Conscious Impact Living

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Leave no Trace and Conscious Impact Living are two programs that enable us to enjoy outdoors and also be environment-friendly. During the 1970s, Leave no Trace was founded by the U.S. Forest Service and Conscious Impact Living was developed by Kroka educators in Vermont. Leave no Trace is a non-profit educational program having seven principles for people who enjoy the outdoors, such as wilderness areas, city parks, and any recreational places. Each principle of Leave no Trace would be explained in detail and an example will be provided for each of them. Conscious Impact Living is a program that is a program that can be used on day – to - day basis for people who are conscious of the environment. It is different from Leave no Trace because …show more content…
The second principle would be Travel and Camp on durable surfaces. If I am going on a camping trip, I would make sure that I would make sure to walk on protected pathways and I would buy durable materials for my camping equipment such as nylon and polyester. Durable surfaces like rock, sand, and gravel are important because they cannot be trampled. People cannot walk on flowers because they will get trampled and flowers are not available everytime. This principle connects to a principle of Conscious Impact Living which would be Follow nature’s lead and blend into your surroundings. It means that everything has to blend into nature. An example would be getting our food from sustainable farmers. Another example would be a grey sweater from a thrift shop which might meet people’s needs just as well as a brand new fleece jacket which is made from petroleum in a factory halfway across the world (Moskowitz&Ottey, 2006, 17, …show more content…
A number of people have participated in a survey which was administered to them by Rocky Mountain National Park. The survey wants to know whether people would be likely to practice Leave no Trace principles in the future. The participants said they would be most likely to practice the Leave no Trace principles in the future. This study would help the Rocky Mountain National Park to understand that Leave no Trace principles are efficient to minimize the impacts. Leave no Trace principles are very useful because it will help people to enjoy the outdoors peacefully and relaxing (Hagan, 2015,

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