ADIWIYATA GREEN SCHOOL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS: A PORTRAIT FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN SURABAYA, INDONESIA

Abstract

The direction of sustainable development (SDGs) in Indonesia is one of the pillars of environmental action. Green environmental development emphasizes environmental insight and minimizes damage and negative impacts on the environment. Attention to the environment is a shared responsibility for the next generation, so it is vital to shape the character of caring for the environment from an early age. One way is through the adiwiyata school program, a program from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in collaboration with local governments. Building pro-environment character and behavior is certainly not an easy thing. It needs support and innovative studies to support its implementation and sustainability, so this study's main objective is to examine the implementation model of the adiwiyata program more deeply. We collected data through literature studies, semi-structured interviews, and surveys involving schools and several informants from the government offices related to the adiwiyata program. The obtained data were reduced and analyzed using triangulation techniques. From the data obtained, the analysis of the performance of the adiwiyata program is based on the content of the policy and the context of implementation. The results showed that the policy’s content and the context of the implementation of the adiwiyata program had been going well. The follow-up of this study is to improve the performance of the adiwiyata program properly and provide a reward and punishment system to the implementors involved.