Character of Care for the Environment: Zero Waste Program to Create Clean Schools

Abstract

His study aims to describe the teacher's role in shaping the character of students who care about the environment in the waste-free program at SDN 2 Parungbanteng. The research was conducted using a qualitative approach with descriptive methods. To collect data in the field researchers used the interview method, observation and documentation. The results obtained by researchers in the field are that there is an unfavorable impact on the school environment, contamination of the school environment by garbage, the lack of the teacher's role in students to form the character or habit of not littering in the end students do not really care about theenvironment. For this reason, researchers try to communicate with school principals, teachers and school caretakers. After carrying out dialogue and the results of a mutual agreement, the school created a program where the program was made a routine obligation for teachers and students as well as school guards, it aims to form the character of students starting to get used to throwing garbage not carelessly and form the character of students who care about the environment