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Let’s Clean Up: Your Digital Life, From Inbox to E-Waste

Digital clutter is still clutter. And digital waste? Way more harmful than clutter. No, deleting old emails is not going to single-handedly save the planet. But cleaning up your digital life can reduce waste, cut distractions, help your devices last longer, and keep old electronics out of the trash. Honestly, that’s plenty.

Welcome to Slow Mow Season: A Better Way to Help Pollinators

The idea behind No Mow May is solid: let spring lawn flowers bloom so bees and other pollinators have more food. The problem is that pollinators don’t just need help in May. They need nectar, pollen, nesting sites, shelter, and pesticide-free spaces across the whole growing season. For me, Slow Mow Season is a better fit.

Campfire Chat: Speak for the Trees, Even When the Room Gets Quiet

Pull up a camp chair. Let’s chat.

Campfire Vibes, Clear-Headed Mornings: What to Bring Instead of Beers

These days, I’m seeing more people build a campfire drink lineup that actually matches how they want to feel — not just that night, but the next morning too. That means non-alcoholic beer that still scratches the classic beer itch, canned mocktails that feel festive, THC and CBD options for people who want a different lane entirely, good old water, and healthier add-ins that make the morning-after version of you more ready to hit that hike.

Your Camping Gear Is Basically an Emergency Kit in Disguise

There’s a reason campers tend to be a little less rattled when the power goes out. Nobody wants an emergency, obviously. But if you’re used to spending time outdoors, you probably already own gear that helps you cook, see, eat, and function without relying on the usual systems.

This Land Is Your Land. This Land Is My Land. So Why Is the U.S. Forest Service Being Gutted?

The U.S. Forest Service is in the middle of a sweeping reorganization ordered by the Trump administration and announced by USDA on March 31, 2026. The headline version: the agency is moving its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City; closing all nine regional offices; shifting to a new state-based leadership model with 15 state directors; and consolidating its research program while closing 57 research facilities.

Lost in the Stars: Finding Dark Skies and Escaping Light Pollution

There is a particular kind of tired that only comes from staring at too many bright things for too long. Screens. Streetlights. Porch lights. Parking lots lit like crime scenes. Gas stations visible from the moon. You know the vibe. Then you get somewhere properly dark, look up, and suddenly your brain remembers it was designed to be impressed.

Big House, Better Backyard: The Biltmore Gets the Buzz, but It’s the Beauty Beyond That Keeps Me Coming Back

Asheville has one of those reputations that can work against it a bit. Mention the city, and people start talking about the Biltmore, the breweries, the restaurants, and the downtown scene. All fair. But every time I go, I end up most taken with what’s happening outside.

Earth Day Grew Up: From Awareness to Receipts

The first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, brought millions of Americans into the streets, parks, and campuses to demand cleaner air, cleaner water, and stronger environmental protections. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says about 20 million Americans participated, and by the end of that same year, Congress had authorized the creation of the EPA. Earth Day’s own history calls it the dawn of the modern environmental movement.

Artemis II Went to the Moon. I’m Thinking About Earth

Despite all our talk of exploration, expansion, innovation, and whatever other very shiny words we like to use when rockets are involved, Earth is still the point.

Your Moonshot Might Just Be a Solo Campout

Most of us are not boarding a spacecraft, but many of us are standing at the edge of our own version of scary. Maybe it is camping solo for the first time. Maybe it is signing up for a climbing class. Maybe it is finally tackling that section of the Appalachian Trail you keep talking about. Different scale, same emotional weather.

Campfire Chat: One Last Good Look Before It Gets Dark

Why a certain John Muir quote has been knocking around in my brain extra hard lately: “The world is big, and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.”

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A Statement from Our Founder

This Land Is Your Land. This Land Is My Land. So No, We’re Not Staying Quiet.

At Field Trip, we love the outdoors. And loving it means speaking up when the systems meant to protect it are being weakened. The U.S. Forest Service is facing major upheaval, with real consequences for the public lands we rely on for recreation, wildlife, clean water, and wildfire resilience. We support strong stewardship of public lands, science, transparency, and the public servants who care for these places. And when public lands are treated like an afterthought, we believe it’s worth raising hell.

Readers: visit www.saveusfs.org, contact outdoor brands, and reach out to your elected officials. Brands: if you’ve spoken up, thank you. If you haven’t, now’s the time.

Public lands belong to all of us. What happens to them happens to all of us.