Danish Scouts and Guides Climate Camp receives a Royal visits

On Sunday 13th, Climate Camp was visited by HRH Princess Benedikte. The Princess made a tour around the camp to see a different activities on offer and then attended a special reception where she met Scouts and Guides delegations from all over the world. Attending the reception was the Scouts and Guides delegations all over the world and thirty two Danish Scouts and Guide Scouts for the Climate Summit.

At the reception young representatives from this group and also from the Climate Camp spoke about the role that Scouting and Guiding has to play in tackling the climate change and gave some personal experiences of how their involvement in Scouts and Guides has support them in their life.



The Climate Camp itself was hold by Danish Scouts and Guides and has been running until now. The Camp will end when the COP 15 over. The aim of the camp is to highlight the importance of climate change and the need for everyone to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. It does this by engaging adults and young people in a variety of fun, Scouting activities.




The Climate Camp is open for all, provide free activities and has a climate cafe serving hot drinks and food. It is situated in Højbro Square in central Copenhagen and is open from 10.00am to 10.00pm every day until 18th December 2009. - www.scout.org