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Thursday, January 24th, 2008Michael Daw is somewhat of an expert on virtual meetings and in this post gives his take on the potential for technology to replace our ‘need’ if not our desire to fly: When you took the pledge not to fly, did you take the Gold or the Silver? For those of you who don’t know, [...]
Fighting the right battle against global warming
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007LowFlyZone response to Tom Robbins Observer article where he questions the need to halt in the rapid growth in aviation. His reasoning does not add up. Rather than suggest we back off or somehow water down our efforts at tackling our unsustainable lifestyles, cutting out flying is an important signal in accepting and embracing necessary [...]
BAA take off the gloves
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007A signal court case affecting the right of individuals to protest peacefully about climate change: BAA are attempting to ban environmental campaigners from the airport, parts of the rail network and sections of the M25 and M4 motorways. Heathrow Airport Ltd (part of BAA) has applied for an extremely broad injunction under the Protection from [...]
Flybe’s responsible flying?
Monday, June 11th, 2007Flybe have launched a series of broadsheet advertisements in the UK claiming to be leading the way in ‘responsible low cost flying’. But can ‘responsible low cost flying’ really exist? Flybe don’t offer a definition of what ‘responsible low cost flying’ might be, but we can infer from their advertisements that this entails five things: [...]
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