Environment committee  Certainly we do. We have a number of badges on just about any topic. In our Cub Scout and our Scout programs, we have a conservation badge. We have the World Scout Environment Programme. We have horticulture badges.

Environment committee  Absolutely. The majority of our groups meet in urban areas. If an eight-year-old is doing a conservation project, he's probably doing it in his own backyard, and that's what we really encourage.

Environment committee  I was running a program in Waterton Lakes National Park a couple of years ago, and I said to one of the rangers, “We're going to take the kids over here and we're going to roll back a rock.” The ranger said to me, “You're not going to do that in a national park.” I said, “Well, w

Environment committee  Certainly. When I talk to people in Lions Clubs, to people in organizations that don't normally take people outdoors, the two most common objections are these: I don't know how to do that, and I'll lose my house if a kid twists their ankle. The reality is that we need to prote

Environment committee  It really is a matter of implied risk, if you will. Scouts Canada does a great program in the Cypress Hills area in Saskatchewan. The kids think they're going on a week-long backpacking trip without adult supervision. The reality is that there are adults following behind at a s

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of this committee, for having me back to speak about this important issue. When I was last here, I was telling you that on this, the 50th anniversary of the printing of Silent Spring, we're now facing a new silence in the wilderness. The peregrin

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of this committee. This is the 50th anniversary of the printing of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. That book sparked the modern environmental movement and the ban on DDT, because of DDT's impact on birds. The concern in 1962 was that species lik

Environment committee  Not a problem.