Fly less and stay longer

PLEDGE: Fly less and stay longer
 
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Air travel is about the worst thing you can do for the climate. Plan your travel carefully. Aim to spend longer in one place and cut out frivolous day-long or weekend hops. Use new, cheap technology such as Skype to communicate face-to-face with friends, relatives, and work colleagues.

If you absolutely must travel by air, offset the carbon emissions it causes by planting a tree. Fly to countries that really need your tourist money and spend as much as you can on locally-owned establishments. Use air-conditioning as little as possible, don't launder clothes unnecessarily, and buy local food and drink.

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Originally submitted by admin on 22 Oct 2007

trying to reduce my carbon foot print

On November 7th, 2007 IonaProebst says:

I traveled over land from London to Thailand......instead of flying! It took a while longer but was the adventure of a life time and was great fun traveling on trains and local transport :)