Solidarity service-learning experience: healthy aging and the environment

Authors

  • Verónica Sierra
  • María de la Luz Martínez Maldonado
  • Mitzy Flores
  • Sandra Álvarez
  • Alejandra Montes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/RIDAS2021.11.7

Keywords:

Solidarity service-learning, environmental culture, ecological awareness, recycling and healthy aging

Abstract

This paper describes a solidarity service-learning experience involving a group of elderly people who live in Tlaxcala. The experience was aimed at promoting the development or reinforcement of the elders’ ecological awareness and thus having a positive impact on their recycling habits and promoting healthy aging This educational proposal involved a diagnostic analysis, strategic planning, intervention, evaluation and project monitoring. As a result of the project, the participants improved their recycling habits, increased their ecological awareness, adopted a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, and they were also involved in organizational and active participation processes.

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Published

2021-05-08

Issue

No. 11 (2021)

Section

Experiences and Testimonies

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