Green Islamic Campus Program: Countering Radicalism and

Environmental Degradation

Bulkani

, Ilham

, M. Fatchurahman

Department of Elementary School Teacher, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah

Palangkaraya, RTA Milono St. Km. 1,5, Palangka Raya 73111, Indonesia

Department of Guidance and Counseling, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah

Palangkaraya, RTA Milono St. Km. 1,5, Palangka Raya 73111, Indonesia

Keywords: Green Islamic Campus, Radicalism, Environmental Degradation.

Abstract: Radicalism and environmental degradation issues will become a serious problem, which may present, in

human lives for the future. The role of higher education to counteract and anticipate both issues above is

needed a program. In the Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya is having the program it is called Green

Islamic Campus (GIC) that will expect to prepare its graduates to anticipate the two issues. The program

was launched in 2013. The aim of the program is providing an understanding of environmental preservation,

energy and natural resource saving, and universal values in Islamic in the teaching-learning process. The

implementation forms of the GIC program are (1) resource savings that include electricity, water, paper, and

other energy-saving pre-facilities/resources; (2) management and reduction of waste bins and plastics; (3)

the environmental arrangement; (4) Islamic campus activities; and (5) non-academic activities that support

the GIC program. The results showed that (1) the growth of attitudes and practices of universal Islamic

teachings such as tolerance, togetherness, neatness, discipline, respect for each other. Such attitudes and

habits will reduce radical attitudes; (2) the presence of understanding and habits about the importance of

environmental conservation and energy and resource savings in various forms. The use of solar energy as an

alternative energy source, electricity savings, and significant paper savings.

1 INTRODUCTION

In recent decades, there are two global issues that

become the central issue of public concern, namely

environmental and radicalism issues. These issues

are even expected to remain to stick out in the

future. Canton (2010), states that some of the global

issues that shape future inter-country interactions

include environmental degradation issues, energy

issues, and cultural clashes. For example, the issue

of radicalism and terrorism associated with Islam, it

will cause a lot of concern about the possibility of a

clash between religions. Huntington's controversial

thesis in the Clash of Civilization which states that

the enemy of the Western world after the collapse of

the Soviet Union is Islamic radicalism. That is one

proof of the negative view of religion in the era of

globalization. The issue of radicalism and terrorism

associated with Islam has become more surfaced

after the bombing tragic after September11

th,

2001.

Even some terrorist attacked Paris in November

2015, many associated with the existence of Islamic

State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

In addition to being a global issue, these two

issues are also central issues in Central Kalimantan

province, because: (1). The higher level of

environmental degradation in Central Kalimantan.

This is due to, among others, clearing land for large

private estates, large mining and traditional mining,

and forest fires that peak in the dry season of 2015.

(2) Central Kalimantan Province is inhabited by

people with heterogeneous ethnic and religious

backgrounds. Such heterogeneity leads to an

increased chance of positive or negative inter-ethnic

and religious interactions. Negative interaction

between religions can lead to the growth of religious

radicalism.

Based on these characteristics above, the

province of Central Kalimantan should serve as a

pilot area and model to the others, where religious-

based radicalism and environmental damage can be

anticipated and overcome. It can be done, among

others, through higher education, because the quality

of graduates of higher education can create a society

that is aware of the importance of saving the

environment and ward off religious radicalism.

Bulkani, ., Ilham, . and Fatchurahman, M.

Green Islamic Campus Program: Countering Radicalism and Environmental Degradation.

DOI: 10.5220/0009021000002297

In Proceedings of the Borneo International Conference on Education and Social Sciences (BICESS 2018), pages 359-362

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According to the explanation above, it is needed a

program that can create a positive understanding of

the need for the anticipation of the issue of

radicalism and environmental issues.One of the

examples is the program that conducted at the

Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya, the

Green Islamic Campus (GIC) program.

2 DISCUSSION

The Green Islamic Campus (GIC) program at

Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya is a

program aimed at providing an in-depth

understanding to the Academic Community of

Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya on the

importance of environmental conservation and its

resources and the importance of applying universal

values in Islamic teachings.

GIC program contains two main concepts,

namely the concept of go green and the concept of

Islam. From the concept of go green, GIC program

is expected to form the Academic Community that

has the behavior of respecting, saving, and

preserving the environment in the campus

environment and later in the community. Such

behavior is needed when graduates interact in a

global society, as resource saving and environmental

preservation issues are among the central issues in

the future. While viewed from the concept of Islam,

GIC program is expected to form the Academic

Community who understand and practice the

concept and teachings of universal Islam, such as

tolerance, mutual respect for each other, discipline,

neatness, and the like.In line with the values of the

universality of Islam, the Islamic campus should be

directed to efforts to actualize the values of universal

Islam, so as to accommodate the interests of

Academic Community who are not Muslim.

Fauzi (2012), states that the source of Islamic

teachings, namely the Qur'an and hadith is about

social and humanitarian issues than ritual worship

problems, Respect for social values and humanity is

one proof of the universality of Islamic teachings.

The universality of Islam can take the form of inter-

religious tolerance, respect for human rights, ethics

in various forms, discipline, hygiene, and the need to

protect the environment.According to Al-Qadri

(2010), the Quranic verses that prohibit Islamic

radicalism are included in Al-Baqarah verse 148,

and Al-Maidah verse 48. Intolerance is precisely

because of a superficial understanding of Islam.

Anshari (2013), which examines religious tolerance

in Sorong, Papua, finds that one's extreme and

intolerant attitude tends to arise as a result of the

shallow understanding of the true religion, or only

by a mere textual understanding.

Salampessy and Pranggono (2015) define

green campus as an environmental management

effort conducted by educational institutions to create

environmentally friendly campus environment by

prioritizing the conservation of resources in a

participatory manner. Hapsariet al. (2014) state that

green campus is an environmentally friendly

education system, research, and community service

and involves campus residents in environmental

activities that can provide positive environmental,

economic and social benefits.

The creation of green campus can be started

from the creation of a healthy, comfortable and

environmentally friendly campus environment so

that the academic community is well aware of the

benefits of the green campus program. Mahajan and

Bist (2014) andTanet.al. (2015) stated that the goal

of green campus is to cultivate the awareness and

sensitivity of students deeply on environmental

conservation, so that efforts can foster concern for

environmental sustainability, share knowledge about

related problems and solutions, and support various

research on environmentally friendly technologies,

which in turn can serve as part of the mission of

many universities.

The implementation of the GIC Program in

Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkarayahas six

areas of activity that is (1). Improved understanding

of the academic community about the GIC program,

(2). Resource saving program which includes

electricity, water, paper, and other energy-saving

pre-facilities / resources, (3). management and

reduction of waste bins and plastic, (4).

Environmental Setup Program, (5). Islamic Campus

Activities, and (6). Non-academic activities that

support the GIC program.

The activities are socialization of Islamic

campus program, Ashar prayer program, followed

by a lecture on the concept of universal Islam,

tolerance and togetherness theme and go green

theme, Baitul Arqam and Darul Arqam activities,

arranging clothing with certain standard of decency,

determination of non-smoking area and free from

drugs, and provide space for the activities of non-

Muslim students. Meanwhile, the GIC program have

activities are socialization of green campus program,

electricity saving program, paper saving, plastic

waste reduction and management, and the addition

of green open space. In terms of electricity savings

programs, attempts have been made to replace

streetlights in the campus environment into solar-

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powered lights, switching computers from PCs to

laptops, and replacing projector LCDs to LED TVs

that are more energy-efficient. Paper saving

activities are carried out through the use of waste

paper, the existence of a rule that students may use

waste paper for scientific counseling, the use of

small ½ quarto paper for certain letters, and other

paperless policies.

The results achieved by the GIC program at

the Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya (a).

The presence of an understanding of the benefits of

the GIC program for the Academic Community.

According to Bulkani (2016), the Academic

Community of Universitas Muhammadiyah

Palangkaraya generally understands the purpose and

benefits of the GIC program, even though it is only

limited to the understanding of practical matters they

have seen and felt. (b) The presence of a culture of

tolerance, togetherness, and mutual respect among

peers. This can be seen from the growing

participation of students during the celebration of

other religious festivals, the habit of praying before

the learning activities begin in the classroom

regardless of religious differences, the growth of

Muslim dress habits for Muslim students and the use

of long skirts for non-Muslim students, the habit of

prayer Zuhur and Ashar in congregation for the

Muslim employee, and the presence of lecturing

skills for employees and lecturers, and the free

campus of Universitas Muhammadiyah

Palangkaraya from cigarettes. (c) Most students also

have an awareness to turn off lights, fans, and other

electronic devices when the classroom is finished.

All done because of the effort of education through

the appeal of energy saving. (d) Achieving

electricity savings. Electricity savings are achieved

by the use of solar-powered lights, the replacement

of Personal Computer into laptops, and LCD

projectors into LED TVs. In the period 2013-2017,

the replacement of street lighting into solar-powered

lamps has managed to save electricity costs of Rp.

77.992.000, - per year, the replacement of a laptop

PC to save Rp. 48.988.000, - per year, while the

replacement of LCD projector to LED in the

meeting room and classroom has managed to save

Rp. 48,082,400, - per year. (e) Achieving paper

savings. This is reflected in the growth of paperless

habits, the use of waste paper, and the use of small

size paper as a formal communication tool. For the

Universitas Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya, this

program has saved paper usage for office stationery

with an average value of Rp.28.875.000, - per year

during the period of 2013-2017. (f) The presence of

the habit of not using materials that produce plastic

waste. This can be seen from the use of plastic

mineral water at the time of official events on the

campus of Universitas Muhamamdiyah

Palangkaraya. (g) Increasing the beauty of campus

and workspace and lecture room at Universitas

Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya. The area of land

planted with green plants or parks is increased from

only 30 m2 in 2013, to an area of 328.98 m2 by the

end of 2016. In addition, 55% of office space and

classrooms have been given green plants in pots.

3 CONCLUSIONS

The GIC program at The Universitas

Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya has successfully

grown attitudes and practices of universal Islamic

teachings such as tolerance, togetherness, tidiness,

discipline, respect for each other. Attitudes and

habits will reduce radical attitudes. Furthermore,

GIC Program at The Universitas Muhammadiyah

Palangkaraya has also succeeded in fostering

understanding and habits of the importance of

conserving the environment and saving resources.

The GIC program at Universitas

Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya should be expanded

to other universities. Because the program is

applicable not only limited to Muhammadiyah

universities, but overall. Further research on GIC

can be developed into a research gap to other

researchers, including expanded socialization

through mobile phone applications on smartphones,

radios, and advertisements. In accordance with the

purpose of Islam itself is

Rahmatan lilalamin.

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