Environmental behavior of accounting education students at the conservation university

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine how the conditions of environmental behavior of accounting education students who have finished the Environmental Education Course. The object of the research was the Accounting Education Student of Universitas Negeri Semarang. The research sample was determined using the Slovin formula with 121 students, with random sampling technique. The analysis tool uses descriptive analysis. The results showed that the environmental behavior of students in the category was sufficient, students had high behavior in terms of savings and use of energy sources, the use of environmentally friendly transportation equipment, and the use of goods that cause waste. However, it has weaknesses in behavior in waste management, consumption of environmentally friendly food ingredients is reluctant to be active in environmental organizations and has not been able to utilize social media owned for environmental activities. Suggestions from the results of this study are the need for the practice of prospective creative industry entrepreneurs in learning entrepreneurship courses and optimizing the performance of conservation cadres to increase student awareness of the importance of being involved in environmental organizations.