Cerita Guru Belajar collaborate with PT Nutrifood Indonesia roll out webinar "Cultivating Green Behavior in Schools". The webinar was held on Monday (9/10) This is included in the learning network Archipelago Educators Gathering Week.
On this occasion, Arninta Puspitasari, public relations and sustainability manager Nutrifood explains why green behavior needs to be fostered in schools and what things can be initiated by teachers.
He said, Green behavior or behavior that cares about the environment takes time to stick with someone. That also happened to him.
“After five years after I joined the sustainability team at Nutrifood, Participate in the waste processing team, I just felt moved to apply it at home,said Arninta.
Integrated in the Learning Process
Teachers have an important role to grow green behaviour to students. One way that can be done is by integrating environmental care values into the learning process.
“This method is the most effective. We can start by actively discussing, reflection with students on cases that occur around them like smoke, flood, landslide. Then it can also be implemented through a profile project,” explained Arninta.
To be known, the profile project is a curricular learning in the Merdeka Curriculum to instill the values of Pancasila in students. Through the profile project, Students are expected to be sensitive to the problems around them and be part of the solution.
The implementation of a profile project can not only be completed in one or two class hours, but rather one theme for one semester. Therefore, teachers and students have sufficient time for discussion and reflection together.
Activating School Personnel
At Nutrifood, there is a program green champion, where staff with more awareness of green behavior are gathered and invited to become examples for other staff. This method can also be implemented in schools.
“For example, it is made into a green committee, the content can be done by the teacher, school staff, and students who have an initiation into life that protects and cares for the environment. Or there are parents of students who are members of a waste management community, for example, can be invited to fill sessions at school,said Arninta.
Collaboration with Stakeholders
The commitment of school top management is also important to improve green behavior in schools. Schools can collaborate with surrounding communities who care about the environment.
“Now there are so many green communities. Who knows, there might be one near your school. For example, a waste bank, Who knows, it could help to collect the waste at school that we have sorted,” explained Arninta.
Currently, Nutrifood has a Nutrihub program which consists of various environmental care communities in various cities. If schools want to collaborate or are looking for the nearest green community, you can contact Nutrihub in their city.
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