from the link that can be established between environmental problems and content of the subjects they teach. It is concluded that the executed proposal allowed the instruction of the teachers to integrate the priority environmental issues in the country into their classes, as well as the identification and scientific-methodological treatment of these in the school environment.

The biggest environmental problem affecting the planet today is climate change. This fact means that the doctor, due to his social responsibility, must have an in-depth knowledge of the relationship between environmental problems and their impact on human health, in order to better perform his various functions, including educational ones; as well as to carry out its role in the fulfillment of Life Task. The objective of this work is to evaluate the level of knowledge on the environmental dimension in sixth year students of the Medicine career and residents of General Medicine. A knowledge survey was applied that explored knowledge about concepts, factors and problems related to the environment and its links with health effects. The general result of the questionnaire was 21.88% of approved for the students and 27.59% for the residents, which agree with a low percentage of correct answers in different questions. It is concluded that in both samples there are some cognitive gaps in the environmental sphere.

The work presented is the product of a research carried out at the Holguin University of Pedagogical Sciences, within the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, which proclaims the need for educational actions that contribute to solving energy problems. The elaborated proposal pretends to offer a correct educational orientation for the energy education from the actions directed to the integration of the conceptual, procedural and attitudinal contents, from the explosive evaluative method that dynamizes the integration through educational situations. The results obtained from empirical and theoretical methods are part of a research project and a doctoral thesis. The implementation of the proposal in the Bachelor's degree in Education, Physical specialty; and the evaluation of the results demonstrated its effectiveness supported by a pre-experiment and a case study. This is a factual indication of its practical value.

Los agrotóxicos se utilizan mundialmente para aumentar la producción de alimentos. El objetivo de esta investigación fue aplicar una estrategia de educación ambiental para el manejo adecuado de agrotóxicos en la Escuela Miguel Solórzano. La metodología empleada tuvo un enfoque cualitativo. La investigación se desarrolló en tres fases: diagnóstico, diseño e implementación de la estrategia y evaluación de los resultados. Acorde a las características de la población, se trabajó con dos grupos: niños y adultos. La evaluación reveló que el desconocimiento sobre los agrotóxicos se redujo en un 23% y la comprensión sobre el daño que estos productos pueden causar a la salud se incrementó en un 40%; el grado de preocupación por el efecto de los plaguicidas aumentó en un 44%, por lo que el porcentaje de uso de equipos de protección aumentó en un 44%. En la disposición final de envases de plaguicidas, la entrega de envases vacíos al centro de acopio pasó de 0% a 80%. Luego de aplicar la estrategia de educación ambiental se evidencia un cambio de perspectiva acerca del manejo de agrotóxicos, lo cual muestra la pertinencia de las intervenciones de este tipo en comunidades rurales.

The unsustainable use of Colombia´ s´biodiversity is due to the lack of knowledge about it strategic potential. An ethnobotanical study in the high basin of Quebrada Honda river was developed, in order to characterize the uses of the flora species in the area by the community and to propose a more sustainable production alternatives through agroforestry systems. To collect the information, semi-structured interviews were conducted and ethnobotanical walks were made with local experts. Ninety eight useful species corresponding to 47 families and 86 genders were reported. The Asteraceae family presented the highest number of species with 14. Passiflora and Rubus were the highest population regarding genders. From all species studies, 51 had agricultural use, 29 medicinal use and 28 environmental services. The results obtained allowed to have an approach to the ethnobotanical knowledge in the buffer zone of the Sumapaz paramo and to recognize the rural knowledge associated to the local agroecosystem biodiversity. We empowered on the community knowledge increase regarding the strategic potential of local species trough the implementation of agroforestry systems that combine native species with a balance between conservation and production.

La revitalización cultural ha permitido que los conocimientos, prácticas y saberes ancestrales, en riesgo de desaparecer, sean revalorizados y transmitidos a futuras generaciones para el manejo sustentable de sus recursos. En este contexto, la investigación tuvo como objetivo diseñar una propuesta para la revitalización del uso de plantas alimenticias en la chakra kichwa del Centro de Turismo Comunitario Sinchi Warmi, localizado en la parroquia Puerto Misahuallí, provincia Napo. Las metodologías implementadas para el levantamiento de la información fueron la etnografía y la etnobotánica, las cuales permitieron indagar sobre la interacción social histórica de esa comunidad dentro del sistema tradicional productivo agrícola chakra a partir del diálogo de saberes, con la finalidad de consolidar conocimientos científicos y tradicionales, y desarrollar acciones enfocadas al manejo y cultivo de plantas; teniendo en cuenta al patrimonio cultural inmaterial presente. Como resultados, se obtuvo el inventario de 60 especies vegetales con propiedades alimenticias y medicinales; y se elaboró con este una guía de plantas alimenticias y una aplicación móvil para el uso de ellas en la comunidad o por turistas y visitantes. Lo anterior ratifica a la revitalización cultural como una alternativa efectiva para la salvaguarda de los saberes ancestrales de estas comunidades.

The hotel services strive to maintain a responsible attitude regarding environmental aspects and impacts. The objective  was to implement a procedure for environmental management that, in a transversal way, acts on the set of activities that are executed in the services of Encanto Hotels, focused on the strategic, operational and support components, so that favor environmental protection in the organization. Theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were used, as well as instruments for the analysis and interpretation of the results, based on the provisions of the Cuban standards ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System. Requirements with guidance for its use; the Methodology for National Environmental Recognition and the dimensions and theoretical approaches analyzed. As a result, a procedure consisting of four phases and 17 steps was designed, which was partially applied in the Caballeriza hotel belonging to the Encanto Hotels complex in Holguín, specifically until phase two. The diagnosis of each component was carried out, as well as the proposal of the policy, the objectives and the strategic actions to achieve the transformation of the identified problems. As conclusions, it is possible to strengthen the environmental management in the hotel and strategic actions are drawn up to improve its services.

La investigación tuvo como objetivo evaluar el recurso agua como elemento clave en una zona de alto potencial turístico, identificada para el desarrollo de un proyecto en la modalidad de golf y marina, el cual implica a punta Colorada en su primera fase. Considerando la distribución, la dinámica y la calidad del agua en el ámbito superficial y subterráneo, se caracterizaron el medio físico del área de estudio y la zona de influencia. Mediante la revisión documental y el uso de las herramientas Flow accumulation de QGIS 2.18.5 y Watershed Maps de Surfer 11, a partir del modelo digital del terreno, se identificaron las direcciones de flujo y acumulación superficial, así como las cuencas locales y su orden de activación. En campaña de campo fueron muestreadas 42 estaciones de aguas terrestres con la medición de todos los parámetros geofísicos in situ y su posterior análisis de laboratorio. Los resultados confirmaron una estrecha relación entre drenaje superficial-humedales; la diferenciación de las lagunas interiores, según su mineralización, y de las aguas subterráneas, según su calidad química. Se concluye que las posibilidades de contaminación, alteración del drenaje y la calidad de las aguas constituyen impactos negativos de dicha inversión en el territorio.

The initial training process of the graduate in Elemental Education, as a stage of appropriation of knowledge, skills and values, constitutes an ideal space to develop in the future professional, ways of acting in favor of the care and preservation of the environment. With the instrumentation of the Curricular Strategy of Environmental Education in the study plans of that career, the guidelines for achieving this purpose are established. However, the exploratory study carried out and the application of various research methods shows that there is still insufficient compliance, since this is not addressed from the integration of the substantive processes in the different disciplines and their outputs. The present work has as objective to expose the actions developed for the environmental education of the professionals in training, in the subjects of History of Cuba; which were conceived from the components of the initial training: academic, investigative work and extensionist. The active participation of the students in the conception, execution and evaluation of the activities carried out allows us to classify the results obtained as satisfactory.