Earth hour popularity among biology education students UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

Abstract

Conserving the earth cannot be done by one generation, but it requires the next generation to protect the earth in a sustainable manner. Agent of change are needed to create the next environmentalists. Biology education students who are a prospective teacher potential to create a generation that loves the environment. The earth hour is a global movement that campaigns for energy savings. This movement also provide environmental education to the community. This research is a quantitative descriptive study that aims to see the popularity of earth hour movement and the perspective of biology education students of UIN Sunan Gunung Djati on these movement. The results showed that 93% of biology education students knew this movement, but only few knew more about this global movement. Even so, they are optimistic that this movement can have a positive impact on the earth. Based on these results, we can conclude that the earth hour movement is highly popular among biology education students. We hope that the popularity of the earth hour movement will open their way of thinking to understand environmental issues by taking concrete steps to make energy-saving movements that are born from the form of conscious thinking. Thus, together we are optimistic that we will be able to face the challenges of global warming that hit the earth. Biology education students with environmental awareness are at the forefront of creating a generation that is wise to the natural environment.