Green Constitution: Developing Environmental Law Awareness

Natural disasters often occur and take many lives. One of the reasons natural disasters occur and make it difficult for humans is because humans themselves have not been able to protect their environment. The World Risk Report released by the German Alliance for Development Work (Alliance), the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in 2012 states that environmental damage is one of the important factors determining height low risk of disaster in an area. The 10 countries that have contributed the most to the destruction of the environment are Brazil, the United States, China, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, India, Russia, Australia and Peru. One reason why Indonesia is included as one of the countries that contribute to environmental destruction is because there is still a lack of legal awareness in protecting the environment. Legal awareness in protecting the environment is still poorly understood and implemented by the people of Indonesia. Lumbah river coastal community is one community that still does not understand the importance of protecting the environment, this is evidenced by the discovery of the community using river water to wash clothes, bathing, toilet and even for cooking needs simultaneously. Of course this is not good because the quality of the river becomes unhealthy both for the community or the environment. The research team is trying to develop counseling techniques to increase public awareness about environmental protection, namely the Green Constitution movement program. This movement will be used to overcome the problem of environmental damage in the village of Sungai Lumbah, RT.01 Alalak District, Batola Regency.