Beyond Flying: Rethinking air travel in a globally connected world - Softcover

Watson, Chris

9780857842091: Beyond Flying: Rethinking air travel in a globally connected world

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857842099 ISBN 13: 9780857842091

Publisher: Green Books, 2014

Fourteen authors from around the world share their stories about how they came to the conclusion that reducing their air travel was necessary to avoid playing their part in climate change, and how they changed values and attitudes to businesses and personal travel. These are the stories of how these remarkable people found easy and better ways of living and working in a globalised world with less air travel.

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Review:

""Beyond Flying" makes a persuasive case for everyone to minimise the number of flights they take, and gives invaluable practical advice and moral support. If you are among those who are already making an effort to fly less, or stop flying altogether, this book will strengthen your resolve." Rose Bridger, theecologist.org"

""Beyond Flying" should contain enough reasoned logic and well-travelled romance to convince all but the most entrenched fliers to at least consider their ways. With pages upon pages of practical advice and moral support, the book also serves as a fine guidebook for those that do." Tom Revell, blueandgreentomorrow.com"

"Beyond Flying makes a persuasive case for everyone to minimise the number of flights they take, and gives invaluable practical advice and moral support. If you are among those who are already making an effort to fly less, or stop flying altogether, this book will strengthen your resolve." --Rose Bridger, theecologist.org

"I would recommend this book to everyone to gain some insight as to how flying affects the Planet and how those less likely ever to fly are the ones who are going to feel - and are already feeling - the brunt of the result of our obsession with air travel. Rating: Definitely five out of five." --Michael Smith, greenreview.blogspot.co.uk

"Beyond Flying should contain enough reasoned logic and well-travelled romance to convince all but the most entrenched fliers to at least consider their ways. With pages upon pages of practical advice and moral support, the book also serves as a fine guidebook for those that do." --Tom Revell, blueandgreentomorrow.com

About the Author:

Chris Watson grew up in an airline family and is passionate about flying but began taking personal responsibility for his aviation impact on the environment after learning that the industry increased emissions since the 1990 Earth Summit and has no plan to decarbonise aviation. He sees aviation as the defining issue in personal emissions management because it requires behaviour modification to achieve rapid decarbonisation (while most other activities can be achieved by efficient methods such as electric cars).

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