{"id":15317,"date":"2013-01-22T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T19:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=15317"},"modified":"2015-07-27T11:53:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T15:53:25","slug":"hacker-scouts-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/hacker-scouts-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Option for Active Kids: the Hacker Scouts [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I was a Boy Scout for a number of years during my childhood &#8211; got some of my love of the outdoors and the environment from them. The uniforms and such were a bit much, though (and, yes, lots of homophobia). So, I think I would&#8217;ve preferred the Hacker Scouts, a new concept that has all of the cool stuff from scouting without the neckerchiefs! It&#8217;s even coed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Got an active, imaginative kid at home that could use a positive creative outlet? While Hacker Scouting appears limited to its birthplace in Oakland, California currently, looks like there&#8217;s potential for it to grow, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/12\/23\/167285991\/with-growth-of-hacker-scouting-more-kids-learn-to-tinker\">according to NPR<\/a>. We&#8217;re down with any organization that awards merit badges for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2013\/01\/from-trash-to-table-austrian-activists-launch-freegan-cooking-show\/\">dumpster diving<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/2012\/09\/21\/6-upcycled-hacks-automotive-edition\/\">upcycling<\/a>! Take a look at the infographic below to get more information, and let us know if you&#8217;d like to start something similar for your own child\/children. Click on the image for a larger version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hacker-Scouts-infographic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"2198\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18789\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hacker-Scouts-infographic.png\" alt=\"hacker scouts infographic\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hacker-Scouts-infographic.png 800w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hacker-Scouts-infographic-109x300.png 109w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Hacker-Scouts-infographic-373x1024.png 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Infographic source:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backgroundcheck.org\/forget-boy-scouts-here-come-hacker-scouts\/\">Backgroundcheck.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a positive creative outlet for your kids, but not sure that traditional scouting is a good fit? Hacker Scouts is new alternative: all the hands-on fun without the uniforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":15319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[370,1101,6276,1757,6277,6278,6279],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Hacker Scouts [Infographic]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Got active kids at home, but you&#039;re not sure about traditional scouting? 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