This Summer Leave No Trace
Posted in The Simple Life
What does it mean to leave no trace? It means enjoying your outdoor activities to the fullest, yet leaving no sign that you were ever there.
Toshiba and Scouts Canada have teamed up to promote an environmental education program—Leave No Trace. The program has seven principles:
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What you Find
- Minimize Campfire Impact
- Respect Wildlife
- Be Considerate of Others.
Some of the ways you can put the principles into practice:
- Pack out all garbage, and pick up garbage left behind by other campers
- Take only pictures
- Hike along existing trails whenever possible
- Don’t wash dishes (or bathe) directly in lakes, rivers, streams or ponds
- Use biodegradable soaps and shampoos
- Don’t feed or harass wildlife
- Use stoves, where possible, instead of an open fire
- Respect the rights of fellow campers – keep voices low and leave radios at home
- Don’t cut down living plants or trees
- Buy or repackage food into burnable or reusable containers
- If you have a large group, divide into several smaller parties and camp on different sites at least 100 metres apart to lessen environmental impact
- Don’t dig trenches around tents, and don’t dig holes for grease pits
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