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Outdoor Ethics Action Award (Scouts BSA)
Scouts BSA
2013 requirements, effective May 1, 2013
Requirements
The Outdoor Ethics Action Award challenges Scouts and Scouters
to take affirmative steps to improve their outdoor skills. The
requirements are as follows:
1.
Do the following:
(a)
Unless already completed, earn the Outdoor Ethics
Awareness Award.
(b)
Complete the BSA Leave No Trace Orientation Course or the BSA Leave No Trace Basics course.
(c)
Explain how each of the four points of the Outdoor Code (www.scouting.org/OutdoorProgram/OutdoorEthics) guides your actions when outdoors.
2.
Do the following:
(a)
Read chapter 7 of the Scouts BSA handbook on outdoor ethics.
(b)
Teach a skill related to the Outdoor Code or Leave No Trace to another Scout in your troop or another Scouting unit.
3.
Complete one of the following:
Complete 1 of the following
(a)
Successfully complete a term as your troop outdoor
ethics guide.
(b)
Participate in an outing that emphasizes the Leave No Trace Seven Principles. All members of the troop participating in the outing should use outdoor ethics and the specific skills needed to minimize impacts from their use of the outdoors.
4.
Follow the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace Seven Principles on your outings. For each of three separate outings, write a paragraph explaining how you followed the Outdoor Code and Leave No Trace. Share it with your unit leader or an individual who has completed the BSA outdoor ethics orientation course. If your outing included motorized activities, also explain how you followed the Tread Lightly! principles for those activities.
5.
On a troop outing, help your troop on a service activity that
addresses recreational impacts related to the type of outing. The
project should be approved in advance by the landowner or land
manager and lead to permanent or long-term improvements.
6.
Participate in a report at a court of honor or similar family event
on the service activity in requirement 5.