Penurunan kualitas lingkungan terjadi karena kelalaian, ketidaktahuan dan tiadanya etika serta/moral terhadap lingkungan. Pendidikan Lingkungan Hidup penting diajarkan pada murid SD, untuk memperoleh pengetahuan, kesadaran dan mempunyai sikap dan perilaku peduli lingkungan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) menganalisis metode yang efektif dalam mengajarkan PLH di sekolah Adiwiyata; dan (2) menganalisis aspek dalam pemilihan metode pengajaran PLH di sekolah dasar. Metode yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif dengan analisis deskriptif. Penelitian dilakukan di sekolah penerima Adiwiyata di DKI Jakarta yaitu SDN Klender 22, SDN Benhil 12, SDN Menteng 02, dan SDN Sungai Bambu 05. Responden berjumlah 46 orang guru. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa metode yang digunakan oleh guru Sekolah Adiwiyata dalam mengajarkan PLH adalah metode ceramah, metode pengalaman langsung dan metode diskusi. Pemilihan metode mempertimbangkan tujuan pembelajaran, situasi dan aspek pengajar sendiri.
Kata kunci: metode pengajaran, pendidikan lingkungan hidup.

The degradation of environmental quality caused by human negligence, ignorance, lack of ethics/moral towards the environment. Environmental education is a significant subject to be taught to elementary students, to acquire knowledge, awareness and implement the environmentally-friendly-attitude and behavior. The aims of this study are (1) to analyze the effective teaching method on environmental education in Adiwiyata-achiever Primary Schools; and (2) to analyze the aspects on selecting the teaching method on environmental education. The method of this research is quantitative method with descriptive analysis. The study has conducted in Adiwiyata achiever schools, which are SDN Klender 22, SDN Benhil 12, SDN Menteng 02, and SDN Sungai Bambu 05. There are 46 respondents. The result shows that the effective teaching methods used by the Adiwiyata-achiever schools are lecture, discussion, and experiential methods. The selection of teaching method is based on the criteria of the objectives of the study, situation, and teacher itself.
Keywords: environmental education, teaching method.