Start bringing a backpack and take your cans home with you. Donate. Ride a bike. Compost. If we’re not more careful and more adamant about cleaning up after ourselves we're putting the planet in danger. There are Leave No Trace (LNT) principals, but here are 9 tips to Leave it Better than You Found It.

Love getting outside and interested in giving back to your local community? Then start looking into outdoor volunteer opportunities! Learn more about The Mountaineers, a WA State-based non-profit and volunteer-run organization offering youth and adult outdoor courses and programs since 1906.

With two-thirds of the world’s population living in urban settings, it is critically important that people find ways to get outdoors. Especially young people. Outdoor programs expanding access for youth play an important role in the health of our communities at large.

This is quick overview of 5 organizations who are pursuing equitable outdoor access. Their work is what Making Camp for Everyone is all about. We hope they inspire you to add your voice and actions to making the outdoor community—and all other communities—stronger through the power of the outdoors.