Category Minimal Impact

Leave no Trace para o Caminho de Santiago

The 7 Leave No Trace Principles for the Camino de Santiago

We understand that, although experiences on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela are personally rewarding and unique, a good pilgrimage can have avoidable negative impacts on the places you pass through and the people you meet.

In this context, and reinforcing its commitment to minimum impact practices, Gear Tips has published the following text on its blog: The 7 Leave No Trace Principles for the Camino de Santiago, with a wealth of detail on how we can apply these principles on the world’s most famous pilgrimage. Read the full text at: https://geartips.club/blog/principios-leave-no-trace-caminho-de-santiago/

Gear Tips presents mini-course at Mountain Festival

On May 18, 2024, Bruno Negreiros, Gear Tips’ socio-environmental coordinator, gave a mini-course on Environmental Conservation and Minimum Impact Practices at the Mountain Festival in São Bento do Sapucaí.

This course discussed conservation definitions and practices, the seven principles of minimum impact and a general reflection on what more we can do to make outdoor sports more conscious and sustainable.