Stay Grounded @StayGrounded_net@mastodon.social

The climate crisis is threatening emperor penguins with extinction. 🐧😭
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/climate/emperor-penguins.html

#Aviation #Offsetting is a myth!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/22/airlines-need-to-do-more-than-plant-trees-to-hit-net-zero-mps-told

"Proposed measures to decarbonise the sector fall a long way short of the scale of the challenge ahead"
#StayGrounded 🙅
https://www.aef.org.uk/2021/07/16/net-zero-aviation-plan-government-pins-hopes-on-future-technologies-and-fuels-delivering-clean-growth/

We signed - will you? ▶️https://www.bobbrown.org.au/aso_airportaction
@BobBrownFndn@twitter.com @ambodenbleiben@twitter.com @UNFCCC@twitter.com

Aviation Is as Sustainable Now as It Will Be in Your Lifetime

"The way to make your air travel habit more sustainable once lockdown ends is brutally simple: Fly less, and hope others do the same."

▶️ Don't just hope, join the struggle to #DegrowAviation!
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-01/best-not-fly-batteries-hydrogen-or-biofuels-won-t-bring-sustainable-aviation

Listen to those affected! #JustTransitionofAviation
https://stay-grounded.org/aeronautical-engineers-new-report-confirms-that-air-industry-growth-forecasts-are-unsustainable/

ICYMI 👀
Webinar: Understanding #Greenwashing and False Solutions

Summary and video recording: https://stay-grounded.org/webinar-greenwashing-and-false-solutions/

Is your organisation already a member of Stay Grounded?

If not: check out what it means to be a member of our network and how your organisation can benefit from it: https://stay-grounded.org/how-to-become-a-member/

Green Flying?

Find our report on the #greenwashing of the #aviation industry here - in English, French, Spanish, German and Turkish. 🔽🔽🔽
https://stay-grounded.org/green-flying-report/

ICYMI 👀
Webinar: #AirportConflicts – Struggles for #EnvironmentalJustice @EnvJustice@twitter.com

Summary and video recording: https://stay-grounded.org/airport-conflicts-struggles-for-environmental-justice-webinar-summary/

Today, 120 organisations - including the #StayGrounded network - raise their voices to counter to the planned airport expansions of the Barcelona and Madrid airport. Support the pressure!
#DecrecimientoAviación

▶️ES: https://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/175897/
▶️EN: https://stay-grounded.org/no-to-madrid-and-barcelona-airport-expansions/

ICYMI 👀
Webinar: #JustTransition in the #Aviation Sector
#JustTransitionOfAviation

Summary and video recording: https://stay-grounded.org/just-transition-in-the-aviation-sector/

How to travel differently and #StayGrounded:

Find our best tips on:
- Best booking systems
- #Staycation, bike tours and hiking
- Online conferences
- Travel emissions calculators

▶️ https://stay-grounded.org/lets-stay-grounded/travel-differently/

What is the total #climate impact of #airtraffic?

Find out in our factsheet. #MoreThanJustCO2
(Spoiler: higher than you might think.)
https://stay-grounded.org/fact-sheet-climate-impact/

13 Steps for a Just Transport System and for Rapidly Reducing Aviation

Learn how to reduce #aviation in line with #1point5tostayalive and #ClimateJustice in our position paper. 🔽
https://stay-grounded.org/position-paper/

Map of #AirportInjustice and Resistance

80 cases of eviction and environmental destruction around the world
https://stay-grounded.org/airport_injustice/

Sign up for our newsletter and get monthly updates on how we can reduce air traffic and its climate impact!
▶️ https://stay-grounded.org/#newsletter

ICYMI 👀
Webinar: #FrequentFlyerLevy: Tackling the Injustice of Flying

Summary and video recording
https://stay-grounded.org/webinar-frequent-flyer-levy/

ICYMI 👀
Webinar: The total #climate impact of #aviation

Summary and video recording
https://stay-grounded.org/webinar-total-climate-impact/