One Santri, One Tree, One Ummah: Vernacularizing the Sustainable Development Goals through Fiqh al-Bi'ah and Pesantren Ecotheology in Indonesia
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This study examines Indonesia's 2025 national Gerakan Ekoteologi Satu Santri Satu Pohon (One Santri, One Tree Ecotheology Movement) - launched by the Ministry of Religious Affairs at Pondok Pesantren Tebuireng on 22 September 2025 and culminating in a presidentially attended national event at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah on 25 October 2025 - as a case of state-religious vernacularization of global sustainability norms. Using qualitative document and netnographically informed media-content analysis of a corpus of institutional, journalistic, and academic sources published between 2011 and 2026, triangulated with the internationally recognized exemplar of Pesantren Ekologi Ath-Thaariq in Garut, West Java, the study traces how doctrinal concepts of fiqh al-bi'ah (Islamic environmental jurisprudence) migrate from classical exegesis into state bureaucracy and everyday pesantren praxis. Findings show a policy assemblage evolving from Majelis Ulama Indonesia fatwas (2011, 2014) through provincial eco-pesantren pilots to a national ecotheology programme encompassing seven flagship pesantren and framed explicitly as iman (faith) in action.
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7222248100