βThe pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointmentβ β Justin Langer
Prepare Β» The essentials: preparing to create anticipation and minimize our impact.
Preparing appropriately for your nature visit, travel, or volunteer mission is key. It involves some discipline but does not necessarily come with pain (or only if you want it to be). Quite the opposite! Knowing that we prepare diligently to maximize our experience and contribution is rewarding. It creates anticipation and excitement.
The EwA staff has a wealth of personal+professional experience and questions from nature/wildlife watchers and travelers. The guides are designed to help you gain nature and conservation awareness, simplify your journey preparation if youβre traveling, and ensure that you have all the basics (and security/safety criteria) covered. This increases your satisfaction when youβre over there β in your local park or wildlife facility and anywhere else, including in the boons in a faraway land. This accounts for the satisfaction that we will please our host(s) while minimizing our environmental impact. A win-win situation for all!
Our Prepare Guides
Travelers & Volunteers Essentials β

The EwA Traveler & Volunteer Essentials is a guide to help us prepare diligently for our nature visit, volunteering journey, and/or wildlife travel. It focuses on our safety and the safety of the people and wildlife around us. It also helps to prepare βmind, body and travel-logisticallyβ for this adventure of a lifetime. [ Goto Guide Β» ]
Conservation Fieldwork Essentials β
Wildlife Documentation Photography Essentials β
iNat Essentials β Getting Started β
Zoo Evaluation Essentials β
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