Environmental damage is evident from a small 
sample of garbage that is seen scattered on the streets, 
schools, even in rivers. Air pollution, floods, 
landslides, forest fires, water pollution and other 
environmental damage are concrete evidence of the 
erosion of human awareness of environmental 
preservation. The attitude of hedonism, exploitation 
and the loss of human awareness of environmental 
preservation are the result of the positivism paradigm 
that has been inherent in humans so far who views 
nature as an object that can be exploited as desired 
and is not sacred. Since the end of the 17th century, 
scientists intensified the degradation of nature into a 
mechanistic knowledge. 
Nature is seen as a machine that has a regular 
system, and its parts are intended as natural laws that 
are deduced through rational thinking and verified 
using experiments. At this time nature was no longer 
regarded as a living organization, but was only seen 
as an object that could be exploited and manipulated 
then the findings of modern technology are 
increasingly advanced as a result of this positivistic-
mechanistic view. 
The development of this increasingly advanced 
technology strengthens the position of man in his 
position as the "ruler of nature" with the various 
riches contained in it. In the next stage, it is man's 
superior attitude towards nature that provides many 
opportunities for human beings themselves to destroy 
various kinds of environmental settings. 
Dualistic arising between spiritual and material, 
subject and object, is a serious consequence of the 
dominance of the above view, which then results in 
for example the arbitrary and excessive 
objectification of nature and the exploitation of the 
natural world at the limit. In the view of positivism, 
nature is not seen as something sacred but is seen as 
an object that can be exploited as desired. From here 
then a phenomenon called the ecological crisis 
occurs. 
On the other hand, this view also tends to position 
humans as objects, and engineered society functions 
as a machine, causing human values to be lost, or 
often referred to as inhuman humans. Furthermore, 
this view of knowledge that is empirical, rational and 
positive is the highest standard of truth, so that moral 
and religious values are then ignored. The result arise 
religious moral disorientation which ultimately leads 
to mental depression, violence and destruction of the 
environment. 
The positivism paradigm for nature clearly must 
be changed, because if not, then there will continue to 
be environmental damage caused by human activities. 
The positivism paradigm of nature can be 
changed, one of which is by presenting the Islamic 
concept of the environment and several cornerstones 
of contemporary scholarly Muslim science 
epistemology by applying the right learning model. 
Because the environmental damage that occurs comes 
from the crisis of human understanding that is wrong 
with nature, and the world of education which is 
considered as the right place to change that 
understanding for the better with the right learning 
model. In the technical order, the selection and use of 
the right learning model determines success in 
fostering knowledge, fostering awareness and 
realizing the ability of students to preserve the 
environment. Learning Model of Problem Based 
Writing with Peer Review is present as a learning 
model that is considered appropriate in achieving 
successful learning in environmental management. 
Finally grow students become human beings who are 
able to preserve the environment. 
If we see from various aspects, PW-PR learning 
model has advantages and disadvantages, but in 
general the PW-PR learning model is more able to 
improve cognitive and affective competency of 
students compared to conventional / traditional 
learning. The characteristics of the PW-PR learning 
model are unique, causing this learning model to be 
categorized into an effective learning model in an 
effort to overcome environmental damage even to the 
level of environmental management and preservation 
efforts. The characteristics of the unique PW-PR 
learning model have a variety of distinctive 
characteristics in each step of their learning. First, 
PW-PR learning model can train students to solve 
problems through systematic and scientific thinking. 
Second, Problem-Based Writing trains students to 
explain thoughts as well as express cognitive 
structures that arise from their understanding into 
written form. Third, peer review or peer review can 
enrich students 'knowledge of the material being 
studied and sharpen and require students to have more 
knowledge because they are required to respond to 
friends' answers. 
Learning using PW-PR strongly demands the 
active role of students, because educators only act as 
facilitators when students solve problems and 
conduct peer-reviews. Educators only provide 
reinforcement of concepts and overcome 
misconceptions at the end of learning. Conventional 
learning models are more teacher-centered, so 
conventional learning models do not provide 
opportunities and facilities for students to develop 
their own knowledge and there is no opportunity to 
play an active role in the learning process.