As the clock ticks down to the 2022 Christmas holiday season, whether you’re packing for a weeklong trip on an international or domestic getaway, you need to make sure you’re organized and don’t forget the essentials. This packing list for vacation for a week will help you make sure you don’t forget a few essentials before you leave

Staying hydrated is essential when we’re camping, hiking or spending time outdoors. The ability to get the safe water source and purify it is not only a key wilderness survival skill, it can also turn a living environment into a pleasant time outdoors. In this week’s blog, we’ll be looking at how to get and purify water in the wild, and ultimately make sure it’s safe to drink.

We can’t live without water, there’s no doubt about that, so we need to drink a lot of water every day to keep our bodies functioning. But now, an alkaline water product is making waves, and the producers of alkaline water keep telling us that “alkaline water is medicinal, therapeutic and brings optimal health”? So, what’s good about alkaline water? Does alkaline water alter the body’s natural pH? Is alkaline water a healthy drink or just hype?

What I’m going to focus on today is does filtration work, what does it remove from water, and how does it work?