He also discussed the tax incentives for owning these types of vehicles. To conclude the journey Dave Davis from Ed Bozarth Chevrolet visited and talked about electric and hybrid cars. The girls decided that we would implement bringing and using water bottles for future meetings. Nick at Café Sol says that his distributors are indicating that recently people are shying away from using disposable bottles and looking for sustainable water bottle replacement ideas. That is a lot of water bottles, waste and money. The girls discovered that we as a whole Girl Scout Troop use almost 1,500 water bottles for meetings and events alone. 30 percent off outdoor energy is wasted and that can affect animals bugs and other wildlife.ĭiscussions continued with how small differences in savings can add up. They discovered in the mountains it is much easier to see stars while camping where there is much less light pollution. The girls discussed “light pollution” and how that makes seeing stars at night much more difficult in the city. They investigated to make our homes more energy efficient and methods to implement. Additionally, everyone did an energy audit on our own homes and discussed ways to recognize energy wasted and lost and ways to save and conserve. The girls talked about community bike sharing programs throughout the world and how those programs work. Each of the girls decorated reusable shopping bags to share with their families and to replace the plastic ones the grocery stores provide.ĭiscussion on the benefits of biking, carpooling and walking vs traditional driving to and from your destination. They have a local farmer who collects compost from the restaurant twice a week.Īfter lunch everyone returned to our regular meeting space at school to work on crafts and group work. Owner, Nick Santos, said that the trash bill was cut by 30 percent and he felt good about not putting all of that into the landfill. One of the ways they did this was by separating trash into compost, recyclables and trash. Here the girls saw first hand a business where they are very creative about how they used their resources. Also, they made “sound sandwiches” that were very loud, out of popsicle sticks and rubber bands.Īfter the Math & Science center they travelled to Cafe Sol for lunch. Experiments included mixing yeast and hydrogen peroxide to make a thermal reaction that was warm, and baking soda and vinegar to make a cold solution. They learned about kinetic, thermal, and other types of energy, too. One group was able to lift 92 pennies and it weighed 244.9 grams.

The girls made turbines to use Wind energy to lift a bunch of pennies. At the Math and Science Center they learned about the different types of energy. The day started with a trop to the John McConnell Math & Science Center. In order to get all these activities into one day, the girls and leaders went on a couple of field trips, had a speaker come to them AND worked on group work and craft projects.

Share the news, reflect on what they accomplished, and celebrate it.

Identify an energy issue in the community, research it, create a plan, and carry it out, all the while reaching out to others to join in, too.

Investigate energy use in a community building and suggest ways to make it more energy-efficient.

Work with their families to make an energy improvement at home.

Learn about energy use in their buildings.

To earn the Investigate Award, girls connect with their Girl Scout crew to: Check out how other people are tackling energy issues.Try at least two other Energize activities suggested along the journey.

Make an Energy Pledge to reduce their energy use in one or more ways.

This journey offers Juniors a chance to earn three Girl Scout leadership awards-Energize, Investigate, and Innovate. So, Like with the all-day Daisy and Brownie journeys written about in previous posts, our troop also spent a Saturday offering an all-day journey for our Juniors. In a two-year curriculum, our troop only works on one journey per year, not making it easy for a girl to earn her Summit Award, which requires completion of all three journeys in any given level.

Girl scout get moving journey