Ernest Thompson Seton Institute
Inspiring curiosity and respect for nature and humanity
Dr. Julie Seton was interviewed on the WWI Centennial Commemorative News podcast series. Her topic was WWI and the Boy Scouts of America. The podcasts can be heard on a number of platforms, but you can find them on You Tube. Search for WWI Centennial.
In communicating with members of the Woodcraft League of the Czech Republic, we have exchanged documents of ET Seton’s work. I sent them a transcript of “The Hunting Wolves” from a recording published by Ron Edmonds and in return, I received a Radio Praha article, recorded in 2015 that offers sections of a talk that ET … Read more
The Woodcraft Rangers was officially established in 1922 in Los Angeles. It has served the youth of Los Angeles through after-school programs and summer camps ever since. A recent visit to their headquarters revealed that they value ETS’s principles and many of the staff have been with the organization for four to fifteen years. The … Read more
Recently published in Fall issue of The Professional Geographer, author Shari Wilcox analyzes the language used by three well-known conservationist authors to describe jaguars. A must read article for anyone interested in environmental rhetoric, big cats, Theodore Roosevelt, Aldo Leopold, and Ernest Thompson Seton.
Now we have a YouTube channel all our own. Check it out and see the video of the Pomerance Park plaque dedication ceremony from Friday, June 16, 2017.
This morning’s Chicago Tribune has an article entitled “10 Things You Might Not Know About Debt.” Number seven on the list is as follows: “Canadian naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton, a father figure in the development of the Boy Scouts, had a difficult relationship with his own dad. When Seton turned 21, his father handed him … Read more
