Sustainability Archives - Bryan on Scouting

How to be a zero-waste Scout troop

June 9, 2021 7

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

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

January 19, 2021 12

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Scouts clean a national park’s sticky situation

October 31, 2017 4

California Scouts scraped gum off sidewalks at the Cabrillo National Monument, putting in service hours for a Scout Ranger patch.

Outdoor ethics guide, a troop-level position of responsibility, gets its own handbook

September 28, 2017 7

The outdoor ethics guide, a troop-level position of responsibility for youth that replaced the position of Leave No Trace Trainer, has its own handbook.

World Conservation Award has new requirements, effective immediately

December 16, 2016 32

The BSA has announced new and updated requirements for the Cub Scout, Boy Scout and Venturing/Sea Scout versions of the World Conservation Award.