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World Thinking Day Patch for 7-12th Grade
World Thinking Day Patch for 7-12th Grade

World Thinking Day Patch for 7-12th Grade


Did you know...?

  • 52 million girls are not getting an education.
  • There are twice as many illiterate women over the age of 15 than men.
  • In the USA women earn only 77% of men’s gross hourly pay for the same job.
  • Women hold only 18% of the world’s government seats.
  • Only 2% of the world’s land is owned by women.
  • Women do two thirds of the work in the world, but earn only 10% of the income.
  • 70% of those living in poverty are women.

Suggested Activities for Girl Scout Cadettes

Girls complete one or more activity to receive the award.

  • Is it sometimes too hot or too cold in your home – what do you do? Find out how people warmed up and cooled their homes back in the days before airconditioning and central heating. What are some things you can do? For example, during the winter turn down the heat and put on a sweater. Make sure your windows and doors are draft proof.
     
  • Collect information about natural disasters such as droughts, heavy rains, heat waves, tropical cyclones, tornados, floods, tsunamis, or fires. How do they affect people’s life and food? Do you think they are caused by climate change? Create a presentation about how to respond to and prepare for them.
     
  • Organize a trip to a farm and farmers market so you can learn about the crops (cereals, vegetables and fruit) that are grown and the animals that are raised in your area. If possible, try to see both a traditional farm and an organic farm, which does not use pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
     
  • Invite a returned Returned Peace Corps Volunteer to speak to your group about how the natural environment impacts people’s lives in the country where she/he served and compare her/his experiences with your own community. (See Peace Corps Speakers Tips Sheet).
     
  • Have you ever built a solar oven? With the guidance of adult volunteers, learn how: www.hometrainingtools.com/articles/build-a-solar-oven-project.html.  Then discuss, when and where might this be useful?
     
  • Find out about renewable energy used around the world and build a demonstration model of a renewable energy source or organize a trip to a recycling center or a renewable energy plant, for example, a wind turbine. If you would like to do more things like this, take the Breatheleadership journey.
     
  • Take action by joining with other girls in Girl Scout Forever Green Community Take Action Projectand take the Girl Scouts Forever Green Pledge.

 

Suggested Activities for Girl Scout Seniors

Girls complete one or more activity to receive the award.

  • For one week, monitor the amount of packaging that comes into your home. Record types of packaging and what materials are used to make them. Make a sculpture out of the materials to show your group how much waste has been accumulated. How much of the packaging can be recycled? What can be done to reduce the amount of packaging? Discuss ways to improve the situation.
     
  • Learn to sew, repair and adapt clothing and hold a fashion show with clothes made from items you can recycle.
     
  • Research ways to travel to an environmentally-friendly tourist destination (see ecotourism, geotourism or sustainable tourism) Share with others how such tourism can contribute to the prevention of climate change.
     
  • How can a change in weather patterns affect food production?  Learn about the impacts of climate change on farming, forestry, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture. Find out who is especially vulnerable to climate change. Where do they live? Share these facts with your class, group or friends.
     
  • Find out about the possible impacts of climate change on your area, town or village. Share your results with your peers and discuss ways you can prepare for the changes.
     
  • Investigate how much energy, water, or other recourses are needed to produce the food you like to eat. How can you change the food you eat so that you have a nutritious diet that has a smaller impact on the environment? Then, create informational posters which show how many resources are needed to produce each type of food like these examples: www.fao.org/nr/water/promotional.html. If you would like to do more things like this, take the Sow What?leadershipjourney.
     
  • Take action by joining with other girls in Girl Scout Forever Green Community Take Action Projectand take the Girl Scouts Forever Green Pledge.

 

Suggested Activities for Girl Scout Ambassadors

Girls complete one or more activity to receive the award.

  • 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 Justiceleadership journey.
     
  • Take action by joining with other girls in Girl Scout Forever Green Community Take Action Projectand take the Girl Scouts Forever Green Pledge.