Environmental Education Perception Index (IPEA) headed for sustainable development: A study in Elementary Schools in the city of Guajará-Mirim, Rondônia (Brazil)

To analyze in the framework of elementary State schools located in Guajará-Mirim, the environmental education practice in reference of the National Curriculum Parameters for Education in Brazil which may bring new elements allowing to infer on the prospects for the future generations of a region highly committed to the environmental policy instituted in the State of Rondônia (Brazil) along its trajectory. Method: It has been used a construction method of Environmental Education Perception Index (IPEA) which has followed the logic of factorial analysis. Results: In general, the IPEA (Teachers) submitted a result considered "good". About the students, the result was troubling due to 75% of the of the schools studied submitted results considered only "regular". The average IPEA of formal public education at the fundamental level was considered "regular" at the IPEA of 0.597. Final Considerations:It does not notice an educational coherence for what is the strongest point in Guajará-Mirim: environmental preservation. It was possible to observe that the Guajaramirense society is experiencing a moment of institutional crisis, of values, ethics and behavior which reflects directly on the citizens' attitudes that do not correspond to the status of a region with a strong environmental policy.