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World Thinking Day 2012 Activities for Ambassadors
Girls complete one or more activity to receive the award.1
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The World Thinking Day award is now an OFFICIAL Award and therefore it may be worn on the front of the Official Uniform sash or vest. To earn the award, girls complete one or more activities below.
The theme for World Thinking Day 2012 is girls worldwide say "we can save our planet." This theme is based on United Nation's Millennium Development Goal 7 focused on environmental sustainability.
- Organize a trip to a local landfill, analyze if it is sustainable and speak to community leaders about what solutions are being proposed.
Find out more about global climate change and the environment by getting in touch with those working on these issues (scientists, meteorologists, environmental groups, etc.) Ask what they are doing and find out ways to take action.
- Inspire others by making a presentation to your school about environmentally friendly habits like: heating and air-conditioning classrooms, recycling of paper and other rubbish, using energy-efficient appliances and lights, or other environmentally friendly ways to live your lives and sustain the planet.
- Consider how your daily life has an impact on your environment. How much energy, water and resources does it take to produce the things you eat, wear and use? Make a list of the ways you can reduce the energy and resources you use. Make a plan and follow your plan for a month. Then share your experience with your class or other Girl Scouts and encourage them to follow your example. How much did you reduce your impact by? Where are you finding it hard to improve?
- Today lots of residential and commercial buildings are going green. Find examples in your community. Then discuss as a group how you would convert one building that you know into a green building. What can you do to support that effort?
- Men and women are affected differently by the changing climate. And many of the world’s poorest people are rural girls and women in developing countries who depend on farming to feed their families. Find out how climate change could affect their food and water supply and how that affects their work. If you would like to do more things like this, take the Justice leadership journey.
- Take action by joining with other girls in Girl Scout Forever Green Community Take Action Project and take the Girl Scouts Forever Green Pledge.
1. Some of the activities listed here have been adapted from the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Food Security and Climate Change Challenge badge.
