Women's Environmental Literacy As Social Capital In Environmental Management For Environmental Security of Urban Area

3rd International Conference on Geological, Geographical, Aerospace and Earth Science 2015

Asteria, Donna^1 ; Herdiansyah, Herdis^2 ; Apriana, I Wayan Agus^2

Communication Department, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia^1

Postgraduate Program, Universitas Indonesia, Salemba, Indonesia^2

关键词: Environmental activists;    Environmental concerns;    environmental literacy;    Environmental problems;    Environmental security;    External conditions;    Qualitative research methods;    women activist;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/30/1/012014/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/30/1/012014

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This study is about experience of women's role in environmental management to raise environmental security and form of women's emancipation movement. Environmental concerns conducted by residents of urban women who become environmental activists based on environmental literacy. Because of that, women's experience in interacting with both physic and social environment have differences in managing the environment including managing household waste by applying the principles of the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) and their persuasive efforts on their communities. This is the key to achieving sustainable development by anticipating environmental problem and preserving the environment. This study is conducted qualitative research method and its type is descriptive-explanative. The result of this study is environmental literacy of women activist on pro-environment action in their community that has achieved spiritual environmental literacy. Environmental literacy may differ due to internal and external condition of each individual. Pro-environment activities conducted as a form of responsibility of environmental concern such as eco-management, educational, and economic action, by persuading residents to proactively and consistently continue to do environmental management and develop a sense of community in shaping the networks of environmental concern in local context for global effect.