<![CDATA[The global environmental crisis calls for stronger ecological awareness from an early age, and Islamic religious education holds considerable potential to cultivate it through students' understanding of environmental verses, teachers' exemplary conduct, and participation in religious activities. This study examined the effects of students' understanding of Qur'anic verses on the environment, the exemplary conduct of Islamic Religious Education (PAI) teachers, and participation in religious activities on students' environmental awareness. A descriptive-correlational design with a cross-sectional survey approach was applied to 85 male students in grades VII and VIII at SMP Tafaqquh Kampar, selected through purposive sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire tested for validity (Pearson product-moment) and reliability (Cronbach's Alpha), then analyzed using Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression. The results showed that all three independent variables were significantly correlated with environmental awareness, with participation in religious activities emerging as the strongest predictor (β = .661, p = .000), followed by teacher exemplarity (β = .184, p = .071) and understanding of the verses (β = -.011, p = .886, not significant in the partial model). Together, the three variables accounted for 64.2% of the variance in environmental awareness (R² = .642; F(3,79) = 47.194, p = .000). These findings indicate that experiential participation plays a more decisive role than cognitive understanding alone in shaping students' environmental awareness, suggesting that PAI curricula should be strengthened with experiential, activity-based learning in which teachers serve as active role models rather than merely transmitters of cognitive content.]]>
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