diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application-ng.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application-ng.html.erb
index 95e9a10..e37edec 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application-ng.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application-ng.html.erb
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
     <!--<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1"/>-->
     <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
 
+    <% unless defined? MetadataPlugin and environment.enabled_plugins.include? 'MetadataPlugin' %>
+      <meta name="description" content="<%= @environment.name %>" />
+    <% end %>
+
     <!-- site root -->
     <meta property="noosfero:root" content="<%= Noosfero.root %>"/>
 
diff --git a/plugins/metadata/lib/ext/environment.rb b/plugins/metadata/lib/ext/environment.rb
index 31b5ff5..fda9177 100644
--- a/plugins/metadata/lib/ext/environment.rb
+++ b/plugins/metadata/lib/ext/environment.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ require_dependency 'environment'
 
 class Environment
 
+  metadata_spec tags: {
+    description: proc{ |e, plugin| e.name },
+  }
+
   metadata_spec namespace: :og, tags: {
     type: 'website',
     title: proc{ |e, plugin| e.name },
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