Thursday, October 6, 2011

Happy Fall Equinox

A few weeks late but the first storm of the season here in Northern California brought the fall season in full swing!  It has been a long transformative experience since last Springs post and it is good that the community has become self-determined and has found a new name that is member inspired and owned - Planet Earth Scouts.
New Planet Earth Scouts Logo
The holiday season is descending upon us with each passing day yet this year more families than ever are focusing not on the stress this time of year can bring (no one needs more of that) but are looking for alternative ways to celebrate the deeper meaning behind these holidays - like family, friends, and a basic sense of well being that the world events can too often leave us feeling a lack of.  

The Planet Earth Scout community will be working to create new and evolved resources for members over the winter months and you are invited to come and contribute your inspirations, ideas, and visions as a member of the Planet Earth Scout family.  

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Happy Spring Equinox!



Happy Spring!
With the beginning of April just around the corner we are proud to commemorate our new partnership with the Children & Nature Network by participating in the Let's GO Campaign!


What is Let’s G.O.!?

Let’s G.O.! is a youth-inspired, youth-led C&NN month-long intergenerational campaign in April 2011 to rally people of all ages to Play, Serve and Celebrate outdoors in nature.

Who are the youth leading this campaign?

The C&NN Natural Leaders Network is a growing group of teens, college students and other young people whose personal connection to nature comes from their experiences in their own neighborhoods, woods, fields, arroyos, mountains and oceans. At the core of this network is the youth voice. The ideas and spirit of this network are being developed by youth in constant growth and they are moving fast!
April 2011 presents the first opportunity to pull together all of C&NN's partners and initiatives with a huge and inspiring push to get all people outside, and to encourage service projects to benefit the natural world. Some of these events will take place in conjunction with C&NN’s youth-inspired Natural Service Network, to cultivate and nourish a lifelong commitment to service projects that benefit the natural world.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

2011 - Big Ideas & Agendas

THIS POST IS NULL & VOID DUE TO END OF ECUS EARTH SCOUTS PROGRAM - EARTH SCOUTS IS NOT A FLAGSHIP PROGRAM BUT AN ORNAMENTAL FRONT FOR THE ECUS BOARD TO MAKE CLAIMS OF BEING WORTHY OF YOUR DONATION. WE ARE LEAVING THIS POST UP FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE OF WHAT OUR TEAM WAS WILLING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WORK TOWARDS FOR THE EARTH SCOUTS BUT THE ECUS BOARD WAS UNWILLING AND UNABLE TO MAKE THE TRANSITION INTO THE 21ST CENTURY ONLINE REALITY THAT EVERY ORGANIZATION IS FACING.  ITS A SHAME...

2011 will be the year that the Earth Scouts becomes the flagship program and focus of the Earth Charter U.S.!

Over the years the "Earth Scouts" has gone from Jan Robert's dream (Earth Charter U.S. founder) to first groups forming, then listserves all across the country getting started, to now having a solid base of families and facilitators who have been anchoring and developing their Earth Scout groups with a solid online network. The new network was created and sponsored by Earth Charter loyalists, the 'team' from SeThInk Media in 2010 as a part of the EC+10 Celebrations. You can read more about the Earth Scouts history here.

In 2011 the Earth Scouts will be featured, supported, and promoted as the flagship program of the Earth Charter U.S. and the board of directors is working to be able to provide vital resources to the growing network of Earth Scout families and groups. The Earth Charter U.S. annual board meeting is happening this month and a full update will be posted soon.

Some areas that are being discussed include:
  • Non-profit tax exemption for groups doing fundraising activities
  • Insurance for groups
  • Earth Scout badges and other merchandise availability
  • Publications and resource manuals
  • Earth Scout festival resources
  • Expanding Facilitator resource base
  • Building solid alliances with supportive/complementary organizations
In 2012 it will be one decade since Jan's dream so let us all help make that dream fully manifested in 2011 so that when the Rio+20 happens in 2012.
2012 is the 20th anniversary of the Earth Summit in Rio where an Earth Charter was originally to be adopted. Rio will host a UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012. Our goal is to have the Earth Scouts story told at this conference! You are invited to join the Earth Scouts in this effort!