Environment Challenge (What Have I Done Today / What Disaster Am I?)

Scouts are working towards a world where the most suitable environmental practices are
used and where people are prepared to respond to environmental hazards and natural disasters. These activities aim to help Scouts

• Show awareness of how our actions affect the environment and alternative ways to make a
• smaller impact.
• Be able to recognise different types of environmental hazards and natural disasters.
• Demonstrate how to be prepared and react to environmental hazards and natural disasters
  in the local area.

Every day we do things that impact on the environment. Some things we do are good for the environment and some things we do are bad for the environment. Very often we do things without even being aware of how it affects the environment. This game encourages the Scouts to think about how our daily actions affect the natural world all around us.Natural disasters occur all around the world and can have a devastating effect on the natural environment and on human beings. There are lots of different types of natural disaster, for example, hurricane, tropical cyclone, typhoon, tornado, drought, flood, volcano, landslide, tsunami, heat wave, wildfire, insect plague, famine, health epidemic, avalanche and earthquake.

It is very important that we have an understanding of natural disasters. We need to be prepared to respond to them when they happen to us and to be able to provide support when they happen to others.