"We Can Do Hard Things" This is the fifth blog in our Take Time Tuesday series exploring intersectional environmentalism. Each week, we highlight thought leaders paving the way and teaching us how to be better people, both through anti-racist education and environmental justice. Find the first one here. At times, caring simultaneously for social justice, environmental justice, and your own well-being can seem like an impossible task. Jenny Bruso, self-defined as "a white, queer, fat, femme, writer and hiker," created Unlikely Hikers to be "a diverse, anti-racist, body-liberating outdoor community featuring the underrepresented outdoorsperson." This week for Take Time Tuesday, we're highlighting her recent episode entitled "We Can Do Hard...

#2 in our Camper Chat interview series, this month we're excited to talk with reps from the organization that inspired Aubrey to start Redbudsuds in the first place: the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics. Join us as Monika and David share the LNT Center's new research and recommendations on adventuring during a pandemic.   Resources shared in the order they appear on the video: Covid-19 Leave No Trace Resources including Recommendationshttps://lnt.org/research-resources/covid-19-and-leave-no-trace/ Access link to sign up for the LNT Newsletter, Blog, YouTube channel and more: https://linktr.ee/leavenotrace Monika and David's Top Picks: Must-read book: A Fierce Heart, by Spring...

“As we work to heal the land, the land heals us.” - Joanna Macy This is the fourth blog in our Take Time Tuesday series to #amplifymelinatedvoices in intersectional environmentalism. Learn more here. Just like one perfectly ripe, fresh-picked strawberry leaves you hungering for more, I hope this post drives you searching for Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass if you haven’t yet had the pure pleasure of reading it. Both ecologist and a woman of indigenous heritage, Robin understands and honors both the science and the sacred when it comes to the natural world and our part in it. When it comes to intersectional environmentalism, she...