GS Ideas with Miss Heather

  Chloe, Kyra, and Amber provide some helpful tips for how to practice excellent trail etiquette.  Check it out!

Chloe, Amber, and Kyra have been working on some council's own Girl Scout badges this summer. This educational video is their take action project. They are sharing three tips to protect sea turtles: 1) Fill in the holes you dig at the beach so baby turtles don't get lost on their way to the ocean. 2) Don't leave plastic bags on the beach. If they end up in the water, turtles may mistake them for jellyfish and eat them. 3) Keep track of your fishing equipment. Nets and hooks that end up in the ocean can hurt animals. Thanks to the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida for their badge program, "GS Love Sea Turtles." Thanks, also, to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ. We had lots of fun with this badge program and putting this together!

To help you not waste when you are having fun! Facts for the Beach: 1 in 3 mammal species get entangled in litter. By 2050, the pollution of fish will be outnumbered by out dumped plastic. There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic waste  estimated to be in our oceans. 269,000 tons float and 4 billion microfibers per km2 dwell below the surface. 70% of our debris sinks into the ocean’s ecosystem, 15% floats, and 15% lands in our beaches. 100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone. 12-14,000 of plastic are ingested by North Pacific Fish yearly. How we can Help Here is a list of things that would help us reduce plastic waste: Stop using plastic straws, if a straw is a must, than purchase a reusable stainless steel or or a glass straw. Use a reusable produce bag. A single plastic bag can take 1,000 years to degrade. A Girl Scout always leaves a place better than she found it! The Junior Girl Scouts in Troop 548 are completing their Bronze award project, which is focu

    Logan and her mom have been participating in a series of park clean ups this spring.  Based on what they have found, Logan has put together some tips that you should follow when you are visiting your local parks.  Following these tips will help everyone enjoy themselves while keeping the parks clean. Logan's Tips:  On a picnic, bring Tupperware, not one-use plastic.  Pick up your dog's poop.  Bring a reusable water bottle.  If you do bring plastic, bring a trash bag with you.  Always bring reusable straws, spoons, forks, knives, and cups. Cleaning up before you leave the park helps protect the local wildlife and also ensures that the next visitors find a clean space to enjoy. A Girl Scout always leaves a place better than she found it! The Junior Girl Scouts in Troop 548 are completing their Bronze award project, which is focused on reducing waste in common spaces.

You can't fix something until you know about it! The Junior Girl Scouts in Troop 548 are completing their Bronze award project, which is focused on reducing waste in common spaces. In this video, Logan shares some historical facts about pollution.     Logan also wanted to share some organizations that are helping the environment. Check them out: Natural Resources Defense Council (Non Profit) American Cetacean Society (Non Profit) Oceanic Preservation Society (Non Profit) Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project (Non Profit) Environmental Working Group (Corporation) Earth Justice (Non Profit) Ocean Conservancy (Non Profit) Sierra Club Association (Non Profit) Logan used the following sources: www.smithsonianmag.com weforum.org Smithsonian Magazine www.hintonwaste.co.uk www.history.com Smithsonianmagazine.com Climate.nasa.gov Theconversation.com Wildlifeleadershipacademy.org Bristolwastecompany.co.uk www.wikipedia.com

The Junior Girl Scouts in Troop 548 are completing their Bronze award project, which is focused on reducing waste in common spaces. In this video, Olivia shares a fantasy story she wrote and illustrated about a goblin king tricking people into making the world dirty! Don't be fooled! We need everyone to commit to keeping the earth safe.