Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Melalui Program Sodaqoh Sampah Ekoteologi dan Pertanahan Desa Karangsari Kecamatan Karanganyar

Abstract

The waste problem in Karangsari Village is still an important issue because there
is no structured management system and there are still traditional practices such
as burning and dumping waste in the open. To answer this challenge, Thematic
PKM 63 Group 11 students implemented an ecology-based waste sodaqoh
program as a strategy to strengthen environmental awareness based on religious
values. This approach interprets waste management as part of human worship
and spiritual responsibility as caliphs on earth. This service research uses a
qualitative descriptive method with a participatory approach through three
stages, namely socialization, education and implementation. Students were
directly involved in mapping initial conditions, ecological counseling, assistance
in sorting waste, and establishing a waste sodaqoh post as a center for collecting
inorganic waste. The results of these activities show a significant increase in
community knowledge and participation in waste management. An
ecotheological approach makes it easier for people to accept programs, because
it is in line with the religious values they believe in. People are starting to get
used to sorting waste, reducing burning, and understanding that protecting the
environment is part of their faith. This program also encourages the formation
of a new culture that integrates religious values and ecological action, so that it
has the potential to become a model for sustainable environmental empowerment
in other villages.