MULHERES DO BEM DIZER E DO BEM VIVER.

This paper aimed to reflect on the educational process about the traditional knowledge regarding the act of blessing nowadays. To do so, different forms of rescue, acquisition, and transmission of traditional knowledge are presented, along with eco-pedagogical processes of care in the blessing practice, which are articulated with literature on the ecology of knowledge, care ethics, and the Living Well philosophy. This paper results from bibliographic review, participatory research, and semi-structured interviews with two female healers from the Escola de Almas Benzedeiras of Brasília (Federal District, Brazil). Thus, possible convergences were identified between theoretical perspectives and practices present in the narratives of these women to understand how this knowledge was constituted in their lives and culminated in environmental education practices in eco-pedagogical bases favorable for the social, cultural, and environmental sustainability of the Cerrado biome. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]