A new report carried out by Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative arm and The Guardian “found that although many forest projects were doing valuable conservation work, the credits that they generated by preventing environmental destruction appear to be based on a flawed and much-criticised system, even though these credits were being used to back up claims of “carbon-neutral flying” and net-zero commitments.”
Envisioning Another Future: Stay Grounded Report "Degrowth of Aviation"
Reading the 2019 report from Stay Grounded: “Degrowth of Aviation” we are reminded that envisioning what kind of future we want is a crucial part in any work towards change we are doing.
News From Overseas: Bid to Close Airport and Banning of Short-Haul Flights
The Climate Emergency - Missing In the News
The organization Media Matters for America’s report on how the news outlets ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox News reported on the climate crisis in 2020 confirms what we all already knew - the climate is pretty much left out of the story, even when reporting on climate-related disasters.
Vox Article: "What’s your “fair share” of carbon emissions?"
“Why do we, and our governments, act as if businesses have some sort of “right to wreck” our life support system? Do the wealthy have a right to continue using resources at rates that science says will cause vast future suffering? In effect, this pits existing rights against each other: pursuit of happiness by unlimited consumption interferes with the right to life of others.”
No More Bites of the Big Apple
For someone living in the UK, a trip to The Big Apple might seem like the ultimate celebratory thing to do. Anna Hughes at Flight Free UK learnt differently.
Podcast from SustainabiliGuy: Cancelled Airport Plans & Socially Powerful Non-Flying
A great podcast episode from SustainabiliGuy - about the cancelled airport plans at Charles the Gaulle, and the impact of individual choices.
Reflecting on a year with Flight Free USA
For the past year we have been organizing a collective Flight Free action in partnership with 10 Flight Free groups worldwide. By last spring over 25,000 people had pledged (of those, 437 Americans from 30 states) to not fly for 2020 for the sake of the climate - as a way to call on our communities, businesses and government for immediate climate solutions. Then COVID-19 hit.