CLIMATE WARRIOR FDK

The Faculty of Da'wah and Communication (FDK) at UIN Sunan Kalijaga continuously strengthens its commitment to environmental sustainability through the Go Green Movement, which has been implemented sustainably since 2024. As part of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, this commitment is framed within the perspective of eco-theology—a religious paradigm that positions environmental stewardship as both a divine mandate and an act of worship.

This commitment materializes through the Climate Warrior movement, an initiative born from the collective consciousness of the faculty members. It has evolved into a cross-sectoral collective movement involving faculty leadership, lecturers, students, administrative staff, and sanitation personnel. Climate Warrior not only fosters a clean, eco-friendly campus culture but also instills a shared understanding that caring for the Earth is a mutual moral and spiritual responsibility.

As an organically growing grassroots movement, Climate Warrior represents da'wah bil-h?l (proselytizing through concrete action) guided by the core principle: “Our waste, our responsibility.” This principle aligns with the eco-theology agenda of the Ministry of Religious Affairs, which asserts that damaging nature is a violation of divine trust, whereas preserving and nurturing it exemplifies spiritual devotion. Consequently, environmental issues within Climate Warrior are not treated as peripheral activities, but rather as an integral part of shaping the religious character and social awareness of the academic community (civitas academica).

Three Integrated Strategic Pillars

The Climate Warrior initiative is managed professionally through three integrated strategic pillars that support student learning outcomes within the context of social realities:

• Research & Program Division: Serves as the intellectual engine that fosters a scholarly culture by mapping environmental issues across the faculty grounds. The research findings are converted into measurable action plans, ensuring that every environmental policy within FDK is data-driven (evidence-based policy). Furthermore, this division links ecological issues with Islamic and social studies.
• Multimedia Division: Leverages the power of digital communication to produce creative and educational content. This division plays a crucial role in visual advocacy and raising public awareness regarding the urgency of environmental preservation through social media platforms, narrating the environment as a religious, social, and humanitarian issue.
• Public Relations Division: Acts as a communication catalyst that bridges the faculty’s internal relations with external parties. This division ensures the preservation of FDK's positive image as an ecologically conscious faculty while building collaborative networks with external environmental communities and eco-friendly houses of worship.

Practical Contributions and Future Directions

In practice, Climate Warrior contributes to the national eco-theology agenda through concrete activities. These include managing waste disposal during student orientation events such as PBAK (Pengenalan Budaya Akademik dan Kemahasiswaan) and Sospem (Sosialisasi Pembelajaran), strengthening the waste-sorting culture within the faculty, establishing ongoing collaboration with campus cleaning services, and developing collective consciousness-based ecological actions.

Future development plans encompass value-based environmental education, plastic waste reduction campaigns, thematic ecological dialogues, and the institutionalization of FDK Eco-theology Day as a space for shared reflection and collective action.

Through the Climate Warrior initiative, FDK UIN Sunan Kalijaga reaffirms its role as a religious higher education institution that not only produces academically excellent graduates but also cultivates individuals of strong character, ecological ethics, and a critical awareness of global sustainability issues. This movement serves as a tangible integration of da'wah, education, and ecological responsibility, aligning seamlessly with the priority eco-theology programs of the Ministry of Religious Affairs for the 2025–2029 period.

Climate Warrior Programs

• Introduction to Climate Warrior 2026
• Book Drafting: Climate Warrior Action 2025
• Climate Warrior Briefing and Orientation 2026
• Inauguration of Climate Warrior Officers
• Climate Warriors Academy (Sekolah Pejuang Iklim)
• Climate Warriors Workshop: The Role of Students in Mitigating Climate Change
• Plastic Waste Reduction Campaign
• Climate Warriors Communication and Media
• Monthly Discussions
• Weekly Training Sessions
• Weekly Eco-Actions
• Thematic Programs
• Climate Conference
• Green Innovation Exhibition
• Procurement of Organic Waste Processing Equipment
• FDK Eco-theology Day