My son helping to put up our tent, August 2012

Camp and Hike with Less Impact

Reduce and reuse on your next camping and hiking trips! In this episode, we’ll talk about:

  • where to get gear, whether secondhand, rented or new
  • the creative reuse challenges associated with stoves and lanterns
  • reducing food packaging waste
  • preparing for long-distance hikes
  • finding ways to creatively reuse at your campsite
  • what to do with damaged camping gear
  • trash at music festivals where people camp

You can listen to my podcast episode on camping & hiking with less impact in this YouTube video. It originally aired in June 2018.

Camping and Hiking Gear – Buying Secondhand, New or Getting Free

Creative Reuse Ideas at the Campsite

Cinnamon rolls baked in an orange peel

Store first aid supplies or spices in pieces of plastic straw

Make your head lamp into a lantern

Make a toilet paper holder from a coffee container

Companies Who Make Items from Recycled Tents

Long-Distance Hiking

Check out this Zero Waste Countdown interview with two long-distance hikers who incorporated many zero-waste and creative reuse tips into their trip.

Camping at Music Festivals

A video came out this year of the Reading Festival with shocking visuals of thousands of tents going to landfill:

Some of my Family’s Camping Memories

Treehouse where we camped in New Brunswick - August 2014 - Those are my parents - we had a screen tent underneath for cooking to keep blackflies away
Treehouse where we camped in New Brunswick – August 2014 – Those are my parents – we had a screen tent underneath for cooking to keep blackflies away
Cooking breakfast on a Coleman two-burner stove
Cooking breakfast on a Coleman two-burner stove
My son waking up in a tent, August 2010
My son waking up in a tent, August 2010
Putting up our tent in a field, June 2011
Putting up our tent in a field, June 2011
Foil dinner prep while camping - August 2013
Foil dinner prep while camping – August 2013

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