#Today, I am celebrating my 4 years without flying ✈️.
The #Earth’s #climate is perturbed by #human activites. One of the easiest things to do towards #sustainability is to cut air travels. Thus, 4 years ago, I cut my frequent flyer cards and decided to #StayGrounded, using only low-#carbon travel means such as #train.
@AlexSanterne@StayGrounded_net Congratulations! I made the same decision 5 years ago, after returning to Germany from the US. Feels good, doesn't it? Even if it's sometimes annoying and complicated to get places, I've found that one always gets there, somehow.
@franzi@StayGrounded_net yeah, I fully agree. I am not even considering it the plane option for my travels. If I can’t go by low-carbon means, mainly train, I am not going.
I have already declined invited keynote presentations to large international conferences because it was impossible for me to go by train.
@AlexSanterne@StayGrounded_net@labos1point5@academicchatter When I was a kid in the 80s, we travelled by train to Poland to see my mums family. In fairness it was more for economic reasons as budget airlines weren’t a thing back then. It took two days and being a kid, I hated it, though crossing the Berlin Wall (still up in those days) was interesting.