Colcha de retalhos: a costura de projetos de vida no coletivo da Ecos Verde

Abstract

This research aims to reflect about the human being as a project being who is being structured, socially and psychically , also in the work relations. The groups to which a person belongs to, among them working groups, always intertwined with family, community and social ties, constitute the necessary links to constitute his life and identity project.. The technique used for this research was Stories of Thematic Lives and the people studied were recycling material collectors . They are organized in an association and founded a collective project which has enabled a re-evaluation and the strengthening of their personal projects. This collective project, called “ Echos of the Green”, constitutes a collective identity which has given value to the associated collector as an important worker in the complex web of the environmental preservation, considering him someone who works and has his place in the contemporary society which throws out almost everything.

This study used the patchwork