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Abstract. The environmental damage, especially global warming and climate change is the biggest crisis that become a main concern of world globally. The efforts to overcome these threats must be synergistic by each individual in all aspects of life including education. The main substance of the education is entirely determined by the content that contained in the curriculum. This study aims to provide an overview the number of low carbon education contents in the science education curriculum and to investigate the materials of low carbon education that are taught in science education study program.This research is a descriptive study using literature analysis method. The documents were analyzed is a environmental course syllabus in Science Education study program of some LPTK in Indonesia. The results showed the number of environmental courses in science education study program is between 1-2 course (2-4 credits). Most (± 85%) of the material that is taught therein is the basic concept of the environment, the components of environment and natural resources, interactions of living beings and the environment, matter and energy in ecosystems, environmental ethics, and environmental and socio-community. And a small part (± 15%) contains material relating to green technology, sustainability, and green energy. Overall the portion of low carbon education content in the curriculum of Science Education study program in Indonesia is still very low