Incidence of Enviromental Education in the Configuration of Political Agents From Recovery Processes of La Conejera Wetland (Suba, Bogotá D.C)

Abstract

At the wetland La Conejera (located in Suba, Bogotá D.C.), A process of education andcommunity participation started in the year 1993, looking for solutions to the environmentalecosystem problems in this area. Some of the participants in this process haveplaced themselves in different scenarios of political operations at the Capital District,while others continue to lead other community processes.This article presents the relationship of the environmental situation in La Conejerawetland and the agency capacity of the community leaders through environmentaleducation processes which allowed recognition, appropriation and incidence in thetransformation of this territory. Some actors were associated or "allied" with commongoals; the community organized and launched initiatives and actions that contributedto generate a strategy of citizen participation from the base, channeled into research,outreach, education and environmental management.The participants carried out collective actions, independent of everyday formalism andother public, or personal circumstances, with proposals that influence the constructionand participation in government programs, building new learning and knowledgePalabras claveEducación ambiental, situación límite.agencia, acción política, territorio.KeywordsEnvironmental Education, Limit Situation,Agency, Political Action, and Territory.Palavras chaveEducação ambiental, situação limite,agência, ação política, território.and public agendas. Thus, political action is the expression of environmental educationfrom practice by the restoration and wetland protection and defense of its rights.