Strategies to withstand the environmental damage through local wisdom

Environmental damage has occurred all over the world. It often happens that the moral aspect, which is related to human behavior, becomes the main problem, which is hidden behind a story. But of course how to express the problem of environmental damage is certainly not done explicitly, but many are done implicitly. For example, people no longer see the river as an important natural element in human life, but the river is often seen as a place to dispose of garbage. The purpose of this research is to understand the damage to the natural environment and explore efforts to prevent environmental damage, which is done by the community. In particular, to prevent the environmental damage, by understanding the natural of human behavior, through local wisdom. This study uses a qualitative research paradigm procedure. The results showed that the qualitative research paradigm because qualitative procedures provide an opportunity for researchers to be able to interpret the data. The results showed that, there is one simple view of the community, who care about environmental balance. For the community the natural environment is the main breath of life when humans must live on earth. That is why the natural environment is a very important place in supporting the needs of human life, especially water. The easiest place to get water is the river. Therefore the existence of a river is very important. Rivers and animals that live around rivers are a buffer for human life.