DESIGN OF ECOLOGICAL CITIZENSHIP IN THE LOCAL PARADIGM Dedy Ari Nugroho and Suharno
Yogyakarta State University
Abstract
This study examined community-based citizenship knowledge about the strategy of Local Government in an effort to strengthen ecological citizenship in City Without Slum Program (KOTAKU). The content of this research was presented theoretically based on the data of descriptive qualitative research and supported by literature study conducted in Sukoharjo District, Central Java Province. The ecological development program used as the object of research was the City Without Slum Program (KOTAKU). Scientific work of this research was made as a reflection on the issue of citizenship, especially about the problem of apathism in society in various development activities in the field of environmental control. As a country of democracy, Indonesia proves itself that the state has been concerned with the participation of its people. Community participation in the field of environmental development can be done through the Program of City Without Slum (KOTAKU), which is held in all parts of Indonesia including in Sukoharjo District. The participation of governments in strengthening citizens participation in the field of environmental development is essential. Local government is a government actor who has a strategic position in organizing a dialog or forum to strengthen the spirit of community participation. Community education conducted by the Local Government is one of the strategic efforts that can be done to strengthen itself as a democratic government and care about the accessibility of the community to participate in the field of environmental (ecological) development. The community needs to be given motivation to participate in the environmental control program, in this research was the participation in the Urban Program Without Slum (KOTAKU) that will form a participative and responsive society to the condition of the environment. This study was a study of Pancasila and Citizenship Education in the context of society, as it examined the governments efforts in strengthening participatory skills. The skills of participating in the term of civics are called civic participatory skills. While the focus of this study was related to the efforts of Local Government and the community in the program of healthy environmental control, which is the field of study of Pancasila and Citizenship Education, and termed as ecological citizenship.
Author Description:
Dedy Ari Nugroho: Author of Pancasila and citizenship education textbooks, Graduate Student of Pancasila and Civics Education, Yogyakarta State University.
Suharno: Head of Pancasila and Civics Education Major, Graduate School, Yogyakarta State University
Keywords: Civic engagement, civics, ecological citizenship, Local Government, Society.
