Abstract
Environmental awareness has becoming a critical value to be integrated among youth. This research aimed to analyze the implementation of students’ environmental awareness of Christian Junior High School 2 in Salatiga by creating bottle garden in school. This research was descriptive qualitative which was conducted in the second semester of academic year 2017/2018 and involved 47 students. The data collection techniques used were questionnaire and observation. The implementation of environmental awareness was measured based on the New Ecological Paradigm theory with five main indicators, namely: 1) anti-exemptionalism, 2) anti-anthropocentrism, 3) limits to growth, 4) balance of nature, and 5) eco-crisis. The results showed that by learning through bottle garden activities, students have reached a good understanding of eco-crisis, anti-exemptialism, balance of nature, anti-anthropocentrism, and limit of growth in which the value were 3.35; 3.11; 3.2; 3.19; and 3.14 respectively (3.21 ≤ score <3.73). This means that the students have possessed a ‘good’ level of environmental awareness.
Highlights
Human activities in the environment give impacts to the environment itself
This research was qualitative descriptive which addressed the implementation of environmental awareness through bottle garden activities which included planning and implementation activities in learning processes
Measuring the character of students' environmental awareness was done as the bottle garden activity taken place and after the activation process was completed
Summary
Human activities in the environment give impacts to the environment itself. Their awareness plays an important role in keeping nature balanced and sustainable (Nazarenko & Kolesnik, 2018). An intentional action in damaging the natural environment or its individual component led to destruction or irreversible damage to natural features or ecosystems of two and more entities (Grebennikov, Sangadzhiev, & Elena, 2016). This condition is an illustration of the low public awareness in preserving the environment. The waste disposal habit can be traced to values, culture and indigenous knowledge inculcated (Daniel & Ibok, 2013) These various issues, in turn, will make our environmental damage are becoming worse
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