Scouts across the world are lending their voices in the fight against climate change. From the Arctic Circle to small island states, to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, climate change is impacting upon traditional Scouting activities. The World Organization of the Scout Movement is made up of over 30 million girls, boys, women and men in 160 countries and they are feeling the heat from climate change across the globe.

New York -October 2009- This year 41 Youth Delegates were invited to participate in the 3rd committee meetings of the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Of the 41 participants 4 of them were Scouts. Present in New York were Falko Mohrs,Germany, Gita Hulmanova, Slovakia, Linda Walberg, Sweden and Tobias Naef, Switzerland.

The Scout Association of Mexico has announced a new date for the 13th Panamerican Scout Jamboree, which will now be held from 10 to 18 July 2010 in Toluca, Mexico.

En marzo de 1909, el propio Fundador del Movimiento Scout en el mundo, Sir Robert Baden-Powell, se presentó ante un plenario de personas influyentes de la sociedad chilena de entonces, que se congregaron en el Salón de Honor de la Universidad de Chile y los motivó a trabajar por los jóvenes, siguiendo los principios del Movimiento que había creado y que recién daba sus primeros pasos, para convertirse en un movimiento educativo de alcance mundial. Esto fue el punto de partida para que Chile se convirtiera en la primera nación fuera del imperio británico donde se le daría carácter internacional al Movimiento.

One of the main items dealt with in the last edition of the Iberoamerican Magazine for the Youth, destined to “Youth cultures” and edited by the Iberoamerican Organization of Youth (IOY/OIJ), is to reflect on the multiple cultural expressions of the Iberoamerican youth and how they influence in their respective communities.