Scouting, Volume 64, Number 3, May-June 1976 Page: 26
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FORUM
ENVIRONMENT DAY. April 24,
Scouting Environment Day, has come
and gone. But there's no reason why
Scouts, Cub Scouts and Explorers can't
make every day of our 200th anniver-
sary year Scouting Environment Day.
Our forefathers who settled this
country were a frugal people. They
lived up to their philosophy of "Waste
not, want not." We do not have to go
back to their way of life by any means. A
few minor sacrifices, that are unnotice-
able after they become a way of life on
the part of many people, would help
solve some of this country's interre-
lated, social, economic and environmen-
tal problems.
Two of the many problems that face
this country are the waste of energy and
the waste of other natural resources
that wind up in landfills or garbage
dumps each day. In perhaps 25 years or
more these problems will be solved by
technology. In the meantime, a national
commitment to conservation and waste
reduction is a necessity.
What To Do? With a large member-
ship spread throughout urban, suburban
and rural America, the BSA is in a
unique position to help solve these
problems. If each pack, troop or post
did nothing more than get the message
of conservation through to the members
of the organization that sponsors the
unit, a large segment of the American
public would be informed.
Up to two copies of Tips for Energy
Savers are available free from: Consum-
er Information, Pueblo, Colo. 81009.
The same publication is available in
Spanish under the title Como Econo-
mizer Energia y Dinero en Su Hogar.
Unit leaders may write for copies for
distribution by Cubs, Scouts or Ex-
plorers to their neighbors and members
of the sponsoring organization.
Since the automobile is a major con-
sumer of energy, the American Automo-
bile Association sponsors a well thought
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out "Gas Savers" program with excel-
lent support materials. Unit leaders
should use the phone book to locate
their local AAA club to see how they
may cooperate.
On the home trash-waste-reduction
front, collection for recycling is a strong
part of conservation. As the economy
recovers from the doldrums of the last
year or so, so will the market for waste
newsprint, glass, aluminum and other
metals. First, check with your local
wastepaper dealer (see Yellow Pages),
soft drink or beer bottler or other col-
lection centers to be sure you can dis-
pose of the collections. Then, if practi-
cal, mount a biweekly or monthly col-
lection drive house-to-house. A troop
from Perth Amboy, N.J., spent two
weeks in Europe last summer. Their trip
was financed in large part from the pro-
ceeds of paper collections.
Other Things To Do. Energy con-
servation awareness campaign. Energy
conservation exhibits in shopping cen-
ters, store windows, school and public
building bulletin boards, other prom-
inent places.
Judging and announcing winners of
energy conservation poster contest. Do
not limit contest to Scouts.
Start energy gardens in backyards,
vacant lots, in camp. In southern areas
where gardens are in progress, exhibit
produce or photographs.
Invite county agricultural agent to
hold an energy garden clinic for the
public, with appropriate giveaway
pamphlets.
Conduct a litter prevention education
campaign similar to the Keep America
Beautiful Days in 1971 through 1974.
Emphasize strongly the collection of re-
cyclable materials.
Reproduce locally energy conserva-
tion tips and with permission distribute
to homes or at shopping centers.
Plant trees and shrubs that attract
birds and beautify the community.
Offer services to state or local con-
servation or park departments to plant
flowers or ornamental shrubs, clean up
parks or other needed projects.
Offer services to local Bicentennial
commissions or historical societies.
Offer to help a local ecology or en-
vironmental group in one of its projects.
Tell the news media what you are do-
ing and why and invite their coverage of
your activities.
WORLD CONSERVATION AWARD.
Though he may miss the Guinness Book
of Records, Carl Fulper, Eagle Scout of
Troop 1005, Oxon Hill, Md., is on BSA
statistics books as the first in this coun-
try to receive the World Conservation
Award. The badge was developed in co-
operation with the World Wildlife Fund
and the World Scouting Bureau. It rec-
ognizes achievement in environmental
improvement, natural resources con-
servation and an understanding of
world conservation problems.
To win the award, Carl earned Con-
servation and Environment skill awards
and Environmental Science and
Citizenship in the World merit badges
and either Soil and Water Conservation
or Fish and Wildlife Management merit
badges.
Scout councils have applications for
the award and must OK them before
the patches can be presented.
THEY JUST KEEP DRIBBLING ON.
When you tell the gas station attendant,
"Fill er up," you often get more than
you order. Invariably after the automat-
ic cutoff stops the fuel, he will return to
top off the tank. He may do this to
round off the purchase to an even dollar
on the meter.
Whatever the reason, the careless
habit has been estimated to waste at
least 10 million, possibly 40 million, gal-
lons of gasoline each year. The waste
comes when the car starts moving or
when the day's heat causes the gas to
expand and the fuel to dribble out the
overflow tube from the tank.
The small amount of gas lost may nev-
er hurt any individual car owner but the
total, nationwide saving could be signif-
icant — possibly enough to run 55,000
cars for a year.
Suggestion: When you hear the pump
cut off automatically, stick out your
head and say, "That's all, thank you."
—From the Energy Reporter
ANSWERS, PLEASE! The United Na-
tions Educational, Scientific, and Cul-
tural Organization (UNESCO) is trying
to determine how young people and
youth organizations can play a role in
shaping environmental programs. An at-
tempt will be made to analyze and de-
scribe a variety of formal and informal
youth projects over the past few years.
Youth organizations are asked to con-
tribute written suggestions or success
stories. For more information, contact:
E. Naraghi, Director, Youth Division,
UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy, 75700
Paris, France. (Postage for a one-ounce
letter by surface mail is 18 cents or 31
cents per half ounce for air mail.)
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