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Could you take the flight free challenge? Visit our website for information, inspiration and to make your #FlightFree2025 pledge: www.flightfree.co.uk
The data shows a foot-passenger ferry emits ~19g CO2e/km, while a short flight emits 255g. For a long journey, the most efficient option is often a train (41g) or international rail like the Eurostar (6g). The key is choosing the right low-carbon tool for the trip, which flying rarely is.
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Rachel Reeves says she wants “more financial breathing space” 💸
Instead of cutting vital services or raising taxes on households, here’s a smarter idea: tax aviation fuel
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ClimateAction #RachelReeves #TaxReform
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
If you are in or around Glasgow, our event 'Travel, flying and the climate crisis' is on Thursday!

Our inspiring speakers will look at the climate science behind flying, and help you plan a flight-free journey. 30th October, 7pm, Townhead Village Hall. Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Interrail really keeps the cost of this journey down. 5-day passes bought in the sale, + seat reservations for 4 trains there and 3 trains back, came to £365. Not bad for an 8-day holiday to four different cities! 🇬🇧>🇪🇸
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Day 3, Madrid-Malaga! What a journey. Miles of mountains, citrus trees and olive groves. Spanish villages perched on the hillsides. Everything a dusty orange and yellow, including the houses. And then, arrival in the delightful south of Spain!
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Day 2, short hop to Madrid. It’s possible to go all the way from Barcelona to Malaga in one day (without changing trains!) but one of the joys of getting somewhere by train is the places you pass along the way.
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Day 1 was a morning Eurostar to Paris, an hour’s stroll along the Canal Saint-Martin from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon, then TGV all the way to Barcelona.

The journey is as epic as you might think, all the way from the plains of northern France to the mountainous south, and the sparkling Med.
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How do you get to the nation’s favourite holiday destination, Spain, without flying? 🇪🇸

Our Director Anna has just come back from a holiday (ahem, research) in Malaga - just two days from London by train (three from most other UK destinations) 🚄
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Come and be inspired by our speakers at our next event!

On 30th October we'll be in Glasgow, talking about how flights relate to the climate, how to change society, and how to travel without flying.

Townhead Village Hall, 7pm. Tickets free, available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
October 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A year of veganism can save ~1 tonne of CO2. A single long-haul flight can emit 2-5 tonnes, wiping out those savings instantly.
For frequent flyers, going flight-free is a powerful climate action. #Vegan #ClimateChange
flightfree.co.uk/post/is-it-b...
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Looking forward to bringing our event to Glasgow next week. Register for tickets here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Come along for travel inspiration, climate info and an overview of why (and how) we should fly less. See you there! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Speakers at our Glasgow event include Dr Alexander Robertson talking about flight-free conference travel, Adam Bastock from People, Planet, Pint & Todd Ehlers from the Uni of Glasgow getting you up to speed with all things climate. Tickets here! www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you're based in or near Glasgow, we're coming your way with our event: join us on 30th October for info and inspo on flight-free travel 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Tickets available for our Glasgow event, 'Travel, flying and the climate crisis' on 30th October: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Come along for an evening of inspiring talks, flight-free travel info and helpful facts about aviation and climate. Free entry, all welcome.
October 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We are coming to Glasgow! Join us on 30th October for our event 'Travel, flying and the climate crisis'. Travel inspiration and helpful facts from climate scientists, flight-free travellers and behaviour change experts. Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
October 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🥳 10,000 signatures! 🥳

THANK YOU to everyone who has signed and shared our petition. We are asking the government to stop all airport expansion across the UK, and now we'll get a government response.

The petition closes next Wednesday - let's get as many signatures as possible before then!
September 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Politicians and airlines will tell you that airport expansion is good for the economy. But is it?

Airports take more money out of the UK than they bring in.

Sign the petition to stop airport expansion: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
September 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We are doing so well with this petition: just over 1000 signatures to go until we reach the threshold for a government response.

Thanks everyone who has supported the petition so far. Can you help us reach 10k? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
September 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
There's also a sale on Eurostar tickets at the moment too: www.eurostar.com/uk-en/find-l...

Understandably most of the weekend ones have gone now, but there might be something there!
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Update: our tourism event has been re-scheduled for next week, and will now be on Thursday 18th September. All booked tickets are still valid 👍

Please do join in the discussion then! www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
September 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"At 10,000 signatures, government will respond to this petition." Getting there... petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Our next event is nearly here! We're looking at the positives and negatives of tourism, and asking if we can still continue to travel without harming communities and the planet?

Thursday 11th September, 7pm, online.

Register now for your free ticket: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
September 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It's not just the increased noise, air pollution and emissions: airport expansion has a terrible impact on wildlife.

Help us tell the government not to expand airports: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
September 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Join us for our next online event on Thursday, where we discuss the problems with over-tourism: www.tickettailor.com/events/fligh...

Can we continue to travel without harming communities and the planet?

🗓️ 11th September
📍 Online (Zoom)
⏱️ 7pm
September 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Expanding airports should not be a priority. More people want to see investment in rail. Help us tell the government not to expand airports!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

We have until 24th Sept to reach 10k sigs. Pls sign and share!
September 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM