Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, ICESSD 2019, 22-23 October 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Article

Educational Acpects in Environmental Problem in Indonesia

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.22-10-2019.2291467,
        author={Mortaza A Syafinuddin Hammada},
        title={Educational Acpects in Environmental Problem in Indonesia},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environmental Science and Sustainable Development, ICESSD 2019, 22-23 October 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICESSD},
        year={2020},
        month={3},
        keywords={environmental education environmental culture adiwiyata},
        doi={10.4108/eai.22-10-2019.2291467}
    }
    
  • Mortaza A Syafinuddin Hammada
    Year: 2020
    Educational Acpects in Environmental Problem in Indonesia
    ICESSD
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.22-10-2019.2291467
Mortaza A Syafinuddin Hammada1,*
  • 1: The Faculty of Engineering, Cokroaminoto University of Makassar and Member Indonesia of Indonesian Environmental Scientist Association (IESA)
*Contact email: dinmandar@gmail.com

Abstract

Sustainability is an important topic in environmental studies. All country agree on sustainable development. In addition, special studies are need to look at educational factors in environmental studies. The Indonesian Government now have a program to build an environmental awareness in the school, namely Adiwiyata. In fact, the influence of the program is very low. Therefore, the objective of the research is to find and describe the perspective of educational aspect in the environmental problem in Indonesia. This study use qualitative research method (grounded research and phenomenology research). The study is use purposive sampling method. During two year of this research, it was found that the main environmental problem in Indonesia were knowledge and awareness. Education is no longer interpreted as formal process of knowledge transfer in existing educational institutional. Education have to change immediately into a cultural transformation, and needs to be expanded to reach various sectors.