**2. Objective, Materials and Methods**

The objective of this paper is to analyze the role of documentaries as tools for Informal Environmental Education, by means of case studies, in order to examine how they can contribute to Environmental Citizenship. The main elements under study are the subjects addressed (what is expounded), the sources utilized (who talks about the topic) and the resources used for environmental education (how it is explained). The documentaries studied are 'Buy, throw away, buy. The secret history of planned obsolescence' [3] (Cosima Dannoritzer, 2010), 'Sonic Sea' [4] (Michelle Dougherty and Daniel Hinerfeld, 2016), 'A Plas-

**Citation:** Subires-Mancera, M.P.; Delgado-Peña, J.J. The Role of Environmental Journalism and Documentaries as a Means of Informal Education for Environmental Citizenship. *Environ. Sci. Proc.* **2022**, *14*, 12. https://10.3390/ environsciproc2022014012

Academic Editors: Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Pedro Reis, Marie-Christine Knippels, Audrone Telesiene, Daphne Goldman, ˙ Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Jan Cincera and Kateˇrina Janˇcaˇríková

Published: 9 March 2022

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tic Ocean' [5] (Craig Leeson, 2016), 'Climate Change: The Facts' [6] (Serena Davies, 2019) and the web documentary 'No Ecological Footprint' [7] (Lab RTVE, 2018).

### **3. Results**

Each documentary focuses on an aspect of interest for Environmental Education: planned obsolescence of producing, reusing and recycling; ocean noise pollution and how it seriously harms whales and other marine species; plastic pollution of the oceans; climate change; and the ecological footprint and ways to reduce our footprint.

### **4. Conclusions**

The main conclusion that can be highlighted is the role of documentaries in the Environmental Education of citizens, since the in-depth treatment of the issues, showing the images that reflect the attacks against nature and using expert scientific sources make the public know the problems, reflect on them and develop a critical awareness.

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**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.

