Student's Environmental Literacy Profile Of Adiwiyata Green School In Surakarta, Indonesia

Hephi Meilinda,Puguh Karyanto,Baskoro Adi Prayitno

doi:10.11591/edulearn.v11i3.6433

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Environmental literacy refers to the knowledge of the mechanism of how the nature works and the roles of human to preserve the nature sustainably. The dynamic relation between human and environment can be seen from the life interaction along with all the components. One characteristic of society that has environmental literacy is highly concerned with environmental. This research aims to analyze students’ environmental literacy in Adiwiyata Green School in Surakarta. Environmental literacy covers some components including environmental knowledge, attitude, and environmental concern.This research was developed through descriptive qualitative design to obtain data by employing classroom observation and questionnaire based on environmental literacy to the students in Adiwiyata Green School in Surakarta. The research finding shows that (1) students’ environmental literacy in Adiwiyata Green School in Surakarta is categorized as low level. Data obtained from the instrument are 77,38% for environmental knowledge, 59,50% for attitude, 70,12% for environmental concern. The average percentage for all components is 68,97%. Based on the finding, it can be concluded that the environmental literacy is still low. It can be seen from (1) knowledge and concern aspects are higher than attitude aspect, (2) attitude aspect contains two components which are anti anthropocentrism and anti-exemptionalism, so that it is necessarily to increase students’ concern toward the environment.

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The goal of the adiwiyata green school program is to create conditions which are Adiwiyata good for the school to be a place of learning and awareness of the citizens of the school, so that later on the citizens of the school can demonstrate its responsibility in an attempt – rescue efforts for the environment and sustainable development
There is a difference of definition and components of the literacy environment, solutions to address the problem of the environment is by developing community environmental literacy, be having in ways that are more environmentally responsible
Environmental literacy as a goal of Education for Sustainable Development (EfSD) can be measured using an instrument of environmental literacy according to Hesham (2011) and NEP of Dunlap (2000)

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The goal of the adiwiyata green school program is to create conditions which are Adiwiyata good for the school to be a place of learning and awareness of the citizens of the school, so that later on the citizens of the school can demonstrate its responsibility in an attempt – rescue efforts for the environment and sustainable development. The goal of environmental education is to improve the behavior of the responsibility to the environment so that it can make the students have an environmental literacy toward environment [1]. Environmental literacy is the knowledge about the working mechanism of the natural environment and the role of man to preserve a sustainable environment [2]. It is in accordance with the commitments of agenda 21 which seeks to realize the sustainable development of education (Education for Sustainable Development) [3]. Education for Sustainable Development (EfSD) is a result of the formulation of agenda 21 of the Earth Summit in Rio De Jeneiro in Brazil in 1992 aims to strengthen literacy education environment sustainable development oriented [4]

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