Environmental sustainability and stewardship plays a vital role on the advancement of the understanding of students regarding ecological awareness. Relative to this, the researcher conducted this study which aimed to assess the extent knowledge and awareness of Junior HS students in Looc National High School as regards to environmental sustainability and stewardship practices. The study employed the descriptive research design which made use of survey-questionnaire in gathering the necessary data. The respondents of this research were fifty (50) students for the Academic Year 2017-2018. Tree-planting activities, waste reduction and segregation, recycling and composting, freshwater/marine conservation and forest management while reforestation programs, solid-waste and resilience-based ecosystem management were the indicators to assess environmental sustainability and stewardship of school. The study revealed that the fresh and marine water conservation got the highest weighted mean while tree-planting activities received the lowest weighted mean. In terms of environmental stewardship, resilience-based ecosystem management received the highest weighted mean while reforestation programs got the lowest weighted mean. However, there is a significant difference between the environmental sustainability status and stewardship as assessed by the students. A disaster risk reduction management plan was designed and served as an input to strengthen the environmental sustainability and stewardship in the school community.
Keywords: environmental sustainability, stewardship, Junior HS students, disaster, risk reduction