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Let’s get some BSA representation (ages 15-29) on the UN’s Young Leaders initiative

March 11, 2022 0

Every two years, a class of young people (ages 15 to 29) is selected for the UN’s Young Leaders for the SDGs initiative. Apply by March 31.

App Feed

Troop goes green with trailer — and saves some green, too

October 12, 2021 3

How did Troop 14 solve two costly, time-consuming problems? They used solar panels. 

App Feed - Eagle Scouts

Eagle Scout making waves in the battle against zebra mussels in Texas lakes

September 27, 2021 2

Declan Howell set up sampler boxes that track invasive zebra mussels near boating areas in and around Austin, Texas.

Camping

How to be a zero-waste Scout troop

June 9, 2021 8

Here’s one for troops that are up for a true challenge: Consider taking steps toward becoming a zero-waste Scout troop.

Awards

Scouts can help protect the environment by earning the new Environmental Protection Agency award

January 19, 2021 18

The BSA and EPA signed a memorandum of understanding to create a special award, encouraging those in the Scouts BSA program to strive to protect the environment.

Awards

Eagle Scout’s tennis ball recycling project is a smashing success

May 16, 2019 1

This Maryland Eagle Scout loves playing tennis, but he soon realized something about the sport and decided to do something about it.

Northern Tier

Northern Tier crews have become ‘rock star data collectors’ to protect Boundary Waters

October 2, 2018 4

A little-known program at Northern Tier has significant impact on studying lake pollution in one of the country’s most popular wilderness areas.

Cub Scouts

Leaders inject fun, education into clean-up service projects

April 24, 2018 2

How do you help ensure picking up trash doesn’t devolve into a way to simply fulfill service hour requirements? Pack 267 and Troop 267 in Fredonia, N.Y., have an answer.

Cub Scouts

Milkweed for Monarchs: D.C.-area Scouts’ saving butterflies

March 23, 2018 10

They call this service project Milkweed for Monarchs, and it’s a massively ambitious effort to protect this pollinator whose numbers have decreased by more than 90 percent over the past two decades.

National Jamboree

Waste not: 2017 National Jamboree was the greenest on record

December 11, 2017 9

For the first time in recorded National Jamboree history, Scouts, Scouters and staff recycled and reused than they sent to the landfill.

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