EARTH SCOUTS OF EAST HADDAM AND MOODUS

Earth Scouts is a nationally recognized organization created by concerned people who wanted to educate our youth, the future of our world. It is comprised of girls and boys ages three to fifteen, who begin to understand and practice the ways of the Earth Charter set of principles.

Children who participate in Earth Scouts will learn many life lessons under the general topics of human rights, economic justice, participatory democracy, peace and non-violence, and respect for nature. As children learn and grow to be well-rounded, mature, and promising leaders for the future, they are able to share ideas and make memories and friends that last a lifetime. Each of the main topics has a special badge that Earth Scouters can earn based on meeting certain criteria and proving that they have internalized the meanings behind the words.

The preamble gives insight into who the Earth Scouts are as a group: "We are living at a very important time when we have the challenge of saving the Earth. All the peoples and cultures of the world form One great family; for this reason we must unite: To respect nature, to respect human rights and to live together in peace and justice. We have a responsibility to ourselves and to each other, now, and for the future."

If you are interested or know someone who may be interested in joining Earth Scouts of East Haddam/Moodus, please contact efroark@gmail.com for further details.

The Earth Scouts Chapter of East Haddam/Moodus was initially a senior project for two local girls, Erika Faircloth and Theresa Govert who attended Nathan Hale-Ray High School. As members of the Earth Charter, they believe that it is essential to pass on the knowledge of the world to future leaders, and wanted to be able to start a unit of motivated students to prove that anyone at all can change the world.

Their hopes for the group was that it became a sustainable and continuous organization that would grow larger and stronger as the years went by, and would influence people to generally treat all of the earth and anything that resides upon it with respect and understanding. With the help of their wonderful advisor and biology teacher, Dr. Eileen Roark, the project is on its way to becoming a very important group in the small town. Many others have assisted in their successes so far, and they hope to grow even more.