ABSTRACT
Anchored by an ethnoecological approach, this study attempted to portray the contradictory situations from both the perspective of natural resources, the use of nature within the framework of an environmental ethics approach, and the cultural cognition that produces the patterns of adaptation from communities around Mount Kelud. Data in this study was gathered from the views of the community around the Kelud slope, which consists of social, religious, cultural and non-governmental organizations. Findings suggest that the existence and meaning of mythology and rituals are in the forms of religiously and locally based friendship life cycles. This study adds to the discussion of environmental ethics and the utilization of Mount Kelud materials in Kediri, East Java, Indonesia.
