We offer both Awareness and Trainer courses, as follows:

Leave No Trace Awareness Course

This Awareness course is designed to help individuals who live, work and play in the outdoors, to share some tools and techniques for minimizing our impact on the environment and on other users of the outdoors. 

The course is designed in partnership with the Leave No Trace Centre for Outdoor Ethics. The Centre is an internationally recognised organisation dealing with good practice for anyone who values and enjoys the great outdoors.

Workshop content

The themes for the course will be selected from the following seven underlying principles of the Leave no Trace programme:

- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What You Find
- Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Respect Wildlife
- Be Considerate of Other Visitors

Leave No Trace Awareness workshops are very flexible and can be designed to cater for a single constituency group (e.g. hill walkers, canoeists, youth groups) or a cross section of outdoor users. Workshops last from 3 to 6 hours and will usually consist of an indoor talk followed by an outdoor session somewhere locally that is regularly used for public access.

The minimum number for a course to run is 4 participants.  The maximum is 12 participants.

Please contact us to discuss your rerquirements and a quote.

Leave No Trace Trainer Course

The Trainer Course is a vital component of the Leave No Trace program. It is a shortened version of the Master Educator course (not currently available in the UK). Participants receive introductory training in Leave No Trace skills and ethics in a condensed two-day format. The Trainer Course assists the student participants in learning more about the seven principles of Leave No Trace and techniques for disseminating these low impact skills.

These courses are designed for teachers, outdoor instructors, countryside rangers, agency employees, and other outdoor professionals. Successful graduates of the Trainer Course gain the skills to teach Leave No Trace techniques and ethics to their clients, colleagues and friends. Participants learn the concepts of Leave No Trace and prepare to teach the Leave No Trace curriculum in a variety of settings-schools, camps, parks, wilderness and urban fringe areas. Workshop topics include the underlying ethics and seven principles of Leave No Trace:

- Plan Ahead and Prepare Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces 

- Dispose of Waste Properly 

- Leave What You Find 

- Minimize Campfire Impacts  

- Respect Wildlife 

- Be Considerate of Other Visitors

Core components of the curriculum

- A minimum of 16 total hours of experiential instruction, 10 hours of which must be conducted in the field. One night camping is strongly recommended.
- The role and function of a Leave No Trace Trainer.
- The principles and ethics of Leave No Trace.
- Teaching skills and techniques and student learning styles.
- At least one student led teaching exercise by each participant.
- Overview of the national Leave No Trace program.
- The role and function of Leave No Trace, Inc.

Please see the website Leave No Trace website for more information on the Leave No Trace Centre for Outdoor Ethics and the Trainer Course.

Running a course

The Leave No Trace Trainers' course is a two day, one night course which has an overnight camping element.  In the Highlands, we do sometimes use bothies for the overnight in winter time as it allows us to get more work done once it gets dark.

The minimum number for a course to run is 4 participants.  The maximum is 10 participants.

Please contact us to discuss your rerquirements and a quote.

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