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Thank you to the Walmart Foundation for granting $25,000 for Girl Scouts of Colorado Forever Green events.
For questions, ideas or to volunteer, please contact Marty Lockhart at 719-648-3616
Honor our founder. Honor Earth. Honor our powerful sisterhood.
Be part of something bigger than yourself.
In 2012, Girl Scouts will celebrate its 100th anniversary. To mark this milestone and to honor founder Juliette Gordon Low, who loved nature and the outdoors, Girl Scouts of all ages, volunteers, and alumnae are taking part in Girl Scouts Forever Green (GSFG). This global, take-action project offers a meaningful leadership experience that makes a huge positive impact on the environment and increases the visibility of Girl Scouts in every community.
Girl Scouts are at the forefront of environmental sustainability, leading their families, schools, and communities in protecting natural resources.
Girl Scouts Forever Green invites girls to take action on one of three projects that lead to sustainable behavior change and environmental impact.
The projects are:
Earth Hour: To encourage sustainable behavior change, reduce carbon dioxide footprints, and save energy and money by participate in the symbolic Earth Hour event on Saturday, March 31, 2012. Also, girls are encouraged to go beyond the hour by replace incandescent light bulbs with ENERGY STAR® qualified, or other energy-efficient, bulbs.
In addition to the projects, we also want girls to take the GSFG online pledge a year-long commitment to Girl Scouts Forever Green efforts — and then get their friends and families to pledge, too!
For our 2012 council sponsored project, we will again be conducting simultaneous Earth Hour events across Colorado on Saturday, March 31 from 8:30-9:30pm MST. These events will be open to all Girl Scouts, friends, family and the community at large. Everyone is welcome! Events will feature educational stations, light bulb exchange and the big “lights out” event. Earth Hour events will be held in:
Confirmed Council Sponsored:
Confirmed Council Supported:
As more locations and venues are secured, we will add them to the listings. We are currently working on recruiting adult volunteers and older Girl Scouts to help in the planning and coordination of these events and in other communities right now. If you are interested in leading an Earth Hour event in your community with GSCO, please email marty.lockhart@gscolorado.org.
Earth Hour is a wonderful opportunity for Girl Scouts and their families to take action in their communities to make the world a greener place! GSUSA and Girl Scouts of Colorado has a variety of resources to help you create the perfect Earth Hour event. Please is a listing of available resources:
Girl Scouts Forever Green
This is GSUSA official site for the 100th anniversary Take Action Project. It has information, posters and marketing materials for each project.
Girl Scouts Earth Hour
This is GSUSA project detail page specific to Earth Hour
GSCO Planet Explorer: Girl Scouts of Colorado is proud to introduce this unique series program in support of Girl Scouts Forever Green and the It’s Your Planet, Love It journey series. Planet Explorer is designed to help provide you and your girls the knowledge and education to not only implement a Girl Scouts Forever Green projects but, to understand how they impact to the environment and advocate for change. This programis currently available for Daisy-Junior Girl Scouts. Please contact Marty Lockhart for copies of this program.
GSCO Take Action website:
This is Girl Scouts of Colorado’s project tracking site. It has information on planning events, working with community partners and provides troops the opportunity to create a project page for their event.
Additional Resources:
www.earthhour.org
www.wwf.org
