Leave No Trace Awareness Course (Tollymore)

Category: Skills & Training

The following structure has been developed to provide trainers with best practice guidelines to ensure consistent delivery of Leave No Trace training programmes. Leave No Trace Ireland training includes an online Introduction to Leave No Trace, Certified Awareness Courses, Trainer Courses and Advanced Trainer Courses. 

An Online Introduction to Leave No Trace

This online course introduces participants to the vision and work of Leave No Trace Ireland, including:

  • how Leave No Trace skills and ethics can help protect our environment and outdoor spaces and promote responsible, sustainable outdoor pursuits and recreation.
  • the role of the Seven Principles of Leave No Trace in achieving these goals.
  • the impact that sporting, recreational and leisure activities can have on our natural environment.

Certified Awareness Course 

Our Certified Awareness Course comprises six hours of training and can be easily adapted for specific audiences, environments, or recreational needs. The one–day course is ideally suited to outdoor educators, teachers, college students, outdoor pursuit and recreation professionals, hiking club members, Tidy Towns Committees, community groups or anyone with an interest in learning more about Leave No Trace vision and skills.

At the heart of all courses are the Seven Principles of Leave No Trace which provide an easily understood framework of minimum impact practices for anyone visiting the outdoors.  Participants on this course receive introductory training on

  • how Leave No Trace skills and ethics can help protect our environment and outdoor spaces and promote responsible, sustainable outdoor pursuits and recreation.
  • the role of the Seven Principles of Leave No Trace in achieving these goals.
  • the impact that sporting, recreational and leisure activities can have on our natural environment.
  • how Leave No Trace skills and practices can help to mitigate and minimise those impacts.

For further information and bookings, please email bookings@fieldstudies.ie

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