Spencer R. Scott, California
The below is an extract from Spencer R Scott’s excellent essay“Climate Change Is Too Serious for Casual Flying”onMedium:...
One flight, One seat, One Ton of CO2.
We are in a dire climate emergency, flying fries the planet and yet there are about 125,000 daily commercial flights in the world and growing. Pledge to fly less in 2026 for the climate!
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Stories From Overseas Armelle Ferguson, UK
I like to think that my sustainability story started in a very dull and conventional way. It began on my plate, to then become part of my wardrobe, an...
Melanie Alvarado, California
I'm a dual German/American living in California while all my close family lives in Germany. I pledged to be flight free in 2020 and thought it would b...
Rona May, Oregon
The last time I got on a plane, it was taking me from Alaska to Washington in 2014. I was watching the northern lights dance faintly through the windo...
Kate, Oregon
I stopped flying 12 years ago, and now my much-improved “bucket list” includes local hiking and kayaking and working with activist groups to clean up ...
Dan Castrigano, Vermont
I calculated my personal emissions in 2019 and found that 85% of my emissions came from flying. That sealed the deal. October 6, 2019 was the last tim...
Katherine, New Hampshire
Considering the urgency of the climate crisis and the necessity to halt carbon emissions immediately for the sake of safeguarding biodiversity and our...
Jerry Bryan, Washington
Flight Free 2020 provided the impetus to quit the day job that made me fly, and the relief was immediate on multiple fronts. A Flight Free 2021 vow is...
Joy, Alabama
Somehow this regular American girl wound up living all over the world. As a teenager I lived in Saudi Arabia, went to school in England, and visited p...
