Abstract
This theoretical study aims to discuss the relevance of addressing the environmental issue in workshops with families developed in the Social Assistance Reference Centers (CRAS), basic social protection equipment of the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS), in Brazil. It also aims to propose reflections about the social work that can be developed by the reference teams of CRAS, composed necessarily by Psychology professionals, with a view to the promotion of quality of life and sustainability. This discussion is based on CRAS regulations, the theoretical reference of the environmental sciences, Social Psychology and the areas of Psychology focused on sustainability. The environmental crisis is a current problem, complex and interdisciplinary, with great potential to impact the living environment of all, especially those who are in situations of social vulnerability. The recognition by SUAS of the need to address the right to a healthy environment in the workshops developed at CRAS allows relevant environmental issues to be discussed, according to the diagnosis of the area covered by the equipment and the interest of the families attended. It is possible to conclude that the development of social work on the environmental issue, from the reflection, awareness and knowledge and techniques dissemination, is a possibility of transformative intervention capable of empowering the population to search for improvements in the environmental quality of the territory and for the development of a more sustainable and healthy way of life, besides being able to contribute to the strengthening of the autonomy and the sense of community.
Quality of life; Social Psychology; Environmental Psychology; Sustainable Development; Social Change