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Celebrate World Thinking Day
Learn all about this exciting day to celebrate our global sisterhood and come together to take action.
Making the world a better place is Girl Scout Law, so it’s no surprise we have a holiday dedicated to doing
just that. Each February 22, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides across 150 countries celebrate World Thinking
Day. It’s a day of international friendship and a time to stand up for causes that could improve the lives of
girls around the globe. And while the holiday itself comes in February, the World Thinking Day Award can
be earned at any time of year.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), which you—as a Girl Scout—are part of,
has celebrated World Thinking Day since 1926.
Observed by 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts worldwide, World Thinking Day has a different theme
each year. In 2022, the theme is “Our World: Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality.”
To earn your World Thinking Day Award, you’ll explore how girls and women are disproportionately
affected by climate change and participate in the Girl Scout Tree Promise.
Join us for GSCB's
World Thinking Day Event
February 19th
10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
All Levels
Register Here.
Troop & Group Activities
For this activity, you’ll play the
WAGGGS “Listen to Girls” game. This
Listen to Girls game shares a
collection of what other girls around
the world are saying about what they
need. Find out what these girls are
saying, and then reflect and discuss it
as a group. Check out instructions
and rules here.
We will be planting
trees in the Spring.
Details coming soon.
Design Your Own Pin
The World Trefoil Pin shows that you are part of
the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl
Scouts (WAGGGS). On it are three leaves
representing the Girl Scout Promise, with a flame
that stands for loving all the people in the world.
The compass needle is to guide you, and the two
stars are the Girl Scout Promise and Law. The
outer circle represents the World Association,
and the golden yellow trefoil on a bright blue
background stands for the sun shining over the
children of the world.
World Scramble
For this activitiy you will learn about equality in the workforce. In our "World"
Scramble activity, you will find the top ten countries that have the best
conditions for women to work. Read up more about them here.
Australia Canada New Zealand Spain Mexico
Bosnia & United Lithuiana Iceland Latvia
Herzegovina Kingdom
Climate Change Heroes
Use these stories about influential girls and women who are making an
impact around the globe to answer our crossword puzzle.
*Information and images were found on Global Citizen and ABCNews.
When Carmela recognized that the fishing industry
was not sustainable, she knew she needed to take
action. She became a fisheries technologist, and was
able to create new policies in her town to protect
aquamarine life.
Vanya writes a blog about climate change to help
spread awareness to her county in India. She along
with her local peers, spread advocacy to protect the
trees and mountains where she lives.
Lauren launched the Eco Justice Project, a digital platform
that educates on global climate justice, promotes
intersectional climate action, and amplifies the voices of
marginalized communities. She is also a writer and content
strategist for Brown Girl Green and the co-host of the
podcast Black Girl Blueprint.
Ellyanne is the force behind Children With Nature — a
nonprofit that has planted more than 250,000 trees across
Kenya. Working with the help of her mother, Ellyanne’s
organization has partnered with 80 local schools to create
tree nurseries that generate income for the schools through
the sale of seedlings—and that produce nutritious fruit for
food insecure students.
Catherine studies the world's food supply as director of
NASA's Harvest Africa Program and is already seeing the
effects of climate change on communities in Africa.The
data she collects helps advance methods and influence
policy decisions.
Asmeret is a professor of soil biogeochemistry at the
University of California Merced. She studies how the soil
system maintains temperatures and creates new ways for
fewer greenhouse gases to be released.
Allison is an oceanographer who was a part of an
expedition called Mosaic. She is leading the way in helping
the world understand the melting of icebergs, and how it
affects climate change.
Kehkashan's been featured in the Forbes' "30 Under 30" list
and founded the Green Hope Foundation, a global social
innovation youth enterprise that works with those who are
in vulnerable and marginalized communities, in 2012 when
she was just 12 years old.
Xiya, wants to see climate education embedded
across all subjects in schools from K-12. She is a climate
activist who urges politicians to employ policies that protect
and value the planet.
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