Abstract:
In the last decades of the twentieth century, issues related to environmental problems
began to gain prominence in the media and in the society, because of the severe
degradation caused by the human activities on the environment. Thus for a long time,
the earth does not support the unrestrained use of their natural resources and to
ensure a better future for the next generations, it is need a change of attitude and
behavior of human. In order to assure a better future for the next generations, a
change in the attitude of the human being is needed. Thus leaders from different
parts of the world have begun to change their stances on the problems caused by the
misuse of the natural resources, thinking more ethically towards nature. After all, man
is an element of nature and needs it to keep life s continuity. That being so, the
higher education institutions should take urgent actions in order to skew the legal
standards performing its social role, which means sharing knowledge and preparing
citizens with ethical stance and respecting the others and the environment as well,
through environmental management actions. In spite of all, the HEIs (higher
education institutions) are also responsible for the structure of the future generations.
This paper presents a brief study on the practical actions of Environmental
Management in the Faculdade Independente do Nordeste (FAINOR), under the
ethical principles. During the study, a survey of the environmental initiatives
implemented in HEIs (high education institutions) was conducted in order to check
the efforts made by them, trying to fit in with the environmental legislation and
mitigate the environmental impacts caused by their activities, as well as clarify the
underlying values on the decisions adopted in the environmental management.
