In northern forests, there are four seasons. Spring, summer, autumn and winter. But this is a simplification. It overlooks the thousand smaller seasons of nature.

I want to see the world covered in colourful wildflower meadows buzzing with life. Among all the approaches to achieving this, some are 25 000 times more efficient at saving insects than others!

Use your eyes, use your curiosity, and open your heart to the wonders of the many small great miracles that surround us. Make your decisions based on everyone it impacts, and know that there is more that happens in the world than our human dramas.

Don’t bring an electric toothbrush, but for the love of God, please bring the matches. Those are two of the many hard earned lessons from our first and failed attempt at minimalist hiking.