ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS - DEAN Dr. Hudaeri, M.Ag

Preserving Nature

16/06/2025 - Modern society is characterized by the idea of material progress centered on monetary value. However, people often forget that there is an invisible victim: environmental destruction. Humans work hard to accumulate wealth (money), but they often forget that they need air to breathe, water to drink and food to move. All of these depend on the divine gift of the balance of nature. Humans hunt for material gain in the short term, while sacrificing the destruction of the nature in which they live in the long term.
Humans cannot live well without a healthy environment, and economic life will not be sustainable if the surrounding environment is damaged. Companies that produce goods for modern life cannot run without clean water, workers cannot work without clean air, and trade in industrial products has no meaning if there is an ecological disaster that paralyzes life. Improvements in the economy cannot be separated from the sustainability of life on planet earth.
Therefore, if modern man ignores the environment for the sake of economic gain, it is like setting fire to one's own house for a moment's warmth when the weather is cold. All the numbers in the bank account will not be able to save lives if there is air pollution and water polluted with waste.

(Dean of Faculty of Ushuluddin and Adab, UIN SMH Banten)