Recycling Wolf Requirement 7

Here are a couple of great resources for Recycling information. Wolf Requirement 7B Discuss how land, air and water get dirty, Wolf Requirement 7C Find out about Recycling where you live and Wolf Requirement 7E Read 3 stories about how people are protecting our world.

http://earth911.com/

http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/content/0,21770,1835098-1,00.html

http://www.recyclingcenters.org/

Also if you are in the Middle Tennessee area, check out Metro Nashville's Recycling Education Station!

Gas prices got you grounded?

Gas prices have definately got us grounded around our house. And I am looking for quick and easy activites for the boys to do without actually driving anywhere. Here's a list of fun, busy activities to do with your boys at home.

Wolf Elective 8B ~ Help an adult do a job using a wheel and axle. You can have them pull a wagon and pick up sticks or rocks in the yard and move them into a pile or have them help move plants or mulch as you work with flowers or a garden.

Wolf Elective 18A ~ Help plan and hold a picnic with your family or den. Move your lunch outdoors and have a picnic!

Wolf Elective 18B ~ With an adult, help plan and run a family outing.

Wolf Elective 18C ~ Help plan and lay out a treasure hunt.

Wolf Elective 18D ~ Help Plan and lay out an obsticle race.

Wolf Elective 18E ~ Help plan and lay out an advernture trail. In a park or play ground, set up 5 games scattered around the park.

Wolf Requirement 7C ~ With an adult, pick up litter in your neighborhood

Have fun getting these easy electives!

Wolf Den field trip

We are scheduling a Wolf Den Field Trip for Monday August 4th to visit Metro's Recycling Center for Wolf Requirement 7C. It is the only day that we will be able to get in before school starts and the Recycling Center only does tours on Mondays and Fridays. This is a free activity and the tour lasts just 1 hour and the kids get a "recycled" product at the end.

This tour also fulfills one of the 3 requirements for the Beautification Scout Award that Metro offers as well.

Currently there are only 5 spots left for our group tour. Please let me know if you plan on attending since there is a cap on how many people can attend each tour. Email me for our group tour time.

Attending:
TR4
LM3
JL4
JG3
RJ3
LD3

Beautification Scout Patch

Did you know that Metro Nashville offers a Beautification Scout Patch? Wolf Cubs must complete activity #1 and then 2 other activities.

1. Plant a tree
2. Visit the Recycling Education Station in Nashville (Wolf Requirement 7C)
3. Have an aluminum can collection through your troop
4. Make a campaign slogan or advertisement for one thing everyone can do to reduce his or her waste
5. Take a tour of the local landfill
6. Learn about composting http://www.nashville.gov/beautification/Publications/HomeCompostingFlyer.pdf
7. Organize a litter clean up with your troop, family or friends. (Wolf Requirement 7D and can also be used as a Leave No Trace Service related project)
8. Participate in the Great American Clean Up in March, April or May
9. Plant a flower bed or wildflower meadow (Wolf Elective 15B)
10. Participate in a Ring around the School clean up (Davidson County Schools)

Here is the link for the Beautification Scout Patch program.
http://www.nashville.gov/beautification/scouts/index.htm