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Below you can find, which solar activities took place all over the world from January to De- cember 2020, including the 1st Scouts go Solar Online Training (see picture above). 12.-17.04.2020 (planned) From the 24th-28th of August, 13 Scout leaders Scouts go Solar Training 2020 at KISC: from Latin America, Africa, the Arab region, Eu- After our 1st Scouts go Solar Online Training, our rope and Asia Pacific were starting their train- 13 becoming Solar Ambassadors will join us at KISC ing as Solar Ambassadors to introduce Scouts to absolve the practical part of their training. go Solar to their Scout Organisations and com- munities. It is planned that the practical part of 02.-13.08.2021 the training will continue at KISC in April 2021. European Jamboree 2021: We are having a Scouts go Solar information stand We are also very happy to announce that we with activities in Gdansk, Poland. Go and have a are part of the official Earth Tribe Programme look and say hello! of WOSM, which was launched in June 2020. Follow us on the Facebook Earth Tribe Page for 20.-28.07.2021 updates and solar stories! Scouts go Solar Training 2021 at KISC: 15 Scout leaders from all over the world will be And most of all, thanks a lot to everyone, who trained as Solar Ambassadors. Contact Tina under taught Scouts and communities, how to use so- [email protected] to apply for the training. lar energy, which is clean and free for every- one! It has been a difficult year, but we are so 15.-17.10.2021 proud that the current pandemic cannot stop 64th World JOTA Mondial: us and we continue growing. Have fun reading Scouts go Solar will again be present at the famous about the diverse activities in the Scouts go So- Jamboree on air. lar Newsletter and let yourself be inspired! From the 4th – 10th of January 2020, the Argentinian So- lar Ambassador Dino Carini presented Scouts go Solar at the 16th Interamerican Scout Camporee in Brazil with his team of Carla Neves, Katerine Keller Correa and Ga- briela Gazola. With an information stand and work- shops as part of the Better World Framework team, they introduced thousands of young visitors to the ef- fective use of solar energy. Together they created solar art with the sun, a magnifying glass and a piece of wood, learned about climate change and renewable en- ergies and cooked with the parabolic solar cooker. Figure 2 Figure 1: Scouts go Solar Information Stand at the 16th Interamerican Scout Camporee in Brazil, January 2020. Figure 2: Workshop participants show their solar art, January 2020. On the 10th of January 2020, the National Scout Organisation of the Kingdom of Eswatini introduced Scouts go Solar into their environmental education programme. The Minister of Environment as well as national television were present: During several presentations, the Solar Ambassador Hulumende Mavuso informed about the importance of solar energy and its possibilities. They showed useful solar equipment like power banks, lamps, fans, fountains and radios. The task of the group leaders already trained by Hulumende Mavuso is now to introduce their Scouts to solar education and to realise solar projects for their Figure 3: Scouts go Solar is being officially introduced into the environ- surrounding communities. The demand is already high. mental programme of the National Scout Organisation of the Kingdom of Eswatini, January 2020. On the 18th of January, Scouts go Solar activities were realised at the Vijayanagar local association rally 2019- 2020 in the Bangalore Scout district. Over 30 young Scouts were experimenting with the sun through pro- ducing solar art, playing the car race by reflecting rays of light onto a solar panel and drawing solar pictures with the solar spinning disc. Before the activities, they were informed about the dangers of the sun and were making their own sunglasses to protect their eyes. They were informed about the advantages of solar energy and how they can easily use it during their daily lives. Figure 4: Young Scouts are showing their solar art, January 2020.. On the 22nd of January, the Solar Ambassador Asif Mahmood realised an Energy Conservation Workshop at the Public High School Kutchery Road in the city of Sial- kot. In collaboration with the Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency, 43 young students were learning about the advantages of renewable energies and solar energy. They learned how to be more energy efficient in their everyday lives and were introduced to useful solar gadgets as well as games. At the end of the Figure 5: Pupils of the Public High School Kutchery Road have success- workshop, each participant proudly received a certifi- fully absolved their solar workshop, January 2020. cate. On the 23rd of January, the advanced member of the solar force and becoming Solar Ambassador Chansak Sanguan- kiattisuk realised an extensive Scouts go Solar workshop at the middle school of Thamuangradbumrung in Tha Muang. Equipmentwise, he kindly was supported by the Suankularb Wittayalai Thonburi School. During the work- shop, the pupils could compete in the solar car race on a special “somular 1” car racetrack. For a snack, omelets and rice were being cooked on the big parabolic solar cooker. The pupils also learned how to make their own sundial and how to disinfect water with the sun. Figure 6: A pupil is creating solar art by burning a picture into wood with the sun and a magnifying glass., January 2020. On the 23rd of January, the first Scouts go Solar Training was organised by the Solar Ambassador Eduardo Lima and the coordinator of the Scout Region of Goias, Luiz Botosso, at the Scenes Centre BASE Escoteira de Pesquisa e Educação Ambiental in Goias. The entire team of the centre of 18 Scout leaders was introduced to Scouts go Solar activities: They were making their own sunglasses and sundials, were soldering solar LED lamps and playing the solar car race. The Scout leaders were also experimenting extensively with solar cooking: They were building their own Copenhagen Cooker and cooked with it. They made popcorn with the big para- bolic solar cooker and tried several types of commercial solar cook- ers. Figure 8: Collection of activities during the first Scouts go Solar Train- ing at BASE, January 2020. Figure 7: Solar Ambassador Eduardo Lima and Coor- dinator Luiz Botosso at the first Scouts go Solar Training in Brazil, January 2020. On the 25th of January, the Scout Organization of Bhu- tan organised a Scouts go Solar workshop for 78 chil- dren and 8 adults from the royal military quarter of Thimphu. At different workstations, the participants could experience the solar suitcase, the solar fountain, solar lamps and fans. In addition, they could produce solar art themselves and run races with solar toys. They cooked their lunch with a parabolic solar cooker. The National Scout Organization of Bhutan has been in- terested in providing a solid solar education to Scouts and non-Scouts since 2019. To this end, group leaders were taught by our Thai Solar Ambassador Piromsak Kidputtanasombut in the summer of 2019 and various solar materials were purchased. Figure 9: Participants of the Scouts go Solar Workshop are cooking eggs with the parabolic solar cooker, January 2020. At the end of January, the Solar Ambassador Rhodah Ndegwa was representing Scouts go Solar at an infor- mation event for Noman women in Marsabit. She in- formed the women about how easily they can use solar energy by giving an extensive presentation and leading a follow-up discussion. Afterwards, she equipped each family with a portable, lightweight solar lamp. The fami- lies were usually using torches, which are not always re- liable, as the dry cells are not always available in the vil- lage shops. With a solar lamp, which simply charges it- self, dangers such as scorpions at night can be avoided. Moreover, the solar lamps are making it easier for the family to do the housework and for the children to do their homework. Figure 10: The Kenyan Solar Ambassador Rhodah Ndegwa is inform- ing Nomad women in Marsabit about solar energy, January 2020. FEBRUARY From the 30th of January – 2nd of February, Scouts go So- lar workshops were realised for girl groups at the Falcon Grammar School Camp 2020. The groups made solar art, experienced the solar fountain and learned about solar cooking and how to make their own parabolic DIY cooker with aluminum foil. Figure 11: A young girl Scout is producing solar art, February 2020. At the beginning of February, our experienced Solar Ambassador Bernando de Leon led a Scouts go Solar workshop for the 30 employees of the council of Basi- lan. He showed them how to build solar materials themselves, which will help the population in emer- gency situations as after typhoons. Together they con- structed the solar suitcase with LED lamps and a USB port, soldered LED solar lamps and built a simple solar cooker. He also showed them various solar games, with which they can inform children about the use of solar Figure 12: Our Solar Ambassador Bernando de Leon is giving the energy. council members of Basilan a Scouts go Solar workshop as a preven- tive measurement after typhoons, February 2020. On the 15th of February, Eswatini Solar Ambassador Hu- lumende Mavuso realised a Souts go Solar workshop for 40 Eswatini Scouts. At 36 degrees Celsius, they were ex- perimenting with different solar equipment: they were us- ing the 12-volt solar iron, were playing the solar beep game and solar grasshopper race as well as the coloured bottle game.