When you close your eyes and meditate on a place in nature that brings you peace and helps to recenter your mind, where do you go? 

It’s time to pack for your next camping trip and you remember: the last time you stayed in your tent, it rained. You stayed mostly dry, but there was one pesky hole that dripped water all night… right onto your face. Time for a new tent?

This week, we’re looking at best practices for the 3rd of 5 “R’s” of waste management: REUSE. 

Does that mean finding “new” gear second hand? What about upgrading gear? What do you do with your old stuff?

Here are some things to ask yourself before you buy, and then, when you’re ready to invest, how you can make resourceful purchases (and save yourself some money too).