Traveling can broaden your horizons, create precious memories and even boost your mental and physical health. But it has a tremendous environmental impact, especially if you fly. People are trying different strategies to minimize their travel footprint, but it’s hard to do better when you don’t even know the true impact of your choices. When it comes to air travel, […]
Reducing travel for business and family visits is one of the most impactful choices we can make to reduce our climate impact. When we travel, we should make it count, but we can’t do that unless we understand the consequences for the environment. In this installment of our Carbon Calculating series, discover how to calculate your carbon emissions for air […]
The coronavirus pandemic has proven that we can decide not to travel if it’s not essential. Before you book your next flight, consider this: Air travel contributes 4.9% of the greenhouse gas emissions that are the leading cause of climate change. Data source: What effect is global aviation having on the environment? Phys.org, August 29, 2018 Print or share We Earthling […]