Go Green! Go for the Real Thing! » special projects http://gogreen.ph An Environmental Partnership Project Between the Boy Scouts of the Philippines and The Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:43:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 “Go Green! Go for the Real Thing” as a BSP program http://gogreen.ph/2008/10/%e2%80%9cgo-green-go-for-the-real-thing%e2%80%9d-as-a-bsp-program/ http://gogreen.ph/2008/10/%e2%80%9cgo-green-go-for-the-real-thing%e2%80%9d-as-a-bsp-program/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:26:41 +0000 rus http://gogreen.ph/?p=158 The Boy Scouts of the Philippines under the Program Division created an activity which is related to the said project.  The concept is to develop a series of complimentary Merit Badges (MBs) that will develop a Scout into a proactive environmentalist, nature lover and entrepreneur.

Go Green and Grow Green are now required MBs and Earn Green is an elective MB. 

These Merit Badges are open to any KAB, Boy, Senior and Rover Scouts regardless of their advancement rank. After the completion of the three Merit Badges, the Scout may be awarded a “Go Green Scout” Neckerchief.

  

Program Objectives

After completing the “Go Green! Go for the Real Thing” program, Scouts will be able to:

1.      Demonstrate the proper way of plant propagation

2.      Realize the importance of trees to protect the environment and preventing global warming

3.      Earn the “Go Green! Go for the Real Thing” Merit Badges

4.      Receive the “Go Green Scout” Neckerchief.

 

BSP Scout Nursery Course

Course Description: To provide Scouts the knowledge of actual plant propagation.

Number of Scouts Required:      At least 40 Scouts per session

Instructors/Facilitators/ Merit Badge Counselors: Staffing ratio of 1:10 Scouts

Course Objectives: At the end of the course, Scouts will be able to:

1.      Learn the importance of trees in our environment

2.      Demonstrate actual plant propagation

3.      Earn the ”Go Green!” merit badge

4.      Bring home his own bag of sown seeds (12 seeds minimum)

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