The Environment Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/category/the-environment/ Nick's Excellent Camping and Backpacking Adventures Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:10:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://popupbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/cropped-avatar-backpacking2-e1475607492124-32x32.jpg The Environment Archives - PopUpBackpacker https://popupbackpacker.com/category/the-environment/ 32 32 38683869 Proposal for a New Wilderness Ethic: Leave No Digital Trace (LNDT) https://popupbackpacker.com/proposal-for-a-new-wilderness-ethic-leave-no-digital-trace-lndt/ Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:10:53 +0000 https://popupbackpacker.com/?p=153176 For decades, the Leave No Trace (LNT) ethic has guided outdoor backpackers (and others) in minimizing their physical impact on wild places. These principles — focused on waste, wildlife, and landscape preservation — remain essential. However, modern technology has introduced a new and often overlooked form of impact: the digital footprint. Smartphones, GPS devices, drones, … Continue reading Proposal for a New Wilderness Ethic: Leave No Digital Trace (LNDT) →

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]]> 153176 Microfiber Pollution and the Guppyfriend Review https://popupbackpacker.com/microfiber-pollution-and-the-guppyfriend-review/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 23:02:25 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=147905 So now we have apparently discovered another pollutant endangering our planet — synthetic microfibers. Is this a real problem? This 2016 article from The Guardian lays out the problem. Is this particular report factual and are the scientific research results accurate? I don’t know. Unintended Consequences I have written several times about the company Patagonia. … Continue reading Microfiber Pollution and the Guppyfriend Review →

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]]> 147905 House Solar Install https://popupbackpacker.com/house-solar-install/ Sun, 17 May 2020 23:57:17 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=146977 I have been an advocate of solar power for almost 20 years, ever since we installed our first solar system on our camper in 2003 and then on our next two campers. Solar isn’t for everyone and it isn’t applicable for every situation. Back at the end 2016, after we completed extensive energy efficiency upgrades … Continue reading House Solar Install →

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]]> 146977 How the People’s Republic of California Almost Ruined My Christmas https://popupbackpacker.com/how-the-peoples-republic-of-california-almost-ruined-my-christmas/ Fri, 24 Jan 2020 04:47:06 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=145962 What’s Up With That? It started out quite innocently. Joyce asked me what I wanted for my birthday. This is an annual exercise for Father’s Day, my birthday, and Christmas. Joyce asks what I want, and I reply, “Nothing.” You see, I have everything I need. Not a lot of stuff, since what I need … Continue reading How the People’s Republic of California Almost Ruined My Christmas →

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]]> 145962 Update: BLM – Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Land Exchange https://popupbackpacker.com/update-blm-agua-caliente-band-of-cahuilla-indians-land-exchange/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 04:40:20 +0000 http://popupbackpacker.com/?p=17862 Almost three years ago I wrote about  the proposed land swap between the BLM and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI), and why it was a bad deal for the public. A couple days ago I received an email from the BLM with links to three documents. Having spent considerable time reading all … Continue reading Update: BLM – Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Land Exchange →

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