Who Should Take This Course

This course explores how Leave No Trace can be applied not only to protect the environment but also to foster a more inclusive and welcoming outdoor culture. Participants will examine the historical context of outdoor access and learn practical skills for sharing the lands they recreate on with all people.

This course is designed for outdoor educators, recreation leaders, and stewards of public lands.

  • Level 1 and Level 2 Instructors and anyone actively teaching Leave No Trace

  • Outdoor educators, guides, and leaders

  • Community and outdoor stewards

  • Anyone and everyone who spends time outside, in any capacity!

Course curriculum

    1. Course Instructions

    2. Course Objectives

    3. Meet Your Instructors

    4. Welcome to Share the Lands

    5. Key Terms

    1. An Invitation

    2. Activity: Write In

    3. Co-Creating That World

    4. Incorporating the Positive Benefits of Nature Into Daily Life

    5. A Part of Nature

    6. Looking Back to Move Forward

    1. Understanding Our History

    2. Indigenous Displacement

    3. Slavery, Segregation, and Jim Crow

    4. Disability and Accessibility

    5. Who Has Always Worked to Protect Nature?

    6. What Does All This History Have to Do With Today?

    1. Who Belongs Outdoors?

    2. Activity: Write In

    3. Who is Outdoors

    4. Redefine Adventure

    5. Activity: Write In

    6. How We Define Adventure

    1. How to Share the Lands

    2. Activity: Write In

    3. Action Compass

    4. Sharing and Caring

    5. Advocate

    6. Be Kind

    7. Create Space

    8. Detect Bias

    9. Educate Yourself

    10. For Goodness Gracious Intervene When You Can

    11. The Guidelines to Share the Lands

    1. Leave No Trace and Sharing the Lands

    2. Activity: Write In

    3. Our Personal Outdoor Ethic

    4. No Shame

    5. How Else Can I Help?

    6. Bonus Activity: Write In

About this course

  • Free
  • 47 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

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