Leave No Trace Canada launches new website in English and French

Leave No Trace Canada / Sans trace Canada has launched a new website featuring information in both English and French. Check it out at: leavenotrace.ca

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North By Northeast

North of the border and interested in Leave No Trace?

Though their website doesn’t even reflect the change yet, Leave No Trace / Sans trace Canada has moved their headquarters from Alberta to Québec. The organization, that has been running on incredible volunteerism since its inception, has also just hired its first staff person. Renée-Claude Bastien, who now manages Leave No Trace efforts in Canada, is available to field questions, in English or in French, about all aspect of the Canadian program. Her contact information:

Renée-Claude Bastien
Leave No Trace Canada / Sans trace Canada
4981, boulevard Lévesque Est
Laval (Québec) H7C 1N3
1-877-238-9343
info@leavenotrace.ca

Traveling Abroad To Teach Leave No Trace

Over the past 4 years, I've had the good fortune to travel to Hong Kong, Canada, Scotland, Montenegro and Ireland (twice) to offer in-depth Leave No Trace training. While the travel is exciting and it's always great to see and get to know a new place, the best part of it for me is knowing that I'm making a difference for the future. The impacts seen in one country may be very different from the next. Regardless, there are always some impacts and most of which we can do something about. Whether it's learning how to effectively deal with human waste or secure food and trash from wildlife or building less impactful fires, the teaching of new skills is important. More important, however, is instilling an outdoor ethic that will (hopefully) grow over time, increasing peoples connection to the land. People protect what they know and care about, especially if they have the skills to do so. It's been very encouraging to see the Leave No Trace program to take root and grow around the globe. Maybe one day all people, worldwide, who enjoy the outdoors will do so in a responsible way that leaves a legacy to those that come after us.

International Leave No Trace

**Photo: The Leave No Trace principle, "Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces" is taught on a Japanese Trainer Course hosted by partner, Discovery U.

Have you ever wondered how Leave No Trace applies on Mount Kilimanjaro, on the Galapagos Islands, in the Brazilian rain forests, Japan or the Middle East? The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics has received inquiries from over 60 countries in recent years for education, training or the tools to provide Leave No Trace programs in their countries. Requests have ranged from developing Leave No Trace organizations in New Zealand, Israel and India to programmatic work in places such as the Ukraine, Philippines, China, Tanzania and Bolivia. To that end, we provide educational tools and offers partnerships to these international groups. Additionally, basic Leave No Trace information has been translated into over a dozen languages, and organizations are using the program all over the world.

As a component of the Center’s international response, we have assisted in the development of three international branch organizations: Leave No Trace Australia, Leave No Trace/Sans trace Canada and Leave No Trace Ireland. These branches of the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics function as independent, nonprofit organizations with their own governance, funding sources and strategic priorities though they share in the mission of Leave No Trace.

If you are interested in learning more about the three Leave No Trace branch organizations, their contact information is below:

Leave No Trace Australia:
www.lnt.org.au
Cameron Crowe, Executive Director
cameron@lnt.org.au
08 9384 9062

Leave No Trace Canada / Sans trace Canada:
www.leavenotrace.ca
Dean Cattell, Board Chair
info@leavenotrace.ca or catfam@sasktel.net
877-238-9343

Leave No Trace Ireland:
http://leavenotraceireland.org
Beverley Pierson, Coordinator
beverley@leavenotraceireland.org
0044 28 9030 3938