Today many young South Africans live in cities...
The green, clean countryside is far away - it may even be unreal for
some!
Yet our world is ONE WORLD - and 'city attitudes' do affect life in
the unseen countryside. Many city folks want their food to be cheaper.
No matter what it costs someone else, somewhere else!
- Do city people really care for the earth?
- Do the people in your street care for the earth?
- Do you care for the earth?
We share this earth together...
- In the city we share our spaces with many others.
- Our homes line the streets...
- All streets run together.
- We have to learn to share the city world.
Those who care about their HOMES
will also care about their STREETS.
Your street, like your home, is another tiny model of caring for your
world.
- It's the place where you learn to live together with your neighbours.
- It's the place you have to care for - together.
- It's the place that you should want to keep... CLEAN, GREEN AND SAFE
...for your own sake.
- It's the place that links you to and reminds you of other people,
for the roads go everywhere, touching all other lives.
The people of earth are one family.
Families should care about each other!
But do we? Is your street-world a family group or a collection of home-owners
who don't know how to care for their shared world?
Scouts should lead the way towards street-caring action.
Street-caring takes `know how', skills and the will to work. Earth-caring
demands the same abilities. As we all learn to share the Earth together,
we experience greater happiness in sharing our love and concern with our
friends and neighbours.
Good Scouting is friendship building.
Plan to be a street-friend and start to make a difference in
your city.
Part 1: Living on Clean Street
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