Social Support as a Catalyst for Environmental Awareness in Indonesia

General Background: Environmental awareness is a fundamental component in maintaining ecological sustainability and supporting responsible community-based tourism development. Specific Background: Local youth participation is considered essential in preserving natural tourism destinations, particularly in rural communities that rely on environmental resources for socio-economic development. Knowledge Gap: Despite the recognized importance of community attachment, empirical research examining the relationship between sense of belonging and environmental awareness among youth in tourism-based rural settings remains limited. Aims: This study aimed to examine the relationship between sense of belonging and environmental awareness among youth in Gunung Petung Hamlet, Tutur Village, Pasuruan Regency, within the development of Sumber Nyonya waterfall tourism. Results: Using a quantitative correlational design involving 172 respondents selected through accidental sampling, data were collected using sense of belonging and environmental awareness scales and analyzed using simple linear regression. The findings revealed a statistically significant relationship between sense of belonging and environmental awareness (F = 16.700, p < .001). The model summary indicated an R value of 0.299 and R² value of 0.089, demonstrating that sense of belonging accounts for 8.9% of environmental awareness variance, while 91.1% is explained by other variables outside the study. Novelty: This study provides empirical evidence linking community attachment with environmental awareness among rural tourism youth populations. Implications: The findings highlight the importance of strengthening community attachment initiatives to encourage youth participation in environmental preservation and sustainable nature-based tourism development. Highlights: Community Attachment Explains 8.9% Variation in Ecological Responsibility Levels. Statistical Testing Confirms a Significant Association Between Social Attachment and Conservation Understanding. Empirical Data Support Youth Involvement in Nature Destination Preservation Programs. Keywords: Sense of Belonging, Environmental Awareness, Youth Participation, Community Tourism, Rural Tourism

This study investigates the intricate relationships between environmental policy awareness, community awareness, social support, and community participation in forest conservation programs in West Kalimantan. Utilizing a sample of 150 participants, a quantitative analysis employing Structural Equation Modeling with Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) was conducted. The measurement model analysis confirmed the reliability and validity of the survey instrument, and subsequent structural model analysis revealed significant positive relationships between environmental policy awareness, community awareness, social support, and community participation. The findings emphasize the importance of well-crafted environmental policies, informed communities, and robust social support networks in fostering sustainable engagement in forest conservation. These insights carry practical implications for policymakers, environmental organizations, and community leaders, providing a foundation for targeted interventions to enhance conservation initiatives in West Kalimantan.

This paper aims at investigating the change over time in the environmental awareness in rural Chinese communities and its correlation with environmental management measures implemented at the local level. We identify three main components of awareness, namely: perception, behavior, and attitude toward environmental management measures. Data were collected from two surveys in three villages in northern China in 2006 and 2015 that interviewed 125 and 129 respondents, respectively, and were analyzed employing an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach. The results discussed in the paper show that environmental awareness increased between 2006–2015, and was mainly manifested in better environmental behavior and understanding of environmental status due an improvement in rural infrastructure and a greater amount of information provided to rural residents about the environment. Place of residence had a considerable influence on respondents’ environmental awareness: residents in eco-villages had a higher environmental awareness than those living in common agricultural villages. This appears to indicate a positive nexus between the comprehensiveness of environmental management measures implemented locally, and environmental awareness. Also, the universality of environment issues reduced the importance of socioeconomic and demographic factors in determining the degree of environmental awareness. However, more attention should be paid to villagers’ external behavior and inner feelings, such as their attitude to governmental management policies. These findings yield important policy implications that are relevant to the promotion of environmental awareness in China’s rural communities, and the adoption of more effective environmental management measures.

OBJECTIVE: A significant number of people with mental illness do not use mental health services to receive treatment for their symptoms. This study examined the hypothesis that social network and social support affect mental health service use. METHODS: Data were from the Baltimore cohort of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area study, a prospective cohort study that gathered data over four time points. This study examined data gathered in 1993–1996 (N=1,920) and 2004–2005 (N=1,071). The study examined indicators of social network and social support in relation to four types of service use (general medical, mental health within general medical, specialty psychiatric, and other human services) with multivariate logistic regression. Examples of other human services include a self-help group or crisis center for help with any psychological problem. Weighted generalized estimating equations were used for the analyses. RESULTS: Among persons with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or alcohol use disorder in the past year or psychological distress in the past few weeks, general medical service use was reduced when the frequency of contact with relatives or friends occurred less than daily, but it was increased by about 40% when there was a higher than median level of spousal support. In contrast, receiving general medical services for mental health problems was reduced by about 50% when there was a higher than median level of social support from relatives. Specialty psychiatric service use was reduced when there was regular contact with six or more relatives and there was a higher than median level of social support from friends and relatives. None of the social network or social support measures were significantly (p≤.01) associated with use of other human services. CONCLUSIONS: Increased contact with the social network and higher levels of social support were associated with greater use of general medical services. However, more social support was associated with use of fewer services within the specialty psychiatric sector.

Purpose – The primary aim of this quantitative survey research is to explore the connection between environmental education, participation in environ-mental programs or actions, and the enhancement of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors in individuals. In light of global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation, under-standing how education and active engagement can promote sustainability is increasingly crucial. This study aims to determine whether exposure to environmental education and participation in environmental actions can influence individuals’ environmental consciousness and encourage more sustainable practices. Design/Methodology/Approach – The study sample consisted of 2,687 Greek consumers, aged 18 to 29 years. This age group was specifically chosen to capture insights from young adults, who are key to future sustainability efforts. The Mann-Whitney non-parametric test was used to analyze potential differences in environmental awareness among participants who had received environmental education and those who had participated in environmental programs. The survey gathered responses related to specific actions, dailyhabits, and individual choices to assess the level of environmental consciousness among the participants. The research method focused on determining how environmental education and participation in programs impacted behaviors related to sustainability.Findings – The findings of this survey indicate that individuals who received environmental education in school are more likely to consider the environmental consequences of their purchasing decisions. Furthermore, those who have participated in environmental programs or actions were more inclined to adopt pro-environmental behaviors, such as reducing waste, conserving energy, and opting for sustainable products. Additionally, the analysis revealed that participants aged 26–29 demonstrated higher environmentalconsciousness than their younger counterparts aged 18–21, suggesting that environmental awareness increases with age and experience. Originality – This study contributes to the body of research on environmental education and sustainability by highlighting the significant role that both education and active participation in environmental initiatives play in fostering environmental awareness. It emphasizes the importance of these factors in encouraging sustainable behaviors and helping create a more sustainable andeco-conscious society. Design/Methodology/Approach – The sample involved 2,687 Greek consumers aged 18 to 29 years. The non-parametric Mann–Whitney test was used to explore possible differences in the environmental consciousness of the research participants in relation to whether they have been taught environmental education at school and/or they have participated in an environmental program or action in the past. The survey participants were asked to respond regarding the frequency of specific actions and daily habits, which frame their environmental consciousness and awareness. The questionnaire included behaviors such as recycling, reducing water and energy use, and choosing eco-friendly products. A multiple linear regression analysis was also conducted to assess the effect of age and other factors on environmental attitudes and actions. Findings – The results of this survey showed that the people who have been taught about environmental education at school are more likely to consider the environmental impact of the products they buy, while those who have participated in environmental programs or actions adopt more consistent pro-environmental behaviors. These include limiting single-use plastics and supporting sustainability-related initiatives. Furthermore, through the multiple linear regression analysis, it was found that the participants aged 26–29 have an increased environmental consciousness compared to the participants aged 18–21, possibly due to increased maturity, life experience, and exposure to sustainability-related information. Originality – This survey adds to the existing literature on environmental education and sustainability by highlighting the importance of environmental education and participation in environmental programs or actions towards increasing environmental consciousness and awareness and building a sustainable society. It underscores the necessity of incorporating structured environmental education within formal curricula and promoting active participation through community-based programs.

Environmental Education and the Role of Media in Environmental Education in Turkey

Abstract. Abidin Z, Setiawan B, Muhaimin AW, Shinta A. 2021. The role of coastal biodiversity conservation on sustainability and environmental awareness in mangrove ecosystem of southern Malang, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 648-658. Southern coast of Malang, East Java, Indonesia has several mangrove ecosystems used for ecotourism, such as Clungup Mangrove Conservation Tiga Warna (CMC Tiga Warna). This area has consistently implemented ecotourism principles. Previously, it was assumed to be vulnerable from the damage due to differences in environmental awareness of ecotourists and local communities. This study aims to (i) describe the strategy of coastal biodiversity conservation to enhance environmental awareness and its sustainability; (ii) analyze the role of conservation on sustainability and environmental awareness, with sustainability as a mediating variable between conservation and environmental awareness. Data analysis was conducted with descriptive and Warp Partial Least Square (WarpPLS). The results indicate that empirical facts of conservation, sustainability, and environmental awareness in CMC Tiga Warna are relevant to the result of statistical analysis. Conservation is believed to form the environmental awareness of ecotourists and local communities and to maintain the sustainability of ecotourism destinations. In addition, the sustainability of ecotourism destinations serves as an effective mediator between conservation and environmental awareness, along with the modeling of environmental awareness enhancement in conservation-based coastal ecotourism. The proposed model explains that sustainability and environmental awareness variances are 23% and 25%, respectively. In summary, Destination Marketing and Management Organization of CMC Tiga Warna ecotourism is believed to improve environmental awareness of ecotourist and local communities by strengthening coastal biodiversity conservation programs in ecotourism areas and in maintaining sustainability.

The rapid depletion of global resources has made people more sensitive to environmental issues. Students, who will be the decision-makers of the future, are being provided with basic information on environmental protection, particularly in family and school settings, and it is expected that this information will be put into practice. In this regard, fostering environmental awareness among students can be achieved by ensuring they have the necessary knowledge on the subject. Numerous studies have been conducted on this important topic in educational sciences. Being informed about the status of these studies will contribute to researchers in terms of the relevant basic literature. In this regard, the aim of this study is to systematically review master's theses on environmental awareness in the field of educational sciences in Türkiye between 1999 and 2025 within the framework of specific criteria. A qualitative research approach was adopted in the study, and theses published in the National Thesis Center of the Council of Higher Education were evaluated using the document analysis method. During the review process, the theses were analyzed in terms of the year of publication, university, research method, sampling type, data collection tool, and distribution of study topics. The data obtained shows that quantitative methods are preferred in the majority of theses on environmental awareness and that ready-made scales are generally used as data collection tools. When examining the sample groups, it is seen that teacher candidates, teachers, and primary school students are predominantly the subjects of the studies. In theses related to environmental awareness, variables such as the effect of environmental factors on the development of environmental awareness, attitudes towards the environment, awareness, and behavioral change have been found to be prominent. These findings show that academic studies on environmental awareness in Türkiye are increasingly becoming interdisciplinary and that environmental education is beginning to be addressed as a holistic value education field in the educational sciences literature. It reveals that postgraduate studies on environmental awareness have increased, especially in recent years, and that the themes of environmental education, sustainability, and ecological awareness have become increasingly important during this period.

This paper examined the impact of Environmental Education and Awareness on the Effective Management of Solid Wastes among residents of Jos-Bukuru Metropolis, Plateau State, Nigeria with a view to making recommendations on environmental awareness and education for the area. It is by examining the existing policy on environmental awareness and its effect on people’s attitudes to solid waste management. It is by determining the relationship between attitude and solid waste management practices and also evaluating the influence of the level of environmental awareness on the solid waste management practices among residents. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from 400 respondents, selected through a systematic random sampling technique from six zones namely; Fari-gada, Angwan-Rukuba, Tudun-Wada, Rantya, Rayfield and Bukuru in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analysed using spearman’s rank correlation (rho) and analysis of variance (F-ratio) statistical techniques. The results obtained showed that there was a provision for a policy on environmental awareness and its effects on people’s attitudes to solid waste management. Also, there was no relationship between attitude and solid waste management practice in Jos Metropolis and there was a low level of influence of environmental awareness and education on people’s attitudes towards solid waste management in Jos Metropolis, Nigeria. Based on these results a set of recommendations was made to help policy makers, practitioners and the academia in solid waste management.

The diversity of communities is a common feature in peri-urban areas, which are transitional zones between urban and rural areas. Lifestyles, as well as environmental awareness, may be closely related to the community morphology. Currently, there are few studies on the differences in environmental awareness in peri-urban areas. In this paper, a typical peri-urban area in Xiamen (Jimei District) was selected to investigate the residential characteristics and compare and analyse residents' environmental awareness in communities at various levels of urbanisation. Based on external building and socio-economic characteristics, 10 communities in Jimei District could be classified and ranked by degree of urbanisation. The closer the communities were to the urban centre or industrial zone, the higher the urbanisation level. Significant differences in resident's environmental awareness existed among the 10 communities in Jimei District. Along the urbanisation gradient, the discrepancies in awareness among communities were not linear, but showed a U or inverted U trend, very similar to the environmental Kuznets curve. The data obtained should be helpful in enriching urbanisation theory, and provide a scientific basis for environment planning and management in peri-urban areas.

Poverty is one of the greatest problems affecting developing countries. Socio-economic imbalances, created by both natural and artificial resource scarcity, restrict impoverished people's access to economic opportunities, limiting their purchasing power and empowerment. Environmental degradation is thus both a cause and effect of resource scarcity, as the poor are forced to seek increasingly environmentally and economically unsustainable methods of income generation, further marginalizing them.

Poverty is one of the greatest problems affecting developing countries. Socio-economic imbalances, created by both natural and artificial resource scarcity, restrict impoverished people’s access to economic opportunities, limiting their purchasing power and empowerment. Environmental degradation is thus both a cause and effect of resource scarcity, as the poor are forced to seek increasingly environmentally and economically unsustainable methods of income generation, further marginalizing them. 
\nMicrofinance is known to be one of the best tools to combat poverty, as it allows the poor to empower both themselves and their communities through the creation and sustainment of their own businesses. Moreover, green microfinance, which combines the core concepts of microfinance with environmental awareness and preservation, aims to allow empowerment to occur without compromising the environment. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) use simple administrative procedures and the general abolishment of collateral to allow inhabitants of remote areas to access microfinance, whilst maintaining relationships with them and assisting with their financial and personal problems, educating them, and providing aid in the event of environmental disasters. Hence, microfinance is believed to have a positive effect on both poverty alleviation and environmental awareness. 
\nIn Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world, Islamic finance, which was established in 1991 and saw rapid development during the politically volatile years of 1997 and 1998 (Seibel 2008), comprises commercial banks and banking units, Islamic rural banks, and Islamic financial cooperatives. Commercial Islamic banks focus on providing savings, financing, and insurance to medium and large businesses. People running small or micro businesses are thus restricted from receiving their services. Islamic microfinance, in the form of banking units, rural banks, and financial cooperatives, fills the void left by the commercial banks, enabling Indonesia’s disadvantaged entrepreneurs to generate income on their own terms. 
\nMost people in Pasuruan Regency, East Java, earn their incomes in the processing industry, agriculture, and trading. In this region, these sectors contribute more than any other to the total Gross Regional Domestic Product (BPS Pasuruan). However, most of them generally negatively affect the environment, through pollutive and chemically harmful practices, as well as a lack of skill and knowledge required to mitigate the negative impacts of these practices. These effects could be influenced by the microfinance institutions that finance their business activities and have a say in how their businesses are run. This is particularly the case with the Islamic MFIs in the region, in whom clients put a great deal of trust, and whose growth has been stimulated by Islamic finance’s own growth in Indonesia as a whole. 
\nAlthough MFIs have seen significant development since the 1970s, not enough is known about them. While they have been shown to contribute to poverty alleviation, little is known about their simultaneous roles as facilitators of poverty alleviation and environmental development. Understanding this dynamic was of particular concern in Pasuruan Regency, as the peoples of our research sites appeared to show little regard for their environment whilst relying on MFIs to support their businesses. With their institutions failing to intervene in their destructive behaviors, there is an opening for environmental degradation to be countered with the use of MFIs as promoters of environmentally-friendly business practices. This study aimed to investigate the effect of Islamic microfinance institutions on the welfare of their clients, and whether they positively contribute to their environmental awareness. We examined the role of Islamic microfinance institutions in poverty alleviation and environmental awareness in three different areas of Pasuruan Regency, namely lowland, coastal, and upland. We further compared the impact of Islamic MFIs with that of conventional MFIs, to understand whether Islamic microfinance is consistent with other microfinance types or is able to stand out in its influence on clients’ welfare, awareness, and behavior 
\nField work data was collected using qualitative and quantitative approaches. The qualitative approach comprised in-depth interviews, direct observations, and focus group discussions, while the quantitative approach comprised standardized and semi-structured questionnaires. Additionally, secondary data was obtained from banks and a number governmental organizations and officials and statistics offices. Triangulation and a logic model were used to evaluate and validate data before conducting both qualitative and quantitative data analyses. The qualitative analysis was used to describe the behavior of the people in our research area, particularly towards changes in their economic welfare and awareness of specific environmental issues after joining a microfinance institution. Quantitative data analyses consisted of frequency distributions and numerical summaries. 
\nOur results revealed that both Islamic and conventional MFIs’ primary concerns were self-sustainability, as they attempted to maintain financial performances and increase client bases within a regional context. Pondok pesantren, through their prevalence and their teachers and students’ social programs, contributed to the development of Islamic MFIs in the lowland area by improving the public’s perceptions of Islamic microfinance. 
\nIn the coastal area, Islamic MFIs managed to mitigate the challenges and poor perceptions created by their failed predecessors. 
\nMeanwhile, Islamic MFIs in the upland area employed specific strategies to overcome challenges to their sustainability during periods of mass withdrawals. Conventional MFIs largely tailored their services to the needs of their clients, helping farmers acquire seeds and fertilizer in the lowland area, for example, or assisting fisheries and small entrepreneurs in the coastal area and helping clients grow, harvest, and process agroforestry products in the upland area.
\nThe microfinance institutions in all three areas positively contributed to poverty alleviation, with a significant majority of MFI clients being able to develop their businesses after receiving financing or loans—more so those in the lowland and coastal areas than the upland area. In terms of business re-investment, the lowland area was found to have the lowest percentage of clients spending their surplus incomes on increasing business size or employee numbers; a factor that requires attention from the local government and MFIs if they are to contribute to self-empowerment.
\nContrasting their impacts on poverty alleviation, both conventional and Islamic MFIs had negligible impacts on increasing the environmental awareness of their clients. Our analyses revealed that the MFIs in all three areas had problems with providing environmental training to their clients, failing to combat the already existent lack in awareness, and consequent accumulative degradation that occurred as a result. In all three research sites, more respondents reported that they did not receive training from their MFI than those who did. MFIs found it costly to dedicate a part of their net profits to environmental matters, but we found one cost-effective way to contribute to environmental awareness was through informing them of the existence of the few training programs that were available. 
\nThere are still a limited number of empirical studies on Islamic microfinance’s contributions to the poverty reduction of both the poor and the poorest. Our comparisons of the roles of Islamic and conventional MFIs in alleviating poverty revealed that both Islamic and conventional MFIs had a positive effect on poverty alleviation—Islamic MFIs slightly more than conventional ones. The screening system used by the Islamic MFIs, in particular their targeting of clients who were less inclined to use their funds for unrelated purposes, had a significant impact on their ability to avoid the lending risks encountered by the conventional MFIs, as well as the development of their clients’ businesses. This was supported by key informants’ observations that Islamic microfinance reduces the poverty level of clients, with their interest-free financing options and more flexible repayment plans being major factors. Islamic MFIs’ redistributions of public donations to the poorest in the form of qard al hasan (credit without interest) also fortified their roles as important contributors to poverty reduction. Nevertheless, considering how integral the environment is to their clients’ livelihoods, their environmental initiatives were merely enablers in their clients’ destructive behaviors, and will only contribute to increased resource scarcity and more arduous poverty alleviation efforts. Islamic MFIs should therefore look at targeting environmentally-friendly businesses, in spite of their unfairly negative associations with cost and risk, whether through the use social funds or collaboration with the government. Green microfinance, which was unsuccessful in our study, should continue to be studied as a viable method of providing financial services to poor communities. Green Islamic microfinance, further, may be considered the next step in Islamic finance’s development, as institutions attempt to empower individuals and communities in increasingly vulnerable environments.

Children Participatory Design Workshops: An Approach for Built Environment Education (BEE)

Tscion Research, Environmental Education, Enrichments, and Stewardship (TREEES) is a framework designed to improve environmental education (EE) and EE literacy for student learning and teacher curricular development. TREEES curriculum is determined by the Literacy of Environmental Education Assessment Framework (LEEAF, 2020). LEEAF (Connell, 2019) is an EE assessment that reviews school and classroom EE alignment with North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE, 2010) standards. TREEES - Research requires EE alignment determined by pre and post-LEEAF assessments. LEEAF assessments are defined by EE alignment. TREEES - Environmental Education allows participants to improve EE Literacy by providing lessons that detail Environmental Social Awareness, learning the process of scientific innovation, and introducing participants to EE-based career interests. TREEES - Enrichment participation include science-themed labs and field trips. TREEES - Stewardship participation involves community organizations and a supporting research institution that provides agricultural training, sustainability presentations, and nature study. Introduction Tscion Research, Environmental Education, Enrichments, and Stewardship (TREEES) is a framework designed to improve environmental education (EE) and EE literacy for student learning and teacher curricular development. TREEES curriculum is determined by the Literacy of Environmental Education Assessment Framework (LEEAF, 2020). LEEAF (Connell, 2019) is an EE assessment that reviews school and classroom EE alignment with North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE, 2010) standards. Methods TREEES - Research requires EE alignment determined by pre-and post-LEEAF assessments (Figure 1). LEEAF assessments are defined by EE alignment. Fully-Aligned, allowing an expansion of the current EE Curriculum; Partially-Aligned, reviewing a solid science curriculum that can support an implemented EE Curriculum; Not-Aligned, improving the current science Curriculum to prepare for an EE implementation. EE classifications are then applied to determine the proper percentage of learning activities based on science curricular deficiencies and strengths. TREEES' overall project success is evaluated with survey results collected from teachers and selects activity providers for 11 months. Successful research data assesses the TREEES feasibility of EE-themed lessons and an understanding of what culturally relevant curricular adjustments are required to improve EE alignment. TREEES - Environmental Education allows participants to improve EE Literacy (Figure 2) by providing lessons that detail Environmental Social Awareness, learning the process of scientific innovation, and introducing participants to EE-based career interests. Improvement in EE Literacy increases EE Social Awareness. Participating in EE-based lessons allows students and teachers to provide the feedback necessary for culturally relevant learning. TREEES - Enrichment participation include science-themed labs and field trips. Enrichment provides a better explanation for green industries. Labs provide hands-on training (Figure 3) for participants with EE-themed activities focusing on Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Applied Science, and EE Solutions. Successful labs should develop critical thinking for participant lessons. Enrichment-Labs should consist of at least seven labs per school year. The 7th or 8th lab educates students on participating in research and development, designing concept presentations based on EE literacy learned from prior Enrichments and Labs, learning team-building, and content management in science. The concept lab aims to introduce skills needed to compete in EE-related industries and encourage innovation through creative thinking. Enrichment field trips provide participants with additional information on how Environmental science is applied within real-world scenarios and the skills required to contribute to each field. Enrichments should encourage career interest in the participant. TREEES - Stewardship participation (Figure 4) involves community organizations and a supporting research institution that provides agricultural training, sustainability presentations, and nature study. At least two stewardships are provided per year. Student and teacher participation involves instruction on environmental awareness that allows participants to research scientific data that assist in social action for community improvements and increase environmental literacy. Collected data from this stewardship enable students to learn the science attestation necessary to develop environmental justice evidence that can encourage state or local policy changes.

This research will be covering the comparison of TED Ankara College IB and national program students’ attitudes toward environment, and their their levels of awarness in terms of this subject. The research also covers the variable of gender in comparison of levels of awarness and attitude toward environment between the students who are taking the IBDP ‘’ESS’’ course and who aren’t. The statistics in the research is obtained by ‘’Attitude toward environment scale’’ and ‘’Environmental awarness scale’’. The scales and the research had been done on 25 students from IBDP Turkish-Mathematics track, 45 students from IBDP Math-Science track and 39 students from the national program. The 109 students who had taken part in the research consists of 57 female and 52 male students. The findings of the survey show that there is a significant relation between students' attitudes toward environment and environmental awareness levels and gender, but there is not a significant difference of students’ attitudes toward environment and environmental awareness levels when the track and program variables are taken into consideration. Results also show that there is a linear correlation between the attitude toward environment and environmental awareness levels of both students in IBDP taking the Environmental Systems and Societies course and the students taking the national program curriculum. Findings put forth in the study are important for mirroring the levels of attitudes toward environment and environmental awareness levels of students who are taking an intensive environmental education in an international programme and of students who are taking environmental education in biology curriculum of the national programme. In the light of the findings of the investigation, importance of expert advice in the process of preparing curriculum about the environmental education and encouraging students to actively participate in the activities about environment is highlighted. Ozet Bu arastirma, TED Ankara Koleji Vakfi Ozel Lisesi’nde uygulanan Uluslararasi Bakalorya Diploma Programi ve ulusal programda ogrenim goren ogrencilerin cevreye yonelik tutum ve cevre farkindalik duzeylerinin karsilastirilmasini amaclamaktadir. Arastirmada ayrica cinsiyet degiskenine gore ve UBDP’de “Cevre Sistemleri” dersi alan ve almayan ogrencilerin de cevreye yonelik tutum ve cevre farkindalik duzeylerinin karsilastirilmasi amaclanmistir. Arastirmada sunulan veriler, “Cevre Tutum Olcegi” ve “Cevre Farkindalik Olcegi”nden elde edilmistir. Olcekler, TED Ankara Koleji’nde ogrenim goren UBDP Matematik- Fen alanindaki 45 ogrenciye, UBDP Turkce-Matematik alanindaki 25 ogrenciye ve ulusal programdaki 39 ogrenciye uygulanmistir. Arastirmaya katilan 109 ogrencinin 57’si kiz, 52’si erkektir. Arastirmanin bulgulari, ogrencilerin cevreye yonelik tutum ve farkindalik duzeyleri ile cinsiyetleri arasinda anlamli bir iliski oldugunu, fakat ogrencilerin cevreye yonelik tutum ve farkindalik duzeylerinde alan ve program degiskeni goz onunde tutuldugunda anlamli bir farklilik olmadigini ortaya koymustur. Bulgular ayrica UBDP’inda “Cevre Sistemleri” dersi alan ve ulusal program ogrencilerinin cevreye yonelik tutum ve cevre farkindalik duzeyleri arasinda anlamli lineer bir iliski oldugunu gostermistir. Calismada ortaya konulan bulgular, uluslararasi bir programda yogun bir sekilde cevre egitimi ile ilgili ders alan ogrencilerle ulusal biyoloji ogretim programi dahilinde cevre egitimi goren ogrencilerin cevreye yonelik tutumlari ve cevre farkindalik duzeylerini yansitmasi acisindan onem tasimaktadir. Arastirmanin bulgulari isiginda cevre egitimi programlari hazirlanirken uzman goruslerine basvurulmasinin ve cevre ile ilgili aktivitelere ogrencilerin aktif katilimlarinin onemine dikkat cekilmektedir.