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Description

Flag up issues and share your promise to help improve the natural environment in your local area.

Courtesy of The Scout Association
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/fly-your-flag-for-the-planet/

Resources

Craft materials (for example, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, stickers)
Rolls of coloured fabric
Fabric or felt tip pens
Fabric scissors
Fabric glue

Instructions

Before you begin
- The group should spend some time thinking about a promise they can make to help the planet. The person leading the activity should prompt them to talk as a group and think of things that matter to them.
- Several members of the group might choose the same promise, but there should be some variety to the discussion. Some questions that they could think about could be:
- What do you love about nature?
- What could you give back to nature?
- Why is nature important?

Run the activity
1. The person leading the activity should show the group how to cut a strip of fabric to make the flag. Each strip should be about five centimetres wide and fifty centimetres long. Everyone should choose their favourite colour fabric from the selection and begin cutting.
- Using fabric scissors can be tricky. Do this part one person at a time, so that the person leading the activity can supervise everyone. Younger groups may need help or to have strips of fabric prepared ahead of time.

2. Everyone should decide on their promise to the planet and write it across their strip of fabric. Write in a suitable colour to ensure that the message is visible. The group should also decorate the strips of fabric to make them eye-catching. Each piece of fabric should be large and colourful enough to be hung as a flag.
- Remember that the fabric may be moving in the wind when people look.

3. The person leading the activity should choose a location for the flags to be fixed. Public features like trees, lampposts and buildings may need permission, so hanging the flags somewhere on the building or land where you meet will be easier. Try to make sure that the flags are easy to see for anyone passing by and that the messages can be read from a public road.

Tags

• climate action
• climate change

Badge Links

• World - Environment