1. BSA Outdoor Ethic Guide

2. Recommended Training Outdoor Ethics Orientation Couse
Background on need for Outdoor Ethics
Good overview of LNT, TREAD, and Land Ethic
Example of activities to teach
Leave No Trace Trainer Course
Experience teaching
Practice with skills
Speak with authority
Confidence
Concept of the authority of the resource

3. Best Practices Establish an adult mentor that is an LNT Trainer or ME
Develop a plan for the year with OE Guides
OE Guide should assist with planning events at the PLC
OE Guide participates and teaches Outdoor Ethics as part of outings
Make Outdoor Ethics part of advancement campouts
Scouts in troop train Cubs in pack

4. Stand Alone Activities
Outdoor Ethics focused Troop Meeting
Skills stations
Activities
Games
Awareness
Posters
Videos s
Annual Themes / Troop Challenges
Ban the bottle (disposable water bottles)
Mess kits and no disposable tableware
Paper towels
One piece trash
Focus on invasive species

5. Other Opportunities Help teach a trainer course
District / council events
University of Scouting and POW WOW midway
Program launch
Camporee
Goshen 50
National Jamboree
Summer camp, Philmont, Northern Tier
Citizen science

6. Related Awards Outdoor Ethics Awareness Award
Outdoor Ethics Action Award
National Outdoor Award
National Medal for Outdoor Achievement
Hornaday Award

7. References and Resources
Publications:
101 Ways to Teach Leave No Trace (
Leave No Trace “PEAK Packs” (
Leave No Trace in the Outdoors by Jeff Marion (
Quotes from various Boys’ Life magazine articles (
TREAD Lightly video series (
Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (
Soft Paths (
Leave No Trace pamphlet Series (
TREAD Lightly! pamphlet Series (
National Parks LNT DVD (
Web sites:
- NCAC page for Outdoor Ethics
LNT.org - The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics
treadlightly.org - Tread Lightly!
- The Aldo Leopold Foundation
- Outdoor Ethics Program within the BSA
- National site for BSA Outdoor Ethics
– TREAD for kids
lnt.org/teach/peak – Leave No Trace for kids
- BSA Outdoor Ethics Awards
- Troop Leader.org program feature on Outdoor Ethics