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A Guide to Low-Waste Backpacking
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.
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Best Places for Sustainable Travel to Reset for the New Year
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...
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The LifeStraw team will be out of the office on Giving Tuesday. Here’s Why:
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.
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Going Beyond Safe Water: An experience with LifeStraw in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican border
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.
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10 of the Best Hikes in the US for Fire Fall Foliage
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...
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Prepping for emergencies: 10 things to build a lightweight, no-expiration disaster kit
Here is our team’s guide to building the ultimate no-expiration emergency preparedness kit.
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