Scouting helped me to be prepared
Bear Grylls is United Kingdom’s youngest Chief Scout, aged 34. Whether it is crossing oceans in an open boat, scaling Mount Everest or flying a powered paraglider to 29,000ft in the Himalayas, or hosting Man v/s Wild on Discovery Channel, Bear knows a thing or two about adventure. Bear got his taste for the outdoors as a Scout, whilst a...
Why be a Scout?
Being a scout has several important benefits for young people. Here are a few: Scouting is a value based program Scouts make a promise when when they join, and then live up to that promise. Scouting teaches values, promotes good citizenship, and provides good adult role models. The program is diversified. It is not the same thing every day as...
Become a Scout
If you are reading this you must already know that scouting holds enormous benefits for young people. Becoming a scout is as simple as contacting your local scout troop. Please visit our contact page to view a list of all Scouters. Scouters are adults in charge of scout troops and are in the best position to assist you in joining your local...
What’s Happening?
Scouts Support Earth Hour 2012
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – the global conservation organization, and the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) share a long history of working on environmental awareness and action programmes. Our historical partnership dates back several decades and we are pleased to be continuing this work today on some of the world’s most pressing issues.
Earth Hour
Together with valued partners and supporters from across the globe, Earth Hour has grown from a one city event in 2007 into the world’s largest and most well-known environmental campaign for the planet reaching over 1.8 billion people worldwide last year. World Scouting has been spporting this initiative every year since it came into being.
In 2012 Earth Hour is on again – in an even bigger way – to protect and celebrate the one thing we all have in common – the planet. This year Earth Hour will launch the I Will If You Will challenge. An opportunity for every Scout, every Scout Group, our Scout Leaders and all of our Scouting community to challenge and inspire our friends, family and colleagues – in a fun way – to go a little greener in our everyday lives.
Visit Earth Hour’s YouTube channel (link below) to view the challenges created already and to gain inspiration to create your own.
We are encouraging all Scouts to participate in Earth Hour 2012 in two ways:
- Support Earth Hour’s “I Will If You Will” challenge by creating your own or a troop challenge. Visit http://www.youtube.com/earthhour for details on how to create “your dare”
- Switch off the lights on Saturday March 31, 8.30pm – 9.30pm (and remind friends and family too)
We also encourage you to visit www.earthhour.org to download resources and activity ideas that you can use at your regular Scout meetings and gatherings, especially around the 31 of March.
Read more on the Scouts SA website.
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