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Champions for Nature Challenge

Hello nature lover! Welcome to Champions for Nature, a challenge for Scouts who want to learn about and promote healthy plant life and wildlife. Thriving biodiversity is key to a healthy planet, so let’s learn more about what lifestyle habits we can adopt and promote as humans to build a better world for all living things.

To get started, check out the information below and speak with your Scout Leader about becoming a Champion for Nature!

Champions for Nature Challenge SDGs

In case you didn't know…

  • The Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature currently identifies over 42,100 species facing the threat of extinction.
  • Biodiversity represents the variety of life forms on our planet, with each organism playing a key role in the balancing and functioning of our global ecosystem.
  • A healthy and diverse ecosystem is essential for human survival.

So how can we help protect it?

Take this challenge and you’ll be able to:

  • Discover the connection between humans and nature and how ecosystems work.
  • Recognize the impact of your everyday choices on the environment.
  • Build new habits to save the environment, such as reducing carbon footprint, reducing, reusing and waste management.
  • Implement creative solutions for environmental issues in your community.
  • Adopt sustainable habits for an eco-friendly and healthy lifestyle.

8 steps to earn your digital badge:

  1. Agree with your Leader on the activities and community project you want to do.
  2. Complete a minimum of 5 activities from our activity bank (next page).
  3. Answer the reflection questions after each activity.
  4. Complete your community service project related to eco-friendly lifestyles or healthy ecosystems.
  5. Reflect with your Adult Leader on your experience during the challenge and how your project is making a positive change.
  6. Share your project story on sdgs.scout.org.
  7. Wait up to a week for the feedback email.
  8. Congratulations on a job well done! Your digital badge is in your account.

Let’s choose some eco-friendly activities and make the planet smile!