Ernest Thompson Seton Institute
Inspiring curiosity and respect for nature and humanity
Birthdays have always been special in the Seton family with many events planned around E. T. Seton’s birthday on August 14th. See our Facebook posts throughout the day for information about these events.
Student internship sponsors needed! Please donate to our projects on Giving Tuesday. Seton was trained as an artist and specialized in wildlife art.
Youth programs established or influenced by Seton include Boy Scouts of America, Boy Scouts (UK), Camp Fire Organization, Girl Scouts of the USA, Woodland Folk, and others.
Although the cover image is of John Burroughs, the brief content of this article is about Seton as an artist. Check it out!
By Mark Beese To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Wood Badge at Gilwell, about 80 Scouts and Scouters met with the granddaughters of founder Robert Baden-Powell and BSA founder Ernest Thompson Seton. Gill Clay told stories of BP, the early days of Scouting and demonstrated how Scouting’s left-hand shake originated. Julie Seton talked about her … 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.
