From Mosque to Green Community: Eco Mosque Empowerment at Jami’ Al-Hidayah Mosque, Karangploso Malang

Abstract

This community service article analyzes the implementation of an Eco-Mosque empowerment program at Jami’ Al-Hidayah Mosque, Karangploso, Malang. The program responded to the limited use of the mosque as a center of environmental education, participatory waste management, and productive greening. The method used Participatory Action Research supported by edutainment and learning by doing. The program involved mosque administrators, santri, children, mosque youth, congregants, and the community service team through five integrated activities: child-friendly Eco-Mosque poster design, the Clean Friday Movement, waste sorting education, plastic waste reuse, and organic garden development with follow-up maintenance. Data were collected through field observation, documentation, informal interviews, activity logbooks, and participatory reflection. The findings show that the program strengthened environmental awareness, activated mosque-based social capital, improved mosque cleanliness, introduced basic waste sorting, transformed underused space into a small organic garden, and produced visual media for ecological da’wah. Field evaluation indicated that around 95% of participating santri understood the importance of plastic waste management, while plastic waste in the mosque area decreased by approximately 40% during the program period. The article contributes an integrative Eco-Mosque community service model that connects Islamic ecological ethics, participatory action, child-friendly education, waste management, productive greening, and local sustainability. The model can guide similar mosque-based empowerment programs in Muslim communities.