World Thinking Day
The day World Thinking Day is celebrated
What is February 22nd?
On average, one supermarket goes through 60 million paper bags each year (T or F)
What is TRUE?
GirlGuiding sells cookies and biscuits (T or F)
What is FALSE?
GirlGuiding UK doesn't sell cookies (nor biscuits). However, USA Girl Scout cookies are available at some USA military bases in the UK and can be sold to Americans who live on or near those bases.
The name of the levels are the same (T or F)
What is FALSE?
Daisies = Sparks
Brownies = Embers
Juniors = Guides
Cadettes = Pathfinders
Seniors = Rangers
The theme of World Thinking Day 2023
What is “Our World, Our Peaceful Future: The environment, peace, and security”?
There is a floating patch of garbage in the ocean (T or F)
What is TRUE?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a twisting and turning vortex composed of trash and waste. It is twice the size of continental America and contains about 100 million tons of garbage, it stretches from the West Coast of North America to Japan along the Pacific Ocean.
GirlGuiding is the UK’s largest charity for girls and young women (T or F)
What is TRUE?
It’s the UK’s largest charity for girls and young women and also the most popular youth organization with girls across the country, with 110,000 members.
Canada has TWO Cookie Seasons (T or F)
What is TRUE?
1st Season March- June
2nd Season October- December
WAGGGS stands for...
What is World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts?
Only 5% of the earth’s water is safe for human consumption (T or F)
What is FALSE?
About 71% of the earth is water. The oceans hold approximately 96.5% of this water and the ice caps hold about 2%. The remaining water exists in rivers, ponds, lakes, as water vapor and our taps.
You can be a GirlGuide forever (T or F)
What is TRUE?
The Trefoil Guild is a branch of GirlGuiding that offers guidance and support to GirlGuiding groups across the country, with members over 18 years old that have previously been involved with Scouts or Guides. Once you reach 25, you then have the option to become a leader.
They accept both boy and girl Guides (T or F)
What is FALSE?
The US accepts Scouts of all genders. However, Canada does not. Why? When they surveyed their Guides, They said they wanted Girl Guides to be a safe space for girls only.
The amount of countries that celebrate World Thinking Day
What is 150?
The amount of times paper from trees can be recycled
What is 6?
Paper comes from trees and can be recycled a maximum of six times, after which, its fibers become too weak to hold together.
GirlGuiding has it’s own magazine (T or F)
What is TRUE?
The year Girl Guides was founded in Canada
What is 1910?
To earn the World Thinking Day Badge you...
What is...
1. Learn about Girl Scouts around the world
2. Explore environmental problems
3. Learn how you can work with nature to create a more peaceful and secure future for girls everywhere
The age of the oldest tree in America
What is 4,600 years old?
The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus Longaeva) has been deemed the oldest tree in existence. Very cold temperatures associated with high winds, in addition to a slow growth rate, create dense wood, meaning some years they grow so slowly, they don’t add a ring of growth!
This member of the Royal family became the 1st Royal Brownie
Who is Princess Margaret
Princess Margaret was the Daughter of Queen Elizabeth (1900-2002) and King George VI (1895-1952)
The price of Girl Guide Cookies
What is $5?