In this post, we break down how to plan and prepare for a 3-day, low-waste backcountry backpacking trip. By following our guide you’ll feel more organized, confident, and less overwhelmed with the process as you plan for your next adventure. And the best part, you can feel good knowing you’re being proactive in taking responsibility to keep our treasured places clean and natural.

Written in partnership with bloggers Jules and Christine of Don't Forget to Move The New Year is the perfect time to travel. While most people are hermitting after the holidays, you can actually score some awesome travel deals during January and February. It can also be incredibly therapeutic to start off the new year (and a new decade!) with travel. Taking a New Year’s trip can instill a sense of excitement to what is normally a dreary time of year (if you live in the Northern hemisphere). More than that, it can help you reset after what is inevitably a stressful...

A note from Alison Hill, LifeStraw's managing director: giving back is part of the DNA of our company. That is why I encourage our staff, and everyone who loves the LifeStraw brand, to give of yourself - Give You - this holiday season. I am giving the entire LifeStraw team the day off work this Giving Tuesday, December 3, to volunteer or participate in activities that give back to their communities.

In August, we worked with partners in the Secretaria de Salud to conduct an assessment – first obtaining a list of all the migrant centers in Juarez, the number of people they were housing, and the state of their drinking water.

To most people, the Fall season means leaves turning bright red and orange, the weather becoming more brisk and chilled, and the holiday season looming closer and closer by the day. But for nature-lovers and outdoor enthusiasts, Fall also means soaking up the final moments of adventure and outdoor fun before the below zero weather and fleeting daylight take over in the Winter months.  Fall is the perfect time to explore new hiking spots and feed your drive for the outdoors before Winter settles in. And if you don’t know where to explore, we’ve come up with a list of...

Here is our team’s guide to building the ultimate no-expiration emergency preparedness kit. 

What does a microwave popcorn bag, a nonstick pan and nail polish all have in common? These products frequently contain chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, that are severely threatening public health and water sources around the world.

Harry & Andrea needed to step up our conservation game in order to live up to Airstream’s #LeaveItBeautiful initiative, which inspire travelers and adventurers to leave the world around them more beautiful than they found it. In the spirit of the campaign, they wanted to do all we could to travel green on the road in “Astrid the Airstream."

Being on the road isn’t inherently sustainable, but you can make green choices regardless of whether you hang your hat in a converted van, a shiny Airstream, a condo or a farmhouse. 

If you’re in North America, you’re probably winding down from a summer full of fun. But there's still time for some more outdoor activities before the weather cools down, and for us that means camping! Check out some of our favorite lake camping spots in North America.

Since the 1950s, plastic manufacturing has skyrocketed and with it, plastic contamination. Everything from plastic straws to plastic soda rings are polluting bodies of water around the world. Plastic pollution is certainly a huge issue in the conversation of environmental degradation, but where does its smaller counterpart, microplastics, fall into the conversation?

As millions of kids around the country trade swimsuits and popsicle sticks for backpacks and pencils, parents should be advised that recent research shows that contaminants in school drinking water can pose a threat to student health.