8 Pillars Of Sustainable Jamboree Planning
The jamboree is going to be more than green, it’s going to be deep green.
The jamboree is going to be more than green, it’s going to be deep green.
I joined Scouting as a Cub Scout in, well, let’s just say it was over a half-century ago. I’ve been active in Scouting ever since, having served at the unit, district, council, regional and national levels.
For the past century, the Boy Scouts of America has been instilling a conservation mindset in young people. At the Summit, this practice of stewardship is going to reach a whole new level.
At the mountain biking Adventure Area in Adventure Valley you can try your new skills on a world-class series of biking trails. Too bad you won’t have time to ride them all in one jamboree experience – because there’s over thirty miles of them!
Sustainability is going to be a big part of the experience at the 2013 jamboree. It’s even going to have its own exhibit and activity center.
Ask yourself, are you prepared? Just in case you answered “no,” here are a few suggestions to get you started as we move into spring.
What’s the easiest way to fly high in the sky in West Virginia? Yep, it’s a zip line canopy tour.
The Summit is where? West Virginia? Is that a state?
In earlier segments of this Venturing to the Summit series, we watched as members from Venturing Crews 32 and 44 from North Carolina worked and played in and around the New River Gorge.
Now that 2012 is here, we only have about 18 months until we meet in West Virginia for the first-ever national scout jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve.