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Leave No Trace America's Mobile e-tour Completes Unique Educational Initiative in 24 States

After a 112-day training blitz in 24 states in America, the Leave No Trace American e-tour, a team of mobile Leave No Trace educators, just completed their last programme for 2008.  This educational initiative provided direct training to over 4,500 people, primarily children and their families, this summer as part of a national ef ... Read More >

Leave No Trace Attend Scouting Jamboree

Leave No Trace Ireland have taken a presence at this years Scouting Jamboree, which started on Saturday 2nd August and runs to Saturday 10th August in Punchestown.  This event offers Leave No Trace Ireland a fantastic opportunity to spread the message of Leave No Trace to thousands of scouts from all over the world.  The Trainers of Leave No Trace ... Read More >

Leave No Trace Second Master Educator Course – A Resounding Success…

The second ever Leave No Trace Master Educator course was delivered by Ben Lawhon, (Education Director for the Leave No Trace Centre for Outdoor Ethics in Boulder, Colorado) from 16th to 20th June 08 in the Glendasan Valley, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. This course is the highest level of Leave No Trace training and teaches participants the “hard skills” ... Read More >

Regional Training Forums Increase Leave No Trace's Local Impact in America

In early June, the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics in the US held its first of three regional training forums for the organization's volunteer State Advocates. This first event, held in Grapeview, Washington served key West Coast volunteers, providing them with Leave No Trace tools and training to reach their communities. Two more regional training forums are sc ... Read More >

Clean Coast Campaign

There were bottles and barbeques, ring pulls and rust; the beaches of Belfast Lough were given a clean sweep by the children of the Holywood Rudolf Steiner School who collected up to70 bags of rubbish from the shoreline. Earlier this week, pupils and their parents turned out for the school’s annual “clean the coast” campaign – a fundraiser wit ... Read More >

A Perspective from Leave No Trace America

The Leave No Trace Centre for Outdoor Ethics in Boulder, Colorado has received enquiries from over 65 countries in recent years for education, training and tools to provide Leave No Trace programmes. Requests have ranged from developing Leave No Trace organisations in New Zealand, Israel and India to programme work in places such as the Ukraine, Philippines, China, Tanzania ... Read More >

NEW Look for Information Booklet

To help create a strong more recognisable brand for Leave No Trace in Ireland, the Information Booklet detailing Leave No Trace seven key principles has also been redesigned. You can download copies of the new booklet from the website www.leavenotraceireland.org or request copies free of charge by emailing info@leavenotraceireland.org. ... Read More >

Training at the Top - Second Course in Ireland

 In June 2008, Leave No Trace Ireland will deliver its second Master Educator/ Instructor Course, the highest level of Leave No Trace training. This will be the third course to be delivered in Europe, the first was in Scotland 2005 and then Ireland in 2006. It is intended to train 12 Instructors in Leave No Trace, who can then pass the message on through their own work ... Read More >

Coillte Welcomes All Visitors and Promotes

Woodland restoration project incorporating the principles of Leave No Trace launched. Mary Wallace TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with special responsibility for forestry, launched Ireland’s largest woodland restoration project in December co-funded by Coillte and EU DGEnvironment under the LIFE-N ... Read More >

First Council to Sign Up...

Limavady Borough Council in Northern Ireland is pleased to become a supporting partner of Leave No Trace Ireland. The ethics employed by Leave No Trace allow the Council to consider the sustainable delivery of its services. This is particularly relevant in terms of tourism, outdoor recreation and beach management. The areas of Limavady and Roe Valley have beautiful and diver ... Read More >

Irish Girl Guides - take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints

Stella Walsh is an Irish Girl Guide Leader, Outdoor Advisor and Trainer and has been involved with the message of Leave No Trace since 1989. She delivered an awareness session to the Irish Girl Guide Leaders in February 2008.   What does the Leave No Trace message mean to you? A conscious effort when out in our pristine areas to remove ... Read More >

Ireland Eco Tours Boosts 'Green' Credentials

Ireland Eco Tours is a small Eco Tour Company that offers a range of day tours and multi-day trips in the North West of Ireland. Since having embraced the Leave No Trace ethos into its business this has proved very successful, and therefore it intends to continue to use the principles of Leave No Trace as an important part of everything it does in the daily running of the bu ... Read More >

Greenbox...Get Involved

The Greenbox is a cross border organisation in the North West of Ireland that has been set up to stimulate the development of ecotourism in this region. The area of the Greenbox includes Counties Fermanagh, Leitrim, West Cavan, North Sligo, South Donegal and North West Monaghan. Core to ecotourism and to the Greenbox philosophy is the concept of environmental sustainability. ... Read More >