“SELF-AWARENESS (KESADARAN PRIBADI) MASYARAKAT DALAM MEWUJUDKAN SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTSELF-AWARENESS (KESADARAN PRIBADI) MASYARAKATDALAM MEWUJUDKAN SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT DITINJAU DARI PERSPEKTIF AUDIT LINGKUNGAN”

Abstract

Environmental sustainability is not only responsibility of government, but everyone as human being hasresponsibility to be sure that environmental sustainability will be exist now and the future. It will be more easily to aimas every human being realizes the importance of safeguarding the environment to achieve better quality of life andenvironmental sustainability. Recognizing the importance of self-awareness to create environmental sustainability, thisresearch has a purpose to obtain a frame of society self-awareness in protecting the environment for the sustainability ofthe environment. To make a city as a safe place for people, it is needed participation, collaboration and awareness fromall elements in the community, especially in big cities like Jakarta. This is a qualitative descriptive research usingprimary data (questionnaires), with the object of research is the community in the areas of South Jakarta, East Jakartaand Depok and using a purposive sampling to get sample. Data were processed and analyzed using descriptive statistics,such as min, max, mean, and standard deviation. The mean becomes the basis for categorizing the level of awareness(self-awareness) on the sustainability of its environment. There are 3 categories such as low, middle and high. Theresults showed that the awareness of the community (self-awareness) towards the realization of environmentalsustainability is at the middle level. The self-awareness such as the use of resources; use of energy (electricity) andwater are high. The respondents have high awareness in using electricity and water use. But, the awareness to processwaste into recyclable products, and reducing air pollution is still in the middle-low level.