Teaching Green Blog
Thoughts I want to share with leaders who wonder if it still matters. Picture this: A troop of twelve-year-olds sitting in a church fellowship hall, laptops and tablets open, filling out a worksheet on financial literacy. Fall product spreadsheets. Badge checklists and a copy of the leader’s Volunteer Tool Kit curriculum. Outside, the October air […]
It’s time for some SUMMER FUN! Girl Scout Style! There are lots of ideas and options for individual Girl Scouts to earn badges during the summer, EVEN if your troop is not meeting! Nothing says you can’t work on badges with your family, finish up those that you may have missed sections of during the […]
“On My Honor, I will Try: To do my duty to God and my Country. To help other people at all times. To obey the Scout Laws.” These words, taken from “Scouting for Girls”, the official handbook for Girl Scouts (© 1920), may be worded a little differently than our promise today, but it definitely […]
Ceremonies & Traditions Series How OLD is Your Ash List? If you are not currently, nor in your past life have ever been a Girl Scout, this might seem like a weird question! I assure you that once you know, you will be curious! Saving a small portion of cooled campfire ashes and a record […]
My name is Lisa, and this is it. Finally, this is where I start my journey! I have thought about starting this blog for so long and kept telling myself that I would… after. After what? After my kids were grown? After my next project was complete? After I had all my ducks in a […]