Posted in Activity, tagged cooking, rocket stove on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There was good posting on BoingBoing today discussing rocket stoves. This looked like a great stove to play with investigate for use by Scouts.
Compared with open fire cooking methods still used in many areas of the world (sometimes known as ‘three stone fire’ – a small fire contained by three or more rocks such [...]
Posted in inspirational, tagged inspirational, wisdom on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I read this poem over at the Lone Star Scouter and thought it was so good that I should quote it over here as well.
Are we building bridges in our programs?
The Bridge Builder
An old man, going down a lone highway
Came at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm vast and wide and steep,
With waters [...]
Posted in 2008, Activity, Cubs, JOTA, JOTI, Planning, tagged JOTA-2008, JOTA2008, JOTI-2008, JOTI2008 on June 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
51st Jamboree On The Air / 12th Jamboree On The Internet
17-19 October 2008
The 51st JOTA / 12th JOTI will take place on 18 and 19 October 2008. Now is the time to start planning!
The Technology Weekend in Scouting
Victorian Branch requests that all JOTA / JOTI sites register with the Victorian JOTA Coordinator. Make sure you [...]
Posted in Cubs, Jungle Book, Scouts, tagged Jungle Book on June 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Bronze Boomerang
5 – Our Cub Scout Traditions
* Talk about the main characters in the Jungle Books and what their names are.
* Tell the story of how Mowgli came to be in the Jungle.
Read Mowgli’s Brothers from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. It is hard to read the text version on-line so it is worth getting [...]
Posted in Scouts on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When the howling winds finally died down, the Boy Scouts — true to their motto, “Be Prepared” — sprang into action.
Boy Scouts praised as heroes after twister kills 4
By JOSH FUNK [Assoicated Press]
BLENCOE, Iowa (AP) — When the howling winds finally died down, the Boy Scouts — true to their motto, “Be Prepared” — sprang [...]
