Citizenship in the World – updated

Citizenship in the World Merit Badge

Scouts who earn the Citizenship in the World merit badge will discover that they are already citizens of the world. How good a citizen each person is depends on their willingness to understand and appreciate the values, traditions, and concerns of people in other countries.

We don’t live in our own world. We share the planet with more than 8 billion people. These people stare at the same sky, but they see it from different positions: coral islands, desert dunes, terraced mountains, rainforests, grasslands, and landlocked megacities. And yet most of these people want the same things we want: good health, personal security, and the freedom to worship as we please, speak what we think, choose our lifestyles, and elect our leaders.