Environment
13 November 2015, Nairobi, Kenya: The 11th Africa-Europe Training Course for Youth Organizations is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya in the framework of the 7th African University on youth and Development. The course is organized in co-operation with...
Scouts across the world are working hard to keep the environment clean and being good citizens of their communities. A Scout troop called “Tadamoun” (which means solidarity) in the Nedroma region of Tlemcen, Algeria is among the 40 million Scouts who...
This “sort, reduce, recycle” project aimed to reduce pollution by emphasising on the importance of sorting out and recycling waste, and how the community can play an important role in sustainable development. It also promoted partnerships between the...
The 9th UNESCO Youth Forum, themed “Young Global Citizens for a Sustainable Planet”, convened in Paris on 26 October. The three-day forum gathered more than 500 young men and women from around the world. The World Organization of the Scout Movement...
The Hsinchu City Ke-Yuan Community Scout troop from Taiwan recently organised a one-day cleanup at a local beach. By the end of the activity, they collected a total of 75 kg of trash. Find out more at www.scout.org/node/115841. Like the Hsinchu City...
Early October 2015, Josephie Zana represented some 1,6 million Scouts of the 40 National Scout Orgnisations in the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) at the “International Conference for a Green and Inclusive...
A group of Rovers from Venezuela successfully completed their SW Award Voluntary Service. The Project Turtles 2015, was held in La Playa Parguito located on the island of Margarita Nueva Esparta. The aim of the project was to create a sense of...
6 October 2015, Geneva, Switzerland: All 40 million Scouts worldwide were today honoured with a “Youth Leadership Award for the Environment” for their dedication to environmental protection at the Green Cross International Conference for a Green and...
All 40 million Scouts worldwide were today honoured with a “Youth Leadership Award for the Environment” for their dedication to environmental protection at the Green Cross International Conference for a Green and Inclusive Economy. Six Scouts...
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) congratulates the United Nations and its member states for the decision to adopt the new framework, Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This is indeed a historic...