Resumo:
The present dissertation seeks to bring elements that seek to elucidate motives and arguments in the current context of the development of capitalism, together with the question of its impact on the associated environment, with a brief explanation of the need for soil and water resources preservation and problematization around the sustainable development debate. It addresses the current stage of environmental degradation, and proposes alternatives within the framework of theoretical currents through Brazil as a central place for analysis, for having the largest tropical forest, in addition to its diversity of natural resources. Environmental discourse is coupled with the development of theoretical currents that seek to explain the functioning of capitalism and its impact on environmental development. Through environmental economic theories, they are based on five groups of analysis: Ecological Economics, Decreasers, Rational Ecology, Political Ecology and Ecosocialism. Thus, through analysis of the theoretical fields, the conclusion is reached by the ecosocialists as the most correct in the field of analysis of the approach to the limits and possibilities of sustainable development along the way and the possible paths of evolution in the question. This toil is an attempt to contribute to the theme.
