Integrating Ecotheology, Social Studies Education, and a Waste-Care Movement to Build Ecological Character at MTsN 1 Rembang, Indonesia

Tri Anitawati

doi:10.55927/fjas.v5i11.146

Authors

Tri Anitawati Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri 1 Rembang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/fjas.v5i11.146

Keywords:

Ecotheology, Social Studies Education, Waste-Care Movement, Ecological Character, Madrasah

Abstract

Waste is an environmental problem that education must address through moral awareness and behavioural change, not only through knowledge transfer. This study analyses how ecotheology, social studies (Ilmu Pengetahuan Sosial, IPS) education, and a school waste-care movement can be integrated to build ecological character at MTsN 1 Rembang, a state Islamic junior secondary school (madrasah) in Rembang Regency, Central Java. A qualitative single-case study was conducted through document analysis of 29 publicly available sources: national and regional regulations, a regency waste-management roadmap, Ministry of Religious Affairs materials, official madrasah profile data, and regional news reports retrieved up to 29 October 2026. The public record, however, says little about how ecotheology is taught within IPS lessons or whether individual students' behaviour has changed.

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