Exploring Nature: Family Camping Tips

Exploring Nature: Family Camping Tips – “When are we going camping?” Asked my son the other day. Camping is a highly anticipated activity in our household. As a child, I also loved camping. My parents couldn’t afford fancy trips abroad, but that didn’t matter. Our summer camping trips were filled with the best kind of adventure: exploring forests, climbing rocks, playing in streams, eating marshmallows, and listening to bedtime stories. Camping was magical and I wanted to share that magic with my kids.

I approached our first family camping adventure with excitement. I prepared for everything. I packed, packed again …

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Eco-tourism: Preserving Fragile Ecosystems

Eco-tourism: Preserving Fragile Ecosystems – Traveling broadens the mind. We can learn about new places and people, and in doing so, we learn about ourselves. Yet, it is essential that we do not allow animals, nature and the planet as a whole to pay the price for our experiences.

This is where ecotourism, sustainable travel and responsible travel all play a vital role. While responsible and sustainable travel requires traveling mindfully, ecotourism is a way to preserve the natural world as we learn about it. It allows us a more sustainable, kind and thoughtful way of traveling as we strive …

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