

Cub Scout World Conservation Award

The World Conservation Award provides an opportunity for individual Cub Scouts to 'think globally' and 'act locally' to preserve and improve our environment. This program is designed to make youth members aware that all nations are closely related through natural resources and that we are interdependent with our world environment.
The Cub Scout version of the World Conservation Award can be earned by Wolf, Bear, or Webelos Scouts, but not by Lions or Tigers.
This is considered a 'temporary patch' and should be displayed centered on the right pocket. It can be sewn on or displayed in a plastic patch holder hung from the pocket button.
As a Wolf Cub Scout, earn the Cub Scout World Conservation Award by doing the following:
- Earn the Paws on the Path adventure.
- Select a seed, and plant it in a small container. Care for it for 30 days. Take a picture or make a drawing of your plant once a week to share with your den or family.
- Find out the growing zone for your area and share the types of plants that will grow best in your zone.
- Visit or research a botanical or community garden in your area and learn about two of the plants that grow there. Share what you learned with your den or family.
- Make a terrarium.
- Complete requirements 1 and 2 from the Spirit of the Water adventure.
- Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
As a Bear Cub Scout, earn the Cub Scout World Conservation Award by doing the following:
- Earn the Fur, Feathers, and Ferns adventure.
- Earn either the Bear Goes Fishing or Critter Care adventure.
- Complete requirement 3 from the Baloo the Builder adventure by constructing a bird feeder or a bird house as one of the options.
- Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
As a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout World Conservation Award by doing the following:
- Earn the Building a Better World adventure.
- Earn the Into the Wild adventure.
- Earn the Into the Woods adventure.
- Earn the Earth Rocks adventure.
- Outline a fair test that shows what you need to do to test a fertilizer's effect on plant growth.
- Carry out the experiment you designed in requirement 5.
- Carry out the experiment again but change the independent variable. Report what you learned about how changing the variable affected plant growth.
- Participate in a den or pack conservation project in addition to the above.
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May 26, 2013 - DL Mike
May 26, 2013 - Matt
May 31, 2013 - shawnoc
Oct 15, 2013 - Jeff
Oct 15, 2013 - Scouter Paul
Mar 06, 2014 - Eugene Chen
Mar 06, 2014 - Scouter Paul
Mar 26, 2014 - Carlos
Mar 26, 2014 - Scouter Paul
May 09, 2014 - DW Hendry
May 09, 2014 - Scouter Paul
Aug 22, 2014 - Shannon
Aug 23, 2014 - Scouter Paul
Sep 18, 2014 - Heidi Stevens
Sep 18, 2014 - Scouter Paul
@Heidi - Sounds like a good idea to me. There are quite a few places along the Ice Age Trail that have boot brushes installed. You could contact the IATA at iceagetrail.org to find out if they want them, and what specific designs they need.
Nov 21, 2014 - Tiffany
Dec 24, 2014 - Dan Pedelaborde
Mar 18, 2015 - Heidi Yates
Aug 26, 2015 - Scouter Joe
www.scouting.org/filestore/program_update/pdf/Cub%20Scout%20Awards.pdf
Oct 02, 2015 - Nicole
Oct 02, 2015 - Scouter Paul
There are small metal 'pin devices' for adults to specify that a square knot patch was earned in the Cub Scout, Webelos, or Boy Scout program. No one would probably get too upset if the patch was presented the first time the award was earned as a Wolf, then the Cub Scout device to pin on it as a Bear, then the Webelos device as a Webelos - but that is not the correct way.
There are not separate devices for Wolf and Bear (which I think could be nice).
Be aware that the metal pins tend to get lost - often! and the cost of them adds up.
Oct 05, 2015 - Thomas J Peel
Dec 16, 2015 - Justin
Dec 16, 2015 - Scouter Paul
Please consider what is being demonstrated to the scouts by doing that, though. I've seen scouts receive awards and actually say, "Thanks, how did I earn this?"
Dec 16, 2015 - Justin
Dec 17, 2015 - Scouter Paul
Spreading wood chips on trails or playgrounds, general litter clean-up, harvesting wild grass seeds, removing invasive plants, and planting ground cover are all projects we've done. You could contact your City, County, or State Parks office, state Dept. of Natural Resources, US Fish & Wildlife, or other such groups for needs they may have locally.
Apr 25, 2016 - Lisa McDaniel
Feb 22, 2018 - Rusti
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