The environmental questions are seen not only under the ecological aspect, but also under social aspect, economical, political, ethical and cultural.
It is a recommended work to who wish obtain, in a didactic way, objective and up to date, a systematic vision of our evolutionary challenges.

Summary

1. What the definition of The Environment?
I.  2.  Do we depend of The Environment?
3. How is The Environment?
4. Why do we destroy The Environment?
II. 5. The origin of the problems: the model of  “development”

1. Forestless (Desflorestamento)
2. Reduction of Ozone Layer
3. Efeito Estufa
4. The pressure of population growth
5. The challenge of Urban Ecosystem
6. Drinkable water
7. Threat to Biodiversity
8. International traffic of Restricted Products
9. Environmental Sanitation

6.  New concept to the comprehension of the socioenvironmental questions

1. The Ecological Footprint
2. The ecosystemics service and the Ecological Security
3. The Environmental illiteracy

7. The begin of Environmental Revolution

1. Rio-92
2. Legacy of Rio-92: Agenda-21
3. What is  Sustainable Development?
4. What is Environmental Education?
5. What was the Rio + 10?

8. What is necessary to do now

1. Energy conservation
2. The advances in Renewable Source of Energy
3. Rationalization of the use of the water
4. Rationalization of the use of Fossil Combustible
5. Composite* or Compositely* (Compostagem)
6. Reforestation
7. Central of Reutilization
8. Precycling*
9. Recycling

9.Tendency

1. Negative
2. Positive

10 Challenge
11. What can you do?
12. Bibliography References
Annex – Sources of Information
Questionnaire

Commentary

We project this book to people that need to be informed about the environmental thematic in a abridgement and objective way. We show the principal environmental problems, broaching the causes, consequence and alternatives of solutions.

We also thought in offer these information in a systematic way, in a simple language in short texts. A reading in only one hour.

It ended in adoption by the schools, since seventh series of basic school until universities courses of differents areas (we observe its use in administration, law and engineering courses, for example).

In high school the book is used by teachers of differents subjects. We have been received emails relating curious and interesting applications.

Recommend this work to the students, managers, governor, politics and teachers.