“The French government cancelled plans to expand Charles de Gaulle airport. Woohoo! That's a massive win for the climate.
But ending commercial aviation must come from the bottom-up as well as from the top-down.
I quit flying on October 6, 2019. And I plan on never flying again.
And there's more and more research showing the shifting social norms around flying. More and more people are flying less or quitting altogether because of the climate emergency.
Will you join us?”
This is a great podcast episode from Dan Castrigano aka SustainabiliGuy - about the cancelled airport plans at Charles the Gaulle, and the impact of individual choices and actions:
The survey that Dan refers to in the episode:
www.papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm
In essence:
“A survey (n=380) distributed online and conducted face-to-face (n=32) found that around half of respondents who know someone who has given up flying because of climate change say they fly less because of this example. Furthermore, around three quarters say it has changed their attitudes towards flying and climate change in some way.”
In other words - our individual actions matter, more than we maybe think, on a bigger scale than in “just” our own lives!
www.theconversation.com/climate-change-yes-your-individual-action-does-make-a-difference
For more of Dan’s thoughts about going flight free, listen to this episode, where he celebrates his first No Flyiversary:
You can read Dan’s Flight Free 2021-pledge below- and if you are also choosing to stay on the ground, welcome to take the pledge as well - for a year or for as long as the climate needs! The more people we are, choosing to walk the walk (and not only talk the talk), the quicker bigger change will come. Join us today - and share you story with us!