MAPPING IDEAS AND BUILDING ACTIONS: SOCIAL CARTOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAÍA FORMOSA/RN

Thinking about university extension as a possibility to make connections and networks, as well as exchanges of experiences and knowledge, the study aimed to present the extension action as dialogical interaction with society, where the university has been progressively seeking an increasingly direct contact focused on local demands, in this context is presented the project "Social Cartography (CS) and Environmental Education (EA) in Baía Formosa/RN",  which was developed as an extension activity of the Research Group on Landscape Geoecology, Environmental Education and Social Cartography and the Professor Paulo Freire State School, with the aim of through geographic knowledge, especially these two axes – EA and CS, spatialize and materialize local potentialities and limitations, seeking to reflect also on risk mitigations and conflicts in the municipality. Thus, seeking to go beyond the walls of the university, experiencing this integration and resulting in material products for all those involved in the process.