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The increasingly severe environmental damage from time to time raises concerns about how humanity will survive in the future. A long-term effort needed to setting up environmental caring character (green ethos character) from the next generation. The formation of a green ethos character that is internalized to students who are in the adolescent stage will shape them to grow into adults who are responsible for the sustainability of their environment. The purpose of this research is to know how the green ethos character of Junior High School students as the next generation consist of attitudes, interests, values, and plan behavior. The study was conducted in West Java which is the most densely populated province in Indonesia. The number of research samples are 2150 respondents from 9 junior high schools in Bandung using cluster random sampling technique, which is from East Bandung zone, South Bandung zone, Central Bandung zone, North Bandung zone, and West Bandung zone. The method used for this research is descriptive method by using survey technique through questionnaire. This research shows that 90% of respondents have high green ethos character. But there are still 9% who are in the medium category and 1% are in the low category. This research shows that students can be formed and embedded character of caring environment which means is a good basic capital in sustainability of environment in the future.