I am a prospective graduate student of Natural Resources and Ecology. Although I have ironically only traveled via airline once in my adult life, I am signing this pledge to limit myself to a maximum of one round-trip flight between 2026 and 2028, and entirely eliminate air travel from thereon out. There is no way to travel by air in a way that is not ecologically detrimental within our current or future technological capabilities. We as consumers need to discontinue financially supporting airline corporations whenever possible, and instead need to create a stronger consumer demand for improved ground-based green transportation infrastructure.
Iris Marie Bloom, New York
Since January 1st 2025, I've stopped flying, and had already "almost" stopped flying for about 10 years. Why? I love the earth, people, all kinds of critters, and our precious interconnection! Airline flights generate greenhouse gas emissions, noise pollution, habitat disruption, water contamination from de-icing fluids, and intensified atmospheric warming due to high-altitude emissions. It's hard to witness this, so the least I can do is go public, share the information that many of us are doing what the world's scientists recommend -- just stop flying -- and hope to inspire others to follow suit. It's a movement.
