Resources
GENERAL
Scoutoons – A collection of Scouting sustainability-related cartoons free for your use
Scoutoons – Black and white Scoutoons available free for your use as coloring sheets
Sustainable Development Goals
The “Anthropocene” website of the Natural History Museum (London)
SCOUTING LINKS
Sustainability Merit Badge
Outdoor Ethics Guide Handbook
Outdoor Ethics Guide Duties
Sustainability troop program features, with meeting ideas
Nature and Environment troop program features, with meeting ideas
FOOD
Vegetarian Recipes, More recipes
Chart of food choice greenhouse gas emissions
Discussion of food choice greenhouse gas emissions
BBC Diet Carbon Footprint calculator
Food Miles Calculator
Start a Vegetable Garden
Guide to Composting
ENERGY
Carbon Footprint Calculator
Carbon Conversations’ Carbon Footprint Calculator (google sheet)
Online Energy Calculator
Charging your devices ideas
Earth Hour Website
Earth Day Website
WATER
More resources to come
WASTE
Little Book about Composting
Little Book about Recycling
BIODIVERSITY
Insect Hotel Plans
Ecosia Search Engine
Start a Window Box
Planting Wildflowers
Design Your Own Butterfly Garden
PlantSnap App
Storing Seeds Properly
IPBES Biodiversity Report
SERVICE
Benefits of tree planting
Steps for Tree Planting
Why Pick Up Trash?
How To Safety Clear Trash?
Scout’s Trash the Trash Day
EDUCATION
The Carbon Conversations’ Workbook
14 Sustainability Podcasts
Environmental Podcasts
UN Global Sustainable Development Reports
Reports of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPBES Biodiversity Report
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Recommended Documentaries
“David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet”
Sustainability for Kids – the Touring Teacher
Operation Sustainability – a story on the world´s most important customer
Game Changers Documentary
Fools and Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest
Chasing Coral
Chasing Ice
Mission Blue
Recommended Reading
The Uninhabitable Earth – David Wallace-Wells (highly recommended)
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference – Greta Thunberg (youth campaigner with a global impact)
A Life on our Planet – David Attenborough (highly recommended)
There is No Planet B – Mike Berners-Lee
Silent Spring – Rachel Carson (the book that launched the environmental movement)
We are the weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast – Jonathan Safran Foer
The Green Teen: The Eco-Friendly Teen’s Guide to Saving the Planet – Jenn Savedge
47 Things You Can Do for the Environment – Lexi Petronis
Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life – Linda Sivertsen
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: The Secrets Behind What You Eat – Michael Pollan (also in a “Young Readers Edition”)
