Science Summit at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78)

Abstract of the Session
The session aims to show how Instituto Venturi and its partners have been working in a practical way to demonstrate that Brazil has strong public policies in the environmental area capable of leading the country on the path of sustainable development. To this end, decision makers, teachers and managers of public and private institutions must understand and follow its guidelines, which necessarily involves training teachers in formal environmental education and individual reverse logistic models for industries to reintroduce their post-consumer packaging into the commercial cycle of recycling.
Abstract of the presentations
Institutional – Instituto Venturi Para Estudos Ambientais
The Venturi Institute is a non-profit organization that aims to disseminate economically viable solutions on socio-environmental issues to businesses, governments and local communities. It does so by compiling technical and scientific studies, conducting research, producing educational materials and organizing curses and workshops on several sustainability-related topics. The Institute’s vision is to create a sustainable world where environmental management and business management practices are congruent.
It was founded in January 2005 by a group of professors, researchers and students interested in promoting dialogue between the government, private companies, NGOs and the community on the subject of environmental and social responsibility. Since its creation, the Institute has been considered as a reference for knowledge in the elaboration of viable solutions in socio-environmental issues.
In recent years, the Venturi Institute has focused its actions on transferring knowledge in environmental education, believing that this is a fundamental instrument for changing behavior now and for life, aiming practices that are environmentally and socially responsible. 
Christian Luiz da Silva (Full professor at UTFPR and Director of Instituto Venturi Para Estudos Ambientais)
Arlinda Cezar - President of Instituto Venturi Para Estudos Ambientais (probably recorded) 

Continuing Education in Formal Environmental Education: Training course for teachers-multipliers in environmental education, via the Web, whose objective is to equip the public basic education network for the effective implementation of environmental education in the curriculum of schools according to the national environmental education policy (Law 9,795/99), which despite having been instituted in Brazil over 23 years ago, the challenge remains to train teachers to understand how to work with cross-cutting themes in an interdisciplinary way. More than 1,800 teachers have already been trained since 2021.
Sérgio Pessôa Ribeiro (Lawyer, Journalist, Professor and Consultant in the Business and Environmental areas, practicing law for forty-five years. He is a member of the Environmental Law Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).  He was president of the Venturi Institute for Environmental Studies)
 
Recycling is doing magic program: This is a PET plastic reverse logistics model in full operation in Rio Grande do Sul since 2019, which delivers much more than reverse logistics, it delivers environmental education, with actions in schools and entities, promoting the change of culture towards the circular economy, remunerating the entire value chain. This program contributes to achieving the goals of the packaging sector agreement (Federal Law 12,305/2010). It was awarded 1st place in the “Social Commitment – Transformer” category at the Plástico Sul 2022 Awards, competing with more than 90 projects from companies in São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
Jeferson Alberton (Program Manager – Partners: Instituto Venturi and Plásticos Bellaforma)

Zero Waste Lab POA: Implemented at TECNOPUC/Catholic University, the Zero Waste Porto Alegre (POA) Laboratory is a living laboratory with the aim of connecting people and initiatives to disseminate, research and adopt technologies that support the application of the Zero Waste concept in communities, governments, innovation ecosystems and organizations. The Lab seeks to contribute to a more aware, participatory society and more active citizens, impacting the local and regional economy with innovation, technology and sustainability.
Lucas Oliveira Fontes - Greenthinking (Partner of Instituto Venturi)