The role of environmental ethics in improving the ecological behavior of urban youth in Jakarta

This research wants to see to what extent the role of environmental ethics plays in improving the ecological behavior of urban youth in Jakarta is an important part of efforts to create an ecologically comfortable city life. Environmental ethics teaches ethical principles that must be considered in managing and maintaining the environment. Meanwhile, ecological behavior displays practical attitudes and actions that can be taken to maintain the surrounding environment. Paying attention to the principles of environmental ethics is expected to have a positive impact on the ecological behavior of youth in the city of Jakarta. A questionnaire was used with measuring instruments, the Environmental Ethics Scale and General Ecological Behavior (GEB), which were distributed to 37 teenagers from a middle school and early level students aged between 15-20 years in Jakarta. This research states that there is a positive relationship between environmental ethics and the ecological behavior of urban adolescents. The more teenagers understand environmental ethics, the more they can improve their ecological behavior in everyday life. If urban youth have good ecological behavior, then this will help reduce the impact of the risk of environmental pollution, which will support urban planning that will become more comfortable in the future.