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What do you think is the most environmentally / conservation friendly past time?

I'm a writer and I've been working on a story about fly fishing in the Midwest. I've found the beauty of this passion very engaging. What activities do you think draw people into thinking more about the "big picture" of the environment while enjoying their interests?

Gardening can be. My garden is about 70% percent natives and relatively near protected open space, so it serves as a buffer zone for mobile species, and allows me, a naturalist, a chance to observe species such as birds, insects, reptiles and amphibians, and mammals, as well as the plants themselves.

Photography is much more environmentally friendly than it was, due to the awesome array of digital cameras now available. I've captured some incredible images with a decent camera.

Several respondants mentioned hiking. I'll add backpacking to the mix. Pack it in, pack it out, you use only what's in your back and you work to get to enjoy some of the most beautiful places on the planet. What a reward for your efforts! Economical, too, depending on what kind of equipment you invest in.

As for the jabs at fishing. I don't know what percentage of fishermen (fisherpeople?) do catch and release, but it is an option. The fees generated from licenses go a long way toward protecting habitat that is valuable to many other species, too. I'm a vegetarian and I don't fish, but I know many if not most fishermen are responsible and would consider themselves to be environmentalists. You have to learn a lot about various kinds of waterways and fish to be successful. And you have alot of time to observe what's around you before, after, and even during.

Birding is very eco-friendly, unless you're generating a huge carbon footprint flying all over the globe to add species to your life list. But you can bird in your backyard, or at a local park, where you can walk or bike to it without even getting in your car.

Which is the most environmentally friendly? That's a tough question, and a good one. But all of the above activities afford people an opportunity to think about the big picture, while pursuing low impact areas of interests.

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