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The purpose of this research is to explore the application of a model of learning based on environmental problems and use media handphone in learning exposition text. The type of study is quantitative research. The method used in this study is the experimental method. The research design in this study was pretty-postest group design. The sample in this study was 8th-grade junior high school students amounting to 33 people. The result showed that the students- writing skill improved much better with the application of learning model based on environmental problems aided by the presence of handphone technology in supporting the process of observing students in gathering material in writing exposition text. Based on the results of the pretest and posttest, it was done showing an increase in the value of students in writing exposition text about environmental problems observed around them. With this study, learning, it can be concluded that students ability two write exposition text with the existence of environment-based on the learning model is at a level very good.