It presents the results of an exploratory study of the topic: "What about the river?" ("E o rio?"), created at the virtual community "Ferros MG", existing at Orkut. At the topic, the members debate the installation of smalls hydroelectric centrals at Santo Antônio river basin, which covers the city of Ferros. It also reveals facets of the mentioned topic debaters during moments of searching and exchanging of collective interest information. Finally, it concludes that the prevailing information in the discussions clame for more information transparence from municipal and state authorities in issues that affect the local community, besides other presented findings.
Orkut; Social network; Virtual communities; User behavior; Environmental sustainability; Environmental information; Rivers; City - environment; Ferros/MG; Informational behavior; Hydroelectric basins
