DELEVOPING GREEN BEHAVIOUR IN INDONESIA: WHY DOES ADIWIYATA SCHOOL MATTER?

In line with the increase of complexity in environmental problems due to overexploitation, it is necessary to care for the environmental program. Ecological literacy education needs to be realised in the programs of environmental care. One of the programs carried out by the government of the Republic of Indonesia to foster a sense of love for the environment for students is the Adiwiyata School program. This study aims to determine the importance of the Adiwiyata school program in an effort to increase students’ ecological literacy. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive with interview, observation and documentation as data collection techniques. The informants involved in this study are school stakeholders who have implemented national-level Adiwiyata schools, including principals, teachers, parents of students, students, officials of the environmental agency and officials of the education office. Results of the research show that the Adiwiyata school program is carried out in several dimensions: Integration of environmentally friendly behaviour in learning, carrying out environmentally friendly actions in the community around the school, establishing cooperation and communication networks, conducting campaigns and publications on environmentally friendly behaviour, forming and empowering Adiwiyata cadres.