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This paper present and discuss the current level of environmental sustainability of People Farm Rural Community, Ipiaú, Bahia, Brazil. Then we present a description of the research design, including the procedures adopted for the construction and application of the primary data collection instrument in a bottom-up approach. We did the application of a semi structured questionnaire to 111 families, and a second semi structured form applied to the families that have production units. We also capture GPS points at different times. The collection of secondary data was through bibliographical and documentary research. Obtained that the community reached the general index of environmental sustainability 1,794, which puts the overall level of average environmental sustainability. The three dimensions evaluated are in the average environmental sustainability level, not reaching the sustainability threshold "3.2" - minimum high sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyze the environmental sustainability of the traditional Atalaia community, in the municipality of Canavieiras, Bahia, Brazil. The research undertaken uses a qualitative and quantitative approach. For this purpose, sustainability indicators were used, covering the social, economic, and natural resources dimensions. The scale adopted was the ordinal from 0 to 4, with the following intervals: from 0 to < 0.8 (critical sustainability); from 0.8 to < 1.6 (low sustainability); from 1.6 to < 2.4 (average sustainability); from 2.4 to < 3.2 (medium-high sustainability); and from 3.2 to 4 (high sustainability). The results of the study show that, in general, the community of Atalaia has average environmental sustainability, general index of 2.100. In all three dimensions considered, an average environmental sustainability was also achieved, in the social dimension it obtained 2.238, in the economic dimension it obtained 1.686 and in the dimension of natural resources it obtained 2,377. The aspects of health and transportation infrastructure were those identified by the community as the ones most in need of attention and improvement actions. This indicates the need to implement effective actions aimed at these issues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]