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10,000 planes - A GreenThing film
By Ciaran Mundy | January 9, 2009
This is a great little film, Stay Grounded, from the guys at The GreenThing. Someone asked me last night “how hard is it never flying?”. . . well I occasionally find the idea appealing on one level but really once the false connection with holiday is broken it’s not such a big thing. I enjoy the traveling I do more than ever.
I travel lots in fact, just not by plane. I do miss my friends and family in Oz but soon I’ll try and find the time to hitch a ride on a cargo ship where my extra passage is almost irrelevant. But even those journeys will get less frequent in the bigger world of smaller economies based on ecological realities. Maybe the idea of true adventure will return to our lives as packaged flying and high speed global culture sinks on the storms of the post boom, too much food, too much stuff, post oil age. I think maybe I should teach my daughter to sail boats too.
If you have other short films or stories you think should be up here or just want to say what you think abou this film we’d love to know. . . .
Topics: Aviation Industry, Avoid Flying, Flying Feels Wrong, Stop Flying Stories, Topical, Video |