Today, in the era of post-modernity, the ideas aimed at instilling the concepts of environmental protection and respect for virtues of local wisdom are experiencing a stratospheric rise to notoriety. These constructed ideas are quite relevant with the idea of ​​creating such environmental education proposed in the Belgrade Charter (UNESCO, 1976) and the Tbilisi Declaration (UNESCO, 1978), as noted in Sauvé (1999:13). Post-modernity itself is also elucidated by Sauvé, whose complex, unique and contextual nature as an object of knowledge he discusses. Therefore, based on this, everything about nature could become the source of educational learning. Educational learning about nature in the Indonesian educational context has already found resonance in its recognition by the Ministry of the Environment. Let us commend the seriousness of the ministry in refining and realizing this idea, because as a result, many schools at all levels of education are keen to implement this idea. From there, other huge collaborations, notably with the Directorate General of Primary and Secondary Education, Department of National Education of Indonesia, were subsequently established (Kementrian Lingkungan Hidup/Ministry of Education). Environment, 2012). Therefore, this trend of environmental education on such frameworks of inculcating the notions of love for the environment and integrating traditional values ​​is widely observed in many fields of study and language teaching is not no exception. In the English teaching department of higher education, there was a course on teaching English to young learners. Since then, at most children's literary works, together with the course, can be a catalyst for transferring the concept of investing the virtues of local wisdom to young learners...... middle of paper .... ..si Pendidikan Sekolah Dasar/Elementary Education Information Center. 2013. Tema Pembelajaran Tematik pada Kurikulum 2013. Retrieved from http://www.sekolahdasar.net/2013/03/tema-pembelajaran-tematik-pada.html on June 13, 2014. Sauvé, Lucie. 1999. “Environmental education between modernity and postmodernity: search for an integrated educational framework”, in: Canadian Journal of Environmental Education 13 (4): 9-35.Sekretariat Kabinet RI/Indonesian Cabinet Secretariat. 2013. Mendikbud: Bukan Dihapus, Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Inggris Tidak Wajib di SD. Retrieved from http://setkab.go.id/berita-11602-mendikbud-bukan-dihapus-mata-pelajaran-bahasa-inggris-tidak-wajib-di-sd.html on June 6, 2014. Siraj-Blatchford, John. 2009. “Editorial: Education FOR sustainable development in early childhood”, in: International Early Childhood Review 10 (41): 9-22.