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#ChallengeTony: What’s ‘Grand’ About Tentsile Experience Camp Number 5 Grand Opening?

#ChallengeTony: What’s ‘Grand’ About Tentsile Experience Camp Number 5 Grand Opening?

We’ve brought you National Parks and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Finland, we’ve brought you a private island in Sweden, and even a Costa Rican jungle experience…

Today we ask ourselves – What’s going to be different about the next camps? What really is ‘grand’ about the fifth Tentsile Experience Camp Grand Opening?

— Rosie Murphy
#EchoChamberDisruption: 8 Stories To Crack The Online Echo Chamber

#EchoChamberDisruption: 8 Stories To Crack The Online Echo Chamber

6 months ago we unveiled #EchoChamberDisruption to the world. Our aim: to disturb the online algorithms that control social media and narrow our newsfeed. We’ve done this with stories that replace fake news with forestry, and ‘covfefe’ with conservation!

Read on for our top 8 stories, and follow your favourite for a fresh outlook on the environment to fill your online feed…

— Alex Shirley-Smith
Tagged: Sustainability
Camping in the South? You Could Win a Tree Tent From Tentsile!

Camping in the South? You Could Win a Tree Tent From Tentsile!

Are you itching to try one of our groundbreaking treehouse tents for camping this summer? Well, here's your chance.

We're teaming up with The Dyrt, an online resource for sharing photos and information about campgrounds around the country; it's like Yelp for outdoor nuts like us. This summer, you can win a Tentsile tent, just for writing campground reviews in the Southern U.S. The more reviews you leave, the more likely it is that you’ll be the winner! ...

— Alex Shirley-Smith
#ChallengeTony: One Man, One Island, One Vision - Tentsile Experience Camp Number 4 Is Open!

#ChallengeTony: One Man, One Island, One Vision - Tentsile Experience Camp Number 4 Is Open!

Hidden among the 1300 islands of the Luleå archipelago is a magical place to escape, a place to find deserted beaches and spend a night camping in the midnight sun of Northern Sweden. Just imagine: during winter, these islands sit icebound and isolated. Then, when the 24hour summer sunlight arrives, all of Luleå comes alive! Birds take to the sky, fish fill the water and the islands overflow with flowers and berries. Now, for the very first time, the Tentsile Tribe can experience this remote beauty for themselves, as #ChallengeTony brings you our FOURTH official Tentsile Experience Camp! That’s right- he’s done it! Our man is making waves. Now fully operational and receiving guests, come outside and relax at The Nest, Sweden!
— Alex Shirley-Smith
3 Ideal Campgrounds For Tree Tent Camping In National Parks

3 Ideal Campgrounds For Tree Tent Camping In National Parks

When you sleep off the ground with Tentsile, you can boldly go where no camper has gone before. Suspend our tent between three trees and camp in the air without worrying about rocks or critters getting in the way of a good night's sleep.

Here are three National Park campgrounds that are perfectly suited for our tree tents...

— Guest Blogger

Tentsile's First Summer Of Camp Outs: #BecomeOneOfTheMillion:

All over the world people are taking to the trees and hanging out like never before! How do we know this? Well, not only have sales helped the planting of 1,000,000 trees, but we the Tentsile Team have gone out and seen it for ourselves! Over the past few weeks, members of the Tentsile Tribe from all over the globe have gathered at our annual official Tentsile Camp Outs…
— Alex Shirley-Smith
Tagged: Camping Adventures Conservation Europe Hiking & Backpacking Leave No Trace Sustainability Travel Trees USA
#BecomeOneOfTheMillion: Tentsile's Syd Joins The Big Canopy Campout...

#BecomeOneOfTheMillion: Tentsile's Syd Joins The Big Canopy Campout...

Being able to join the remarkable team of people behind The Big Canopy Campout‘s historic inaugural event was an honour, and though in aid of a very serious cause, a lot of fun. 

For John and Olly, organisers behind the international event, all the persuading, promotion and planning was over, so the only thing left for me to do was embark on a weekend of adventure, and enjoy contributing to a very worthwhile project… 

— Syd Howells
Tagged: Mental Health & Wellness Tree Tents
#EchoChamberDisruption: Tackling deforestation in Northern Zambia with WeForest

#EchoChamberDisruption: Tackling deforestation in Northern Zambia with WeForest

Tentsile are rightly proud of their commitment to forest conservation, with money from every sale being channeled towards schemes across Africa and the world. But what do these conservation projects look like on the ground, and how do we know if they're working?  ...
— Alex Shirley-Smith
3 Reasons a Tree Tent Will Make This the Best Camping Season Yet

3 Reasons a Tree Tent Will Make This the Best Camping Season Yet

Here are three reasons a treehouse tent will make this your best camping season ever.
— Alex Shirley-Smith
#BecomeOneOfTheMillion: USA Joins The Tree March

#BecomeOneOfTheMillion: USA Joins The Tree March

And now we can finally announce that from this month, we will be planting trees in the USA – yes, the USA - partnering up with Arbor Day Foundation to support the planting of trees in Josephine County Forest, Oregon, to help ‘make our world cleaner and greener’.
— Jethro Shirley-Smith
#ChallengeTony: Costa Rica Arrives

#ChallengeTony: Costa Rica Arrives

Costa Rica: a place often called "the most biologically intense place on Earth in terms of biodiversity", where Tapirs and Jaguars leave fresh footprints outside your camp...
— Jethro Shirley-Smith
#EchoChamberDisruption: Solving conflicts in cheetah country (with a little help from man’s best friend)

#EchoChamberDisruption: Solving conflicts in cheetah country (with a little help from man’s best friend)

Human-wildlife conflict like this is a common occurrence in countries that still have substantial wild animal populations. Whilst we picture peaceful tranquil savannahs and water holes where elephants rub shoulders with antelope, especially in drought years, crop raiding and livestock predation can ruin livelihoods and foster considerable ill feeling towards wildlife, and even conservation in general. How do we go about changing this mindset?
— Alex Shirley-Smith