This article examines the relationship between environmental aesthetics, productivity, and human–environment interaction from the perspective of environmental philosophy and environmental ethics. It argues that aesthetic value plays an important role in shaping how individuals and societies perceive, use, and respond to the natural environment. When nature is experienced as beautiful, meaningful, and worthy of care, aesthetic appreciation can encourage environmental stewardship, sustainability, and more responsible patterns of conduct. At the same time, productivity influences the environment through the use of natural resources, the organization of labour, and the management of land, capital, and entrepreneurship. The paper therefore explores the double relationship between aesthetics and productivity, showing that productive activities may either support environmental well-being or intensify ecological degradation, depending on the values that guide them. By combining environmental aesthetics with a broader reflection on production and sustainability, the study argues that aesthetic awareness should not be treated as secondary or decorative, but as a significant factor in environmental education, environmental management, and the pursuit of sustainable development. In this way, aesthetic value can help orient productive action toward both ecological responsibility and long-term human flourishing.
Galanthus plicatus M. Bieb. (Amaryllidaceae), a critically endangered geophytic species from the Republic of Moldova, has high ecological, ornamental, and pharmaceutical value as a source of biologically active alkaloids. However, excessive harvesting and habitat degradation have significantly reduced natural populations, creating an urgent need for effective ex situ conservation strategies. This study aimed to develop and optimize an in vitro micropropagation protocol for the rapid multiplication and conservation of the species’ genetic resources. Bulb-derived explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium supplemented with different concentrations of cytokinins (BAP and 2iP), auxin (IBA), and sucrose (45–60 g/L). The results showed that media supplemented with BAP (1.5–2.0 mg/L) and IBA (0.5 mg/L), combined with elevated sucrose concentrations, enhanced microbulb induction and proliferation, yielding up to 24 ± 0.43 microbulbs per explant. Increased sucrose levels also promoted reserve accumulation and microbulb maturation. An optimized sterilization protocol developed without mercuric chloride ensured a high percentage of viable and contamination-free explants. These findings confirm the effectiveness of in vitro micropropagation as a sustainable ex situ conservation strategy for G. plicatus and support the reduction of pressure on natural populations.
Indonesia’s land dispute resolution and environmental governance systems remain fragmented across criminal, civil, administrative, and state-financial legal regimes, limiting their capacity to address agrarian and environmental conflicts involving customary tenure, institutional asymmetry, and state loss recovery. This article develops a normative framework for reconstructing land dispute resolution through Keadilan Bermartabat (Dignified Justice), a Pancasila-based theory requiring the simultaneous realization of justice, utility, and legal certainty. Using normative legal research combined with socio-legal analysis, the study examines three North Sumatran agrarian conflicts in relation to Indonesia’s Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, land regulations, and Government Regulation No. 48 of 2025. The analysis identifies four interconnected structural deficiencies: the absence of procedures adapted to institutionally complex land disputes; fragmentation among criminal, civil, administrative, and state-financial regimes; inadequate calibration of restorative justice to power asymmetries, institutional capture, and case scale; and insufficient recognition of customary land stewardship within abandoned-land regulation. To address these deficiencies, the article proposes a tiered restorative justice framework, an interagency coordination mechanism supported by shared case information, procedural safeguards for institutional-scale cases, and formal recognition of customary stewardship as a legitimate form of productive land use. It argues that land rights should be understood not only as transferable property interests but also as social, cultural, and ecological relationships grounded in human dignity, livelihood security, communal responsibility, and intergenerational stewardship. The proposed framework advances environmental justice and ecological stewardship while aligning legal certainty with substantive justice and institutional effectiveness in Indonesian land governance.
The growing environmental crisis has intensified scholarly attention to the ethical relationship between humans and nature and the role of education in fostering ecological responsibility. Within Islam, environmental ethics provides a normative framework that emphasises human stewardship of the Earth through concepts such as khalifah, mizan, and the prohibition of fasad fi al-ardh. However, the extent to which these ethical principles are represented in educational practice remains insufficiently explored. This study examines the representation of environmental themes in Arabic language textbooks used in Madrasah Aliyah in Indonesia. Using qualitative content analysis, three textbooks for grades 10–12 published by the Ministry of Religious Affairs were analysed, covering seventeen chapters and their instructional materials. The findings show that environmental themes appear only marginally and are largely limited to descriptive references to school surroundings. In contrast, broader ecological issues, such as sustainability, environmental responsibility, and conservation, are largely absent. The study argues that integrating eco-theological perspectives into Arabic language education can strengthen sustainability-oriented learning by linking Qur’anic ecological narratives with environmental awareness in Islamic educational contexts.
W niniejszym badaniu analizuje się, w jaki sposób publiczne obiekty sportowe mogą wspierać miejską transformację na rzecz zrównoważonego rozwoju w kontekście zmian klimatu, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem dekarbonizacji, łagodzenia skutków zmian klimatycznych i odporności społecznej. Analiza koncentruje się na infrastrukturze sportowej zarządzanej przez Miejski Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji w Toruniu i łączy dwie perspektywy analityczne: infrastrukturalną i społeczną. Pierwsza z nich dotyczy modernizacji technicznej, efektywności energetycznej, wykorzystania odnawialnych źródeł energii oraz racjonalnego gospodarowania wodą, druga natomiast, dotyczy roli obiektów sportowych jako wielofunkcyjnych przestrzeni publicznych, które wspierają integrację społeczną, świadomość ekologiczną i dobrostan mieszkańców miast. Wyniki ujawniają istotne różnice w efektywności środowiskowej poszczególnych obiektów, przy czym obiekty wodne osiągają najwyższe oceny ze względu na swoją specyfikę techniczną, większe możliwości inwestycyjne i większą złożoność funkcjonalną. Badanie wskazuje na pilną potrzebę wypracowania spójnej strategii modernizacji publicznej infrastruktury sportowej, w szczególności w odniesieniu do systemów energii odnawialnej, retencji wód opadowych oraz długoterminowej współpracy międzysektorowej między samorządem lokalnym, instytucjami badawczymi i podmiotami prywatnymi. Autorzy artykułu twierdzą, że publiczne obiekty sportowe należy traktować nie tylko jako miejsca rekreacji, ale także jako strategiczne elementy zrównoważonego rozwoju miast uwzględniającego zarówno zmiany klimatu, jak i kwestie społeczne.
