FLIGHTFREE UK

Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

CONSULTATION ON AIR PASSENGER DUTY (APD) The government is running a consultation on Air Passenger Duty (APD). The proposals are to reduce the amount of APD charged in domestic airline tickets, and introduce new ‘bands’ of taxation for international flights. The consultation closes on June 14th 2021. The government says that the aim of the tax rethink is to balance domestic THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org.

ON BEING NICE

Stay cool, be nice. First of all, staying cool is important for your own well being. You won’t always convince people to stop flying the first time you talk to them. In fact, if you ask people to pledge to be flight free, far more people say no than say yes, at least at first. You need to be prepared to be rejected without getting your

BLACK MEN WALK

The 100 Black Men Walk for Health Group is a name taken from the Million Man March civil rights protest in America where people walked to demand economic and social justice. In our case, it is about middle-aged Black Men having the freedom to roam in the outdoor space such as the countryside. ‘Walk and talk’ is our motto, for our

health and

CAN TECHNOLOGY MAKE AIR TRAVEL SUSTAINABLE? Unless there is a breakthrough in designing rechargeable batteries that are lighter and more durable, long-haul flights won’t benefit from this technology at all. According to the Air Transport Action Group, 80% of the aviation industry's emissions come from passenger flights longer than 1,500km.

FLIGHTFREE UK

Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

CONSULTATION ON AIR PASSENGER DUTY (APD) The government is running a consultation on Air Passenger Duty (APD). The proposals are to reduce the amount of APD charged in domestic airline tickets, and introduce new ‘bands’ of taxation for international flights. The consultation closes on June 14th 2021. The government says that the aim of the tax rethink is to balance domestic THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org.

ON BEING NICE

Stay cool, be nice. First of all, staying cool is important for your own well being. You won’t always convince people to stop flying the first time you talk to them. In fact, if you ask people to pledge to be flight free, far more people say no than say yes, at least at first. You need to be prepared to be rejected without getting your

BLACK MEN WALK

The 100 Black Men Walk for Health Group is a name taken from the Million Man March civil rights protest in America where people walked to demand economic and social justice. In our case, it is about middle-aged Black Men having the freedom to roam in the outdoor space such as the countryside. ‘Walk and talk’ is our motto, for our

health and

CAN TECHNOLOGY MAKE AIR TRAVEL SUSTAINABLE? Unless there is a breakthrough in designing rechargeable batteries that are lighter and more durable, long-haul flights won’t benefit from this technology at all. According to the Air Transport Action Group, 80% of the aviation industry's emissions come from passenger flights longer than 1,500km. ABOUT US | FLIGHT FREE UK About us. Flight Free UK began life in February 2019 inspired by the Swedish Flygfritt (flight free) movement. We run the Flight Free Pledge which asks people to stay grounded for a year in order to reduce their carbon footprint, re-discover the joys of overland travel, and begin to shift the social norm away from aviation. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: ACTIVISM Sel from Grow Heathrow, Ian from GALBA and Alice from Sky Rebellion talk to us about their experiences as aviation activists. FlightFree UK. •. 10 May 2021 • 8 min read. This is episode 5 of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE FlightFree UK•. 26 Apr 2021 • 5 min read. This is episode four of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. This month we’re speaking to Toni Vernelli from Veganuary about behaviour change. Toni is Head of Communications and Marketing at Veganuary and has loads of insights

into

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS Many people have the view that, because of the changes we’ve made during Covid, a lot of business travel won’t return. Even Bill Gates thinks that 50% of business travel is gone for good. This is entirely plausible. Firstly, people have formed new habits. Zoom revenue leapt 355% in the three months to 31st July 2020 compared to the previous SOUVENIR OF SWITZERLAND Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland. My last holiday – by which I mean my last proper holiday, not a visit to relatives squeezed in between school and lockdowns – was a family trip to Switzerland in August 2019.. I didn’t know then how long those holiday memories would have

to last me.

CAN I REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? It’s easy to feel that there's not much point in us stopping flying when there are some people out there who fly all the time. Maybe these are people we know, or people we hear about, but either way, if we ourselves don't actually fly all that much – perhaps once or twice a year, or less – we feel that others’ flights would completely dwarf our own attempts to cut down. WHAT MAKES A FREQUENT FLYER? Twenty? It might surprise you to know that to fall into that 15%, you need only take three return flights per year. For those people born in the era of cheap flights, who might have plenty of disposable income – the ‘money-rich, time-poor’ cohort – taking three flights per year is very common. The trouble with the term ‘frequent flyer

GROW HEATHROW

The site at Grow Heathrow. Adjacent to the nation’s busiest airport is a community living entirely off-grid. Flanked on one side by a runway and on the other a Holiday Inn, this is not the most obvious location for an ecological project to thrive. But Grow Heathrow is more than an eco-village. Established in 2010 it was set up as a

direct

ADVENTURE BEGINS AT HOME Adventure begins at home. Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. FlightFree UK. CAN TECHNOLOGY MAKE AIR TRAVEL SUSTAINABLE? Unless there is a breakthrough in designing rechargeable batteries that are lighter and more durable, long-haul flights won’t benefit from this technology at all. According to the Air Transport Action Group, 80% of the aviation industry's emissions come from passenger flights longer than 1,500km.

FLIGHTFREE UK

Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

CONSULTATION ON AIR PASSENGER DUTY (APD) The government is running a consultation on Air Passenger Duty (APD). The proposals are to reduce the amount of APD charged in domestic airline tickets, and introduce new ‘bands’ of taxation for international flights. The consultation closes on June 14th 2021. The government says that the aim of the tax rethink is to balance domestic THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org.

ON BEING NICE

Stay cool, be nice. First of all, staying cool is important for your own well being. You won’t always convince people to stop flying the first time you talk to them. In fact, if you ask people to pledge to be flight free, far more people say no than say yes, at least at first. You need to be prepared to be rejected without getting your

BLACK MEN WALK

The 100 Black Men Walk for Health Group is a name taken from the Million Man March civil rights protest in America where people walked to demand economic and social justice. In our case, it is about middle-aged Black Men having the freedom to roam in the outdoor space such as the countryside. ‘Walk and talk’ is our motto, for our

health and

CAN TECHNOLOGY MAKE AIR TRAVEL SUSTAINABLE? Unless there is a breakthrough in designing rechargeable batteries that are lighter and more durable, long-haul flights won’t benefit from this technology at all. According to the Air Transport Action Group, 80% of the aviation industry's emissions come from passenger flights longer than 1,500km.

FLIGHTFREE UK

Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

CONSULTATION ON AIR PASSENGER DUTY (APD) The government is running a consultation on Air Passenger Duty (APD). The proposals are to reduce the amount of APD charged in domestic airline tickets, and introduce new ‘bands’ of taxation for international flights. The consultation closes on June 14th 2021. The government says that the aim of the tax rethink is to balance domestic THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org.

ON BEING NICE

Stay cool, be nice. First of all, staying cool is important for your own well being. You won’t always convince people to stop flying the first time you talk to them. In fact, if you ask people to pledge to be flight free, far more people say no than say yes, at least at first. You need to be prepared to be rejected without getting your

BLACK MEN WALK

The 100 Black Men Walk for Health Group is a name taken from the Million Man March civil rights protest in America where people walked to demand economic and social justice. In our case, it is about middle-aged Black Men having the freedom to roam in the outdoor space such as the countryside. ‘Walk and talk’ is our motto, for our

health and

CAN TECHNOLOGY MAKE AIR TRAVEL SUSTAINABLE? Unless there is a breakthrough in designing rechargeable batteries that are lighter and more durable, long-haul flights won’t benefit from this technology at all. According to the Air Transport Action Group, 80% of the aviation industry's emissions come from passenger flights longer than 1,500km. ABOUT US | FLIGHT FREE UK About us. Flight Free UK began life in February 2019 inspired by the Swedish Flygfritt (flight free) movement. We run the Flight Free Pledge which asks people to stay grounded for a year in order to reduce their carbon footprint, re-discover the joys of overland travel, and begin to shift the social norm away from aviation.

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: ACTIVISM Sel from Grow Heathrow, Ian from GALBA and Alice from Sky Rebellion talk to us about their experiences as aviation activists. FlightFree UK. •. 10 May 2021 • 8 min read. This is episode 5 of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE FlightFree UK•. 26 Apr 2021 • 5 min read. This is episode four of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. This month we’re speaking to Toni Vernelli from Veganuary about behaviour change. Toni is Head of Communications and Marketing at Veganuary and has loads of insights

into

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS Many people have the view that, because of the changes we’ve made during Covid, a lot of business travel won’t return. Even Bill Gates thinks that 50% of business travel is gone for good. This is entirely plausible. Firstly, people have formed new habits. Zoom revenue leapt 355% in the three months to 31st July 2020 compared to the previous 2021 PODCAST SERIES: CAN WE FLY CARBON NEUTRAL? Flight Free UK: The other thing that airlines tell us is that we can fly carbon neutral if we just pay a little bit extra to offset our emissions. We did a podcast episode in last year’s series about offsetting with Dr Roger Tyers which gives a great run-down of why carbon offsetting is not a solution. THE COMMUNITY RAIL NETWORK St Ives Bay, Cornwall. This feels like a strange time to be writing about sustainable travel. In the midst of a national lockdown and global pandemic, travel of any kind simply isn’t an option right now, unless you’re a key worker, keeping critical services running. SOUVENIR OF SWITZERLAND Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland. My last holiday – by which I mean my last proper holiday, not a visit to relatives squeezed in between school and lockdowns – was a family trip to Switzerland in August 2019.. I didn’t know then how long those holiday memories would have

to last me.

GROW HEATHROW

The site at Grow Heathrow. Adjacent to the nation’s busiest airport is a community living entirely off-grid. Flanked on one side by a runway and on the other a Holiday Inn, this is not the most obvious location for an ecological project to thrive. But Grow Heathrow is more than an eco-village. Established in 2010 it was set up as a

direct

CAN I REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? It’s easy to feel that there's not much point in us stopping flying when there are some people out there who fly all the time. Maybe these are people we know, or people we hear about, but either way, if we ourselves don't actually fly all that much – perhaps once or twice a year, or less – we feel that others’ flights would completely dwarf our own attempts to cut down.

FLIGHTFREE UK

Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

WHY FLIGHT FREE?

Why Flight Free? Reducing our carbon footprints is vital in avoiding climate breakdown. There are lots of things we can do, like eating less meat, using renewable energy, or driving less. But did you know that just one flight can wipe out all those savings? FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

2021 PODCAST SERIES: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE FlightFree UK•. 26 Apr 2021 • 5 min read. This is episode four of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. This month we’re speaking to Toni Vernelli from Veganuary about behaviour change. Toni is Head of Communications and Marketing at Veganuary and has loads of insights

into

THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org. SHOULD A DOMESTIC FLIGHT BAN BE APPLIED IN THE UK This article appears in full on Medium.com. Flight radar image showing flights across UK. According to UK Government figures, domestic flights generate approximately six times the emissions of National Rail services per passenger km.. At a time when we must make large-scale emissions reductions if we are to stay close to 1.5°C warming and limit catastrophic climate change, replacing aviation

GROW HEATHROW

The site at Grow Heathrow. Adjacent to the nation’s busiest airport is a community living entirely off-grid. Flanked on one side by a runway and on the other a Holiday Inn, this is not the most obvious location for an ecological project to thrive. But Grow Heathrow is more than an eco-village. Established in 2010 it was set up as a

direct

THE INEQUALITY OF AVIATION The ‘free ride’ that airlines enjoy because of this tax exemption adds up to the tune of £7bn per year – enough to slash train fares by 2/3rds if it were invested in rail, according to climate charity Possible. Governments depend on taxation to fund the things

FLIGHTFREE UK

Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

WHY FLIGHT FREE?

Why Flight Free? Reducing our carbon footprints is vital in avoiding climate breakdown. There are lots of things we can do, like eating less meat, using renewable energy, or driving less. But did you know that just one flight can wipe out all those savings? FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

2021 PODCAST SERIES: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE FlightFree UK•. 26 Apr 2021 • 5 min read. This is episode four of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. This month we’re speaking to Toni Vernelli from Veganuary about behaviour change. Toni is Head of Communications and Marketing at Veganuary and has loads of insights

into

THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org. SHOULD A DOMESTIC FLIGHT BAN BE APPLIED IN THE UK This article appears in full on Medium.com. Flight radar image showing flights across UK. According to UK Government figures, domestic flights generate approximately six times the emissions of National Rail services per passenger km.. At a time when we must make large-scale emissions reductions if we are to stay close to 1.5°C warming and limit catastrophic climate change, replacing aviation

GROW HEATHROW

The site at Grow Heathrow. Adjacent to the nation’s busiest airport is a community living entirely off-grid. Flanked on one side by a runway and on the other a Holiday Inn, this is not the most obvious location for an ecological project to thrive. But Grow Heathrow is more than an eco-village. Established in 2010 it was set up as a

direct

THE INEQUALITY OF AVIATION The ‘free ride’ that airlines enjoy because of this tax exemption adds up to the tune of £7bn per year – enough to slash train fares by 2/3rds if it were invested in rail, according to climate charity Possible. Governments depend on taxation to fund the things

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. LIGHT IN THE LOCKDOWN Light in the lockdown. Lockdown has been difficult for lots of us. But has being forced to stay still – no longer able to ‘get away from it all’ – changed our outlook? Air travel has given us the whole world at our fingertips. We think of holidays and we book our flight – it is how a whole generation has been brought up.

GROW HEATHROW

The site at Grow Heathrow. Adjacent to the nation’s busiest airport is a community living entirely off-grid. Flanked on one side by a runway and on the other a Holiday Inn, this is not the most obvious location for an ecological project to thrive. But Grow Heathrow is more than an eco-village. Established in 2010 it was set up as a

direct

TRAVELLING THROUGH LITERATURE Set in Kerala with its backwaters and monsoon-lush landscapes, Roy gives poetic, vibrant and evocative descriptions of the river, the heat, the mango trees and the humidity. Her writing pulls and tugs at the language, an immersive style emulated by many since. Rahel and Estha are twins, finishing each other's sentences in their secret

language.

THE COMMUNITY RAIL NETWORK St Ives Bay, Cornwall. This feels like a strange time to be writing about sustainable travel. In the midst of a national lockdown and global pandemic, travel of any kind simply isn’t an option right now, unless you’re a key worker, keeping critical services running. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: SOCIAL, RACIAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE View all posts 2021 podcast series: social, racial and climate justice Horticulturalist Poppy Okotcha and Black Geographers founder Francisca Rockey join team members Armelle and Sunita to talk about how climate justice relates to social and racial justice. CAN I REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? It’s easy to feel that there's not much point in us stopping flying when there are some people out there who fly all the time. Maybe these are people we know, or people we hear about, but either way, if we ourselves don't actually fly all that much – perhaps once or twice a year, or less – we feel that others’ flights would completely dwarf our own attempts to cut down.

OVERNIGHT BY COACH

The overnight coach to Milan, the Ouibus, takes approximately 12 hours. The amenities were perfectly fine: a good, clean lavatory, USB chargers at each seat, and comfortable seats that reclined quite well. We stopped twice for the drivers to take a break, so there was an opportunity to buy food, though I had brought my own.

FLIGHTFREE UK

In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate

change.

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free Podcast. Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers.

WHY FLIGHT FREE?

Why Flight Free? Reducing our carbon footprints is vital in avoiding climate breakdown. There are lots of things we can do, like eating less meat, using renewable energy, or driving less. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE This is episode four of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here.. This month we’re speaking to Toni Vernelli from Veganuary about behaviour

change.

FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Not everybody flies, but for those who do, flights will make up the most significant part of your carbon footprint. To put it in context, one return transatlantic flight generates more CO2 per passenger than eating meat for a year, or a year’s worth of driving, and more than a resident of India will in an entire year. SHOULD A DOMESTIC FLIGHT BAN BE APPLIED IN THE UK This article appears in full on Medium.com. Flight radar image showing flights across UK. According to UK Government figures, domestic flights generate approximately six times the emissions of National Rail services per passenger km.. At a time when we must make large-scale emissions reductions if we are to stay close to 1.5°C warming and limit catastrophic climate change, replacing aviation THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING An article recently shared on our Facebook page – “Minute by minute, mile by mile, nothing we do causes greater or more easily avoidable harm to the environment than flying,” – has sparked a fair amount of debate. Many of the responses said, animal agriculture is far worse, so better to go vegan than stop flying. So how damaging is flying, and is it really worse than eating meat?

GROW HEATHROW

The site at Grow Heathrow. Adjacent to the nation’s busiest airport is a community living entirely off-grid. Flanked on one side by a runway and on the other a Holiday Inn, this is not the most obvious location for an ecological project to thrive. THE INEQUALITY OF AVIATION For those who live in the Western world, we might suppose that flying is pretty common. Our newspapers are full of adverts for cheap flights, the subject of dinner table conversations is often where we last went on holiday, and a stag or hen do is a quick weekend in a

far-flung location.

FLIGHTFREE UK

In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate

change.

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free Podcast. Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers.

WHY FLIGHT FREE?

Why Flight Free? Reducing our carbon footprints is vital in avoiding climate breakdown. There are lots of things we can do, like eating less meat, using renewable energy, or driving less. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE This is episode four of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here.. This month we’re speaking to Toni Vernelli from Veganuary about behaviour

change.

FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Not everybody flies, but for those who do, flights will make up the most significant part of your carbon footprint. To put it in context, one return transatlantic flight generates more CO2 per passenger than eating meat for a year, or a year’s worth of driving, and more than a resident of India will in an entire year. SHOULD A DOMESTIC FLIGHT BAN BE APPLIED IN THE UK This article appears in full on Medium.com. Flight radar image showing flights across UK. According to UK Government figures, domestic flights generate approximately six times the emissions of National Rail services per passenger km.. At a time when we must make large-scale emissions reductions if we are to stay close to 1.5°C warming and limit catastrophic climate change, replacing aviation THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING An article recently shared on our Facebook page – “Minute by minute, mile by mile, nothing we do causes greater or more easily avoidable harm to the environment than flying,” – has sparked a fair amount of debate. Many of the responses said, animal agriculture is far worse, so better to go vegan than stop flying. So how damaging is flying, and is it really worse than eating meat?

GROW HEATHROW

The site at Grow Heathrow. Adjacent to the nation’s busiest airport is a community living entirely off-grid. Flanked on one side by a runway and on the other a Holiday Inn, this is not the most obvious location for an ecological project to thrive. THE INEQUALITY OF AVIATION For those who live in the Western world, we might suppose that flying is pretty common. Our newspapers are full of adverts for cheap flights, the subject of dinner table conversations is often where we last went on holiday, and a stag or hen do is a quick weekend in a

far-flung location.

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2021 podcast series: social, racial and climate justice. Horticulturalist Poppy Okotcha and Black Geographers founder Francisca Rockey join team members Armelle and Sunita to talk about how climate justice relates to social and racial justice. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Not everybody flies, but for those who do, flights will make up the most significant part of your carbon footprint. To put it in context, one return transatlantic flight generates more CO2 per passenger than eating meat for a year, or a year’s worth of driving, and more than a resident of India will in an entire year. LIGHT IN THE LOCKDOWN Scotland by Rail. Scottish artist Leo du Feu has spent much of the past 15 years exploring Scotland by rail, and shares his experiences, motivations and favourite places with us.

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A young love of train travel. Germana and her son Davide write the No Fly Europe blog, documenting their travels by train around the continent. Now 13, Davide tells FFUK why he's loved train travel from

the age of 3.

TRAVELLING THROUGH LITERATURE Have you ever worried that not flying might make you a little bit boring? When friends are boasting about their holidays as if they were expeditions, talking about the places they explored, the people they encountered, sometimes you might feel left out, as if

GROW HEATHROW

The site at Grow Heathrow. Adjacent to the nation’s busiest airport is a community living entirely off-grid. Flanked on one side by a runway and on the other a Holiday Inn, this is not the most obvious location for an ecological project to thrive. WHAT MAKES A FREQUENT FLYER? The Path to Net Zero. The citizens speak! The Climate Assembly UK has published its report, 'The Path to net zero.' We take a look at what's in the report in order to answer your questions. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: SOCIAL, RACIAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE View all posts 2021 podcast series: social, racial and climate justice Horticulturalist Poppy Okotcha and Black Geographers founder Francisca Rockey join team members Armelle and Sunita to talk about how climate justice relates to social and racial justice. CAN I REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? It’s easy to feel that there's not much point in us stopping flying when there are some people out there who fly all the time. Maybe these are people we know, or people we hear about, but either way, if we ourselves don't actually fly all that much – perhaps once or twice a year, or less – we feel that others’ flights would completely dwarf our own attempts to cut down.

OVERNIGHT BY COACH

View all posts Overnight by coach Sarah Clayton from AirportWatch travelled by train and coach for a walking holiday in Italy, and asks if long-distance coach travel could soon become a popular alternative

to flying.

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Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

ABOUT US | FLIGHT FREE UK About us. Flight Free UK began life in February 2019 inspired by the Swedish Flygfritt (flight free) movement. We run the Flight Free Pledge which asks people to stay grounded for a year in order to reduce their carbon footprint, re-discover the joys of overland travel, and begin to shift the social norm away from aviation.

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

WHY FLIGHT FREE?

Why Flight Free? Reducing our carbon footprints is vital in avoiding climate breakdown. There are lots of things we can do, like eating less meat, using renewable energy, or driving less. But did you know that just one flight can wipe out all those savings?

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org. CAN I REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? It’s easy to feel that there's not much point in us stopping flying when there are some people out there who fly all the time. Maybe these are people we know, or people we hear about, but either way, if we ourselves don't actually fly all that much – perhaps once or twice a year, or less – we feel that others’ flights would completely dwarf our own attempts to cut down. THE INEQUALITY OF AVIATION The ‘free ride’ that airlines enjoy because of this tax exemption adds up to the tune of £7bn per year – enough to slash train fares by 2/3rds if it were invested in rail, according to climate charity Possible. Governments depend on taxation to fund the things

FLIGHTFREE UK

Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

ABOUT US | FLIGHT FREE UK About us. Flight Free UK began life in February 2019 inspired by the Swedish Flygfritt (flight free) movement. We run the Flight Free Pledge which asks people to stay grounded for a year in order to reduce their carbon footprint, re-discover the joys of overland travel, and begin to shift the social norm away from aviation.

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

WHY FLIGHT FREE?

Why Flight Free? Reducing our carbon footprints is vital in avoiding climate breakdown. There are lots of things we can do, like eating less meat, using renewable energy, or driving less. But did you know that just one flight can wipe out all those savings?

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org. CAN I REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? It’s easy to feel that there's not much point in us stopping flying when there are some people out there who fly all the time. Maybe these are people we know, or people we hear about, but either way, if we ourselves don't actually fly all that much – perhaps once or twice a year, or less – we feel that others’ flights would completely dwarf our own attempts to cut down. THE INEQUALITY OF AVIATION The ‘free ride’ that airlines enjoy because of this tax exemption adds up to the tune of £7bn per year – enough to slash train fares by 2/3rds if it were invested in rail, according to climate charity Possible. Governments depend on taxation to fund the things 2021 PODCAST SERIES: ACTIVISM Sel from Grow Heathrow, Ian from GALBA and Alice from Sky Rebellion talk to us about their experiences as aviation activists. FlightFree UK. •. 10 May 2021 • 8 min read. This is episode 5 of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE FlightFree UK•. 26 Apr 2021 • 5 min read. This is episode four of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. This month we’re speaking to Toni Vernelli from Veganuary about behaviour change. Toni is Head of Communications and Marketing at Veganuary and has loads of insights

into

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS Many people have the view that, because of the changes we’ve made during Covid, a lot of business travel won’t return. Even Bill Gates thinks that 50% of business travel is gone for good. This is entirely plausible. Firstly, people have formed new habits. Zoom revenue leapt 355% in the three months to 31st July 2020 compared to the previous ADVENTURE BEGINS AT HOME Adventure begins at home. Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. FlightFree UK.

ON BEING NICE

Stay cool, be nice. First of all, staying cool is important for your own well being. You won’t always convince people to stop flying the first time you talk to them. In fact, if you ask people to pledge to be flight free, far more people say no than say yes, at least at first. You need to be prepared to be rejected without getting your TRAVELLING THROUGH LITERATURE Set in Kerala with its backwaters and monsoon-lush landscapes, Roy gives poetic, vibrant and evocative descriptions of the river, the heat, the mango trees and the humidity. Her writing pulls and tugs at the language, an immersive style emulated by many since. Rahel and Estha are twins, finishing each other's sentences in their secret

language.

THE COMMUNITY RAIL NETWORK St Ives Bay, Cornwall. This feels like a strange time to be writing about sustainable travel. In the midst of a national lockdown and global pandemic, travel of any kind simply isn’t an option right now, unless you’re a key worker, keeping critical services running. NO TO AIRPORT EXPANSION Despite our efforts the expansion went ahead in 1988. According to airport figures, 100,000 passengers passed through the airport in 1988. Fast forward 30 years and 8,699,529 passengers were recorded in 2018 – a greater than 86-fold increase. "My first 18 years of life were spent living under the flight path of what was known as Lulsgate

Airport.

THE TRUTH ABOUT CARBON OFFSETS Carbon offsetting is back. It first emerged as a popular idea in the mid-noughties, especially after Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth, with many airlines offering offsets to increasingly climate-conscious customers.In the following years, offsetting seemed to decline in visibility, but has recently made a resurgence as aviation emissions come under greater scrutiny. SLIMMING DOWN OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT It’s because of an environment where cheap, tasty, high-calorie food is everywhere, while our everyday work and travel requires less physical activity. It’s the same with carbon – car dependent suburbs, wasteful food supply chains, relentless advertising of high carbon products like flights they all get in the way of our personal

good

FLIGHTFREE UK

Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

ABOUT US | FLIGHT FREE UK About us. Flight Free UK began life in February 2019 inspired by the Swedish Flygfritt (flight free) movement. We run the Flight Free Pledge which asks people to stay grounded for a year in order to reduce their carbon footprint, re-discover the joys of overland travel, and begin to shift the social norm away from aviation.

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

WHY FLIGHT FREE?

Why Flight Free? Reducing our carbon footprints is vital in avoiding climate breakdown. There are lots of things we can do, like eating less meat, using renewable energy, or driving less. But did you know that just one flight can wipe out all those savings?

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org. CAN I REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? It’s easy to feel that there's not much point in us stopping flying when there are some people out there who fly all the time. Maybe these are people we know, or people we hear about, but either way, if we ourselves don't actually fly all that much – perhaps once or twice a year, or less – we feel that others’ flights would completely dwarf our own attempts to cut down. THE INEQUALITY OF AVIATION The ‘free ride’ that airlines enjoy because of this tax exemption adds up to the tune of £7bn per year – enough to slash train fares by 2/3rds if it were invested in rail, according to climate charity Possible. Governments depend on taxation to fund the things

FLIGHTFREE UK

Why flight free? In 2019 airlines carried 4.5 billion passengers. This is set to rise to more than 8 billion by 2035. At the same time, climate scientists are warning that we have less than 10 years to make a significant reduction in our emissions in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. Flying less is one of the best ways to

reduce your

ABOUT US | FLIGHT FREE UK About us. Flight Free UK began life in February 2019 inspired by the Swedish Flygfritt (flight free) movement. We run the Flight Free Pledge which asks people to stay grounded for a year in order to reduce their carbon footprint, re-discover the joys of overland travel, and begin to shift the social norm away from aviation.

TAKE ACTION

Make the pledge to be flight free in 2021. By signing our pledge you are taking a big step in reducing your emissions, and you are joining the growing number of people who are choosing not to fly for climate reasons. If work or family commitments mean you can’t be completely flight free in 2021, could you pledge not to take any leisure flights? PODCAST | FLIGHT FREE UK Welcome to the Flight Free UK podcast. Our '2021' series brings a new episode each month, featuring inspirational interviews with scientists, campaigners and travellers. Scroll down further for interviews with activists, politicians and others about why they've pledged to be flight free. 2021 podcast series: Activism Sel from Grow

Heathrow, Ian

WHY FLIGHT FREE?

Why Flight Free? Reducing our carbon footprints is vital in avoiding climate breakdown. There are lots of things we can do, like eating less meat, using renewable energy, or driving less. But did you know that just one flight can wipe out all those savings?

BE INSPIRED

Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. 19 May 2020 5 minute read. FAQS | FLIGHT FREE UK Flight Free UK is part of an international community of flight-free movements. It started in Sweden in 2019 and has now expanded to countries across Europe as well as to the USA and Australia. Each country is different, with different social and political attitudes

towards flying.

THE FOOTPRINT OF FLYING If you fly once a year or more, those flights will make up the largest chunk of your carbon footprint. Going vegan removes around 0.8 tonnes of CO2 from your annual output whereas just one flight could add that amount in one go. London to Gran Canaria return = 0.9 tonnes CO2 per passenger. Data from flightemissionmap.org. CAN I REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE? It’s easy to feel that there's not much point in us stopping flying when there are some people out there who fly all the time. Maybe these are people we know, or people we hear about, but either way, if we ourselves don't actually fly all that much – perhaps once or twice a year, or less – we feel that others’ flights would completely dwarf our own attempts to cut down. THE INEQUALITY OF AVIATION The ‘free ride’ that airlines enjoy because of this tax exemption adds up to the tune of £7bn per year – enough to slash train fares by 2/3rds if it were invested in rail, according to climate charity Possible. Governments depend on taxation to fund the things 2021 PODCAST SERIES: ACTIVISM Sel from Grow Heathrow, Ian from GALBA and Alice from Sky Rebellion talk to us about their experiences as aviation activists. FlightFree UK. •. 10 May 2021 • 8 min read. This is episode 5 of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. 2021 PODCAST SERIES: BEHAVIOUR CHANGE FlightFree UK•. 26 Apr 2021 • 5 min read. This is episode four of our 2021 podcast series. Listen to the episode here and find other episodes and previous series here. This month we’re speaking to Toni Vernelli from Veganuary about behaviour change. Toni is Head of Communications and Marketing at Veganuary and has loads of insights

into

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS Many people have the view that, because of the changes we’ve made during Covid, a lot of business travel won’t return. Even Bill Gates thinks that 50% of business travel is gone for good. This is entirely plausible. Firstly, people have formed new habits. Zoom revenue leapt 355% in the three months to 31st July 2020 compared to the previous ADVENTURE BEGINS AT HOME Adventure begins at home. Renowned adventurer Alastair Humphreys' many adventures include cycling around the world, rowing the Atlantic and walking the Empty Quarter desert. But on a mission to fly less, Alastair sought adventure as close to home as he could – without leaving the borders of his home county of Yorkshire. FlightFree UK.

ON BEING NICE

Stay cool, be nice. First of all, staying cool is important for your own well being. You won’t always convince people to stop flying the first time you talk to them. In fact, if you ask people to pledge to be flight free, far more people say no than say yes, at least at first. You need to be prepared to be rejected without getting your TRAVELLING THROUGH LITERATURE Set in Kerala with its backwaters and monsoon-lush landscapes, Roy gives poetic, vibrant and evocative descriptions of the river, the heat, the mango trees and the humidity. Her writing pulls and tugs at the language, an immersive style emulated by many since. Rahel and Estha are twins, finishing each other's sentences in their secret

language.

THE COMMUNITY RAIL NETWORK St Ives Bay, Cornwall. This feels like a strange time to be writing about sustainable travel. In the midst of a national lockdown and global pandemic, travel of any kind simply isn’t an option right now, unless you’re a key worker, keeping critical services running. NO TO AIRPORT EXPANSION Despite our efforts the expansion went ahead in 1988. According to airport figures, 100,000 passengers passed through the airport in 1988. Fast forward 30 years and 8,699,529 passengers were recorded in 2018 – a greater than 86-fold increase. "My first 18 years of life were spent living under the flight path of what was known as Lulsgate

Airport.

THE TRUTH ABOUT CARBON OFFSETS Carbon offsetting is back. It first emerged as a popular idea in the mid-noughties, especially after Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth, with many airlines offering offsets to increasingly climate-conscious customers.In the following years, offsetting seemed to decline in visibility, but has recently made a resurgence as aviation emissions come under greater scrutiny. SLIMMING DOWN OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT It’s because of an environment where cheap, tasty, high-calorie food is everywhere, while our everyday work and travel requires less physical activity. It’s the same with carbon – car dependent suburbs, wasteful food supply chains, relentless advertising of high carbon products like flights they all get in the way of our personal

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