mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Global network for a rapid reduction of air traffic & a just transition towards mobility that works for people and planet. We like 🐧.
🆕 Guide on how to reframe aviation: https://reframeaviation.stay-grounded.org/
We work on #ClimateJustice #Aviation #Greenwashing #JustTransition #Offsetting #Agrofuels #AirportConflicts and more.
🚨 BREAKING: We have sent a letter to decision-makers across Europe.
Along with 80 organisations, our demands are simple:
1. Ban private jets
2. Ban frequent flyer programs
3. Tax frequent flying
More in 4 languages here: https://stay-grounded.org/ban-private-jets/
The tourism sector's dependency on aviation is fuelling the fire of the climate crisis
But a small proportion of the population is responsible for a large proportion of the devastating climate impact of this destructive dependency
It's time to reimagine tourism 🌳 ☀️
Taxpayer money is used to incentivise the aviation industry's environmental and social destruction
This happens in the EU through a complicated system of direct and indirect subsidies
Read more in a summary of our webinar with @Umanotera: https://shorturl.at/ADFV5
⁉️ Did you know...
..the carbon footprint of a return flight from New York to London is nearly DOUBLE the yearly average of a person living in India?
Join next week's webinar to learn about why grounding aviation is so an important for climate justice 🌍
➡️ https://stay-grounded.org/events/webinar-the-injustice-of-aviation/
⁉️ Want to be part of a global network of activists campaigning for climate justice? 🌎
Then join our Multiplier Trainings! Coming up this autumn 🎉
More info on our international & French trainings: https://stay-grounded.org/training/
NEW REPORT ✈️🏙️😱
Did you know?
▶️ WHO/EU aircraft noise levels are exceeded around most airports?
▶️ Aviation’s dangerous ultrafine particles aren’t regulated?
Want to know what to do about #aviation’s serious #health effects?
👉 Check out: https://stay-grounded.org/aviation-is-a-health-issue
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The aviation industry is relying on Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) to reach their climate goals
But NETs are #greenwash ⬇️🤮
👀 Read our new factsheet to find out why: https://stay-grounded.org/SG-factsheet-NETs-May-2024
We need urgent flight reduction not false solutions ⛔
This is a wake up call that has been ringing for years. We need to act NOW to stop burning fossil fuels & that includes curbing aviation, one of the fastest growing sources of warming, by all means necessary: taxes, caps & limits, alternatives & absolutely no new expansion 🚫✈️
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/09/2023-record-world-hottest-climate-fossil-fuel #ClimateJusticeNow #PeopleNotFlights #TrainsNotPlanes #StopAirportExpansion #ActForClimate #MakeThemPay
Today a rally takes place to support twelve activists on trial for an action at Le Bourget airport
@attac@soc1.leftic.club and Extinction Rebellion Paris are calling for people to meet in front of Bobigny court from 11.30am to show their solidarity with the activists and remind everyone who the real climate criminals are
Stay Grounded stands in solidarity with the activists ✊
🛩️ Evidence shows there is a gender inequality when it comes to plane travel and who bears most responsibility for aviation emissions
Marginalised groups contribute less to the climate crisis and yet suffer far more from its consequences
Residents, health orgs, climate movement & workers can build powerful coalitions to achieve a healthier future for all!
Some key demands:
1⃣Stricter rules on noise and pollution
2⃣No planes at night
3⃣Reduced fuel sulphur content
4⃣Reduced aromatics
5⃣and... reduce flights!
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🗞️ Want to know what the Stay Grounded network was working on in 2023?
🗓️ As we enter the new year, we've been reflecting on 2023 and all the momentum, activities, and growth that have taken place within our network
➡️ Read more in our year review: https://shorturl.at/rJMX9
Next to the Stay Grounded health report, also check out the newly published Airport Tracker: a global inventory of CO2 and local air pollutants by @ODI_Global and @transenv@mastodon.social
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