A petition calling on universities and professional associations to greatly reduce flying. Tweets by Parke Wilde. [email protected]
Boston, MA
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Our next event is on Monday, when we'll be joined by a panel of experts to discuss the question "Is attending conferences in real life worth the carbon footprint?"
Join us online at 7.30pm on Monday 4th November
tickettailor.com/events/flig…
ALT Event advert: image of people sitting in a room, superimposed text says, is attending conferences in real life worth the carbon footprint? A discussion about career vs climate action
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Failing to tax #aviation fuel was a missed opportunity in this week's budget - we show in our new infographic that it can be done @_wearepossible @transenv_UK #Budget2024
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Our friend Parke was filming alongside the High Tide and High Time for Climate Action event on Saturday! Here's our article about the event: xrboston.org/news/coalition-…
At Long Wharf in Boston, on a sunny day in October, we discuss history tourism, sea level rise, and the misleading understatement of CO2 emissions in an official report from Logan Airport across the harbor. A Red Rebel silently passes through the frame. youtu.be/m-pyVyKRgRE?si=B8i1…
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Very odd for the government to announce an airport expansion against the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee on a day their industrial strategy claims to have green growth at its heart and boasts about UK decarbonisation assets.publishing.service.go…
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With just a few lines, high-speed rail could connect a majority of the country without the hassle and high prices of air travel.
Europe has it. Japan has it. China has it.
It’s time we do to.
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We are fundraising! Please donate today and help us inspire MORE climate action.
Head to donorbox.org/the-flight-free… to see how your money will be used, and to make your donation.
Live until 30th September.
Thank you!
ALT Image shows birds in the sky on a dark blue and orange background. Text says we are fundraising. Our annual fundraiser is now live. We are raising money to fund another year of campaigning: informing people about the climate impact of aviation, encouraging them to travel without flying, and putting pressure on government and industry to make low carbon travel accessible to all. Visit our website today to make your donation and help us inspire more people to take climate action: flightfree.co.uk
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🥼“I am engaging in civil disobedience risking arrest to protest against the terrifying inaction of the state and their unwillingness to act on the knowledge we have about the role of fossil fuels in the climate disasters we are facing. The science is clear: if we want a livable future for any of us we need to phase out fossil fuels and act with urgency right now. We have a responsibility to act upon what we know, and those in power have not been listening to scientists and climate activists. This is why we need these escalated tactics now - to force them to pay attention and not squander away our future.”
- Johanna Ray Vollhardt, Scientist Rebellion member and Associate Profesor, today while being chained up to Massachusetts’ State House alongside @XRBoston activists demanding a ban to all new fossil fuel infrastructure.
#climateweek #OutOfTheLab
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Today in Berlin! This is big. It’s not easy being a climate activist these days yet hope is all around. #climatestrike #nowforfuture
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Also enjoyed beautiful train ride from Zurich to Barcelona. Everything worked fine & all trains were on time (but night trains would also be great in the future!) Now on my way back to Switzerland... @usys_ethzh @ccupf @CosmoCaixa @DoblasReyes @MG_Donat @AndriaSciComm @FlylessETH
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XR Boston Rebel Parke Wilde (@usfoodpolicy) produces a YouTube series called "Lifestyles of the NOT Jet Set," a travel show about how to see the world without flying in planes! Here's his latest episode, "Crossing a Frontier": youtube.com/watch?v=-Ikktp25…
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“We fly lots, & we say that we shouldn't,” says @DV_Jonas, a transport geographer at @ucl & the first author of the latest study. “We are hypocrites.”
Climate leadership means walking the walk, academics need to put their house in order & lead by example
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Clearly, rather than 1000 points of light, you envision a strategic initiative focused on instutional change in universities and professional associations as a stepping stone inspiring similar changes in larger economic sectors!
(flyingless.org)
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Coming soon on Sept. 20th -- a chance to discuss the latest results from #FoodPricesForNutrition. Thanks to @UArkansas @ICubedR we'll all be online, so we can do more while @flyingless
Join us for the next event in our speaker series with William A. Masters, Ph.D. (@wamasters) from Tufts University.
📅 September 20 | 🕘 9 - 10 AM (CT)
📍 Online Only | VOD Available
More details at the link here: bit.ly/3MCXrBI
#SolvingWickedProblems
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The world's biggest tech companies are seeing reductions made in business travel emissions since 2019 creep back up as they fail to set targets.
Tech giants like Alphabet and Apple should set targets to reduce business travel emissions ASAP.
More from @_Travel_Smart_ ➡️ bit.ly/3XA3xJk
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Aviation emissions are booming. With climate targets looming, you would expect governments to act. And yet they don't - if anything they work to make sure that emissions increase even further. But why?
The answer is in @verahuwe_'s new article (THREAD) doi.org/10.1080/09692290.202…
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Fighting disinformation with sunshine: promoting funding transparency in science council.science/blog/fightin…
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UPDATE: I just got out of jail and this is my testimony:
Women are 14X more likely than men to be killed by climate disasters and those that live are far more likely to be forced into caregiving roles as a result. The climate crisis is a feminist issue.
BREAKING: Dozens of feminists arrested outside @Citi CEO Jane Fraser's home in Manhattan.
Fraser is torching our planet. We fight for liberation. We fight to live.
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🛫 The government has approved London City airport expansion... in a time of climate crisis 🤯
🚉 We think prioritising clean, affordable train travel is a no-brainer. Labour has other ideas...
ALT REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE. PLANES VS TRAINS? Green Party Promoted by Chris Willams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The Green Party has repeatedly opposed plans to improve the UK railway network.
newstatesman.com/comment/2023/1…
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The @HSRail Alliance made a poster of the "future of mobility" at Michigan Central Station with the Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers
