july - december 2019 Vol. 14, No. 2,231-242 https://doi.org/10.17163/alt.v14n2.2019.07 p-ISSN:1390-325X / e-ISSN:1390-8642 http://alteridad.ups.edu.ec Suggested form of citing: Espejel Rodríguez, A., & Castillo Ramos, I. (2019). Environmental education in the baccalaureate: From school to family. Alteridad, 14(2), 231-242. https://doi.org/10.17163/alt.v14n2.2019.07 Environmental education in the baccalaureate: From school to family Educación ambiental en el bachillerato: De la escuela a la familia Adelina Espejel Rodríguez is a research professor at the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (adelinaer@hotmail.com) (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0299-796X) Isabel Castillo Ramos is a research professor at the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (icastillor@hotmail.com) (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7761-3225) Received: 2019-02-08 / Reviewed: 2019-04-01 / Accepted: 2019-05-20 / Published: 2019-07-01 Abstract This paper has as objective to show how bac- calaureate students involve and raise awareness within their families through practical and feasible actions to preserve and care for the school and the community environment. Research is developed in the framework of qualitative methodology. The information was collected using participant or direct observation method; home- works, daily notebooks, it also was applied a question- naire with questions to answer in open and close form. This research was practiced into Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico Industrial y Servicios 212 (CBTIs), of Tetla de la Solidaridad, Tlaxcala, México in 2017 year As study subjects were 85 students and their family were 282, linked to applied Family Environmental Program (PAF) as operative strategy. The data resulting from field work were systematized and processed in order to do easy its analysis and interpretation. Students applied the PAF with their families, also teach to each one to preserve the envi- ronment. It is concluded that environmental education should be from parents to sons and from sons to parents; its permit reinforce their own conscience, develop and promote environmentally friendly values and behaviors, for care, conservation of natural resources. The Mexican population needs to promote the environmental culture. Keywords: Environmental, young, baccalaureate, community, awareness, value. Resumen El documento tiene como objetivo mostrar cómo los estudiantes del nivel medio superior (NMS) involucran y concientizan a su familia, a través de acciones prácticas y viables para conservar y cuidar el entorno escolar y comunitario. La investigación se desarrolla en el marco de la metodología cualitativa. La información se recolectó utilizando el método de observación directa o participante; tareas, bitácoras, asimismo se les aplicó un cuestionario con pregun- tas para respuestas en forma abierta y cerrada. Esta investigación fue realizada en el Centro de Bachillerato Tecnológico Industrial y Servicios 212 (CBTis) de Tetla de la Solidaridad, Tlaxcala, México, en el año 2017. Los