Destination Degrowth – Ein gerechter Übergang vom Flugverkehr zur klimagerechten Mobilität
Seit Beginn der Corona-Pandemie ist der Flugverkehr am Boden. Seit vielen Jahren schon ist klar, dass Fliegen die klimaschädlichste und ungerechteste Form der Mobilität ist. Wie geht es nun weiter? Zurück zum business as usual oder ein Umschwenken in Richtung...
This is your pilot speaking
This is your pilot speaking: brace for the greatest emergency of our lives Written by the pilot Dan Tipney It might seem hard to believe that just 17% of the global population have ever set foot on a commercial aircraft. However, no doubt like many who read this, for...
10 Gründe, weshalb es eine wirklich schlechte Idee ist, wieder zu fliegen wie vor Corona
Die Pandemie hat den Flugverkehr 2020 massiv reduziert und dem Klima eine kurze Atempause vergönnt. Aber wenn wir Corona hoffentlich in diesem Jahr überwinden - heben wir dann wieder ab wie zuvor? Wir sagen: Nein! Und hier 10 Gründe warum:1. Flüge vergrößern den...
Stay Grounded In Review: 2020 – The Year That Changed Everything?
This was a difficult year for everyone. The pandemic that took us all by surprise and caused so much pain, also grounded most flights. We look back on a special, difficult year, but one that was also full of advances and successes for our network. After the...
Stay Grounded Condemns UK Supreme Court’s Go-ahead of Heathrow Expansion
UK Supreme Court ruled to overthrow decision to stop third runway // Stay Grounded condemns the Supreme Court’s decision // Airport expansion is incompatible with a climate-just future and the UK’s climate commitments London/Vienna, December 16 2020 – The UK Supreme...
Protest flour against Vienna Airport Expansion
In Austria, a coalition of local producers, citizens' initiatives and climate activists created the "3rd Runway Flour" made from organic wheat grown on the fields that Vienna International Airport wants to seal for a planned third runway. With the 3rd runway flour,...
33 organisations urge the EU to address the full climate impact of aviation now
New analysis for the European Commission underlines that aviation’s climate impact is far worse than widely claimed. Despite this, the European Commission is not proposing any meaningful action within the next few years Campaigners demand a sustained reduction of air...
Staying on the Ground in India: “Slow travel is the way forward”
In this grounded story by Vivek Gilani we learn about his motivation to reduce flying and about train travel in India. Vivek is Managing Director of cBalance, a new Stay Grounded member, which creates climate action tools for industry, institutions and consumers. The...
Island Hopping for the Advanced Traveller
original blogpost by Zomer Zonder Vliegen From Malta to Texel without a plane! The Dutch Suzanne Maas has been living in Malta for several years, far away in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, 100 kilometers south of Sicily. Quite a challenge, if you want to get to...