How can you further support our environment? Become an outdoor advocate! Here’s five amazing reasons why:

1. Sustaining The Wild Places We Call Home

We depend on nature to survive. Advocating for public lands, conservation, renewable energy, and climate action ensures a sustainable present and a bright future for the next generations. Without protective systems and policies, these beautiful places we thrive from will no longer exist.

2. Spreading Love Of The Outdoors

Isn’t it just so fulfilling to talk about the things you love!? And the best part? Our words can introduce this life-changing passion to someone who’s never experienced it before! We can ignite others to fall in love with nature and become stewards of the earth through Leave No Trace and sustainable living education. It’s also a great way to find new adventure friends!

3. Giving Back To Our Communities

Speaking of helping others, being an outdoor advocate means you are also giving back to your community. Outdoor recreation and tourism supports the local economy by providing jobs and circulating more money through local businesses. This advocacy also fights for cleaner air and water, protects the places that have been explored for generations, and promotes a greener infrastructure. That’s pretty impacting!

4. Preserving America’s History

Remember those ancient petroglyphs you studied on your last trip? They could be nonexistent if policies weren’t in place to protect the land where they were found. It’s so important for us to use our voices to preserve these indigenous lands with significant national meaning. What a shame it would be for them to be stolen away and destroyed!

5. Making Outdoor Spaces More Inclusive

Let’s be real here friends, the outdoor industry needs improvements in inclusivity. These wild spaces are here so all can enjoy them. By showing solidarity, you can make a difference in the way the outdoor industry is perceived. You can help improve access to the outdoors. You can stand up with or in allyship with fellow outdoorists to help mold the industry into an accepting, welcoming, empathetic place. That’s the power of outdoor love.

Now that you have so many reasons to be involved in outdoor advocacy, what will be your first step to make this world a better place? Tell me below in the comments!

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