Ecological Literacy to Build Harmony: A Critical Study on Enviromental Poems
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- 10.2991/eltlt-18.2019.39How to use a DOI?
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- Ecological Literacy to Build Harmony: A Critical Study on Enviromental Poems
- Abstract
The recent development of the cities has grown rapidly, followed by digital technological advances. Buildings, roads, housing, business centers, industries, and other public facilities are built to meet human needs and to foster the development of the city's economy. All of them are equipped with advanced technological facilities. In the name of modernity, a city is being established, yet it must all sacrifice the environment. Even the decision makers, as well as the developers, do not aware that they destroy nature. The progress should be followed by ecological literate policies. This study focuses on how to educate will talk about how to educate people to realize that the ecological environment needs to be taken care of so that the next generation can keep the harmony of life between people and their environment. The ecological literature has been generated by many environmental poets. Using ecocriticism approach supported with David W. Orr’s concept on ecological literacy, the issue of ecological neglect depicted in the poems will be discussed. The study findsal section explains that harmonious life will be reached if the society has an ethical ecological literacy
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TY - CONF AU - Mrs. Christinawati PY - 2019/06 DA - 2019/06 TI - Ecological Literacy to Build Harmony: A Critical Study on Enviromental Poems BT - Proceedings of the UNNES International Conference on English Language Teaching, Literature, and Translation (ELTLT 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 194 EP - 198 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/eltlt-18.2019.39 DO - 10.2991/eltlt-18.2019.39 ID - Christinawati2019/06 ER -