Eco friendly camping

Camping is quickly becoming a very popular vacation idea for many families, with the increase of people comes a risk to the very environment they seek to enjoy.

We all must become more aware how our presence is affecting nature, that is why I decided to explore with you how to camp in an eco friendly way. There are various ways the average family can be more Eco friendly and some will even save you some of the green everyone loves money!

 

The whole point of camping is to enjoy nature and relax if we are not careful we could end up ruining our parks and forests, more and more new campers arrive at camp grounds each year. They are either unaware or simply do not care about some the most important rules of camping, hiking, canoeing or back packing.

Rules for nature

List of do's

• Leave nothing but foot prints
• Use only wood already on the ground for fires
• Observe quite time Rules
• Leave the campsite cleaner than you found it
• Pitch your tent only in an cleared area
• Kids always travel in pairs
• Always dispose  of  your trash only  in approved   dumpsters/trash  barrels

List of do not's

• Never leave a fire unattended 
• Never cut down a tree for fire wood
• Never cut your your trail into the woods(stay on marked paths)
• Use soap near a lake or river
• Never never Flick lit cigarette Butts into the woods
• Don't  throw  trash  on the  ground

the way you prepare food can have an impact on nature, try not to pour grease onto the ground, throw out the left overs never feed the wild life and remember any food left out will attract some mid night raiders!

On our last camping trip even with a spotless campsite we were hit three nights by raccoons, make sure you tie up your food totes.

 We recommend strong bungee cords for keeping your food safe.

Kids no matter where they come from love nature so help teach them to protect it so their kids can enjoy it too. Simply by not littering, using recycled materials and being careful of how you dispose of chemicals can you greatly help preserve nature for every one.
   

  Believe it or not even your tent can be greener, taking measures to prolong the life of your tent or gear in general saves materials.

 When you invest in the right gear your really helping mother nature in a way since you won't be adding trash to the dumps and wasting more raw materials to produce more gear. 

Fun Way to go green

A great way to teach respect for nature is to challenge the whole family to collect and recycle plastic, card board and glass while on  vacation, at the end of the trip tally up how much each member and the whole family saved and give out a prize.

You may be surprised on how much you can collect in a five day vacation, this is something you can easily do year round at home as well.

We always try to use the old idea of "leave nothing but foot prints" when we camp, we have to protect nature so everyone can enjoy .