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Judging by number of Danes on this #dfds passenger ferry, it is surely time for a reopening of the Esbjerg ferry to UK to facilitate #FlyingLess? - especially as people seek cooler climates for summer holidays, rather than warm ones

Judging by number of Danes on this #dfds passenger ferry, it is surely time for a reopening of the Esbjerg ferry to UK to facilitate #FlyingLess? - especially as people seek cooler climates for summer holidays, rather than warm ones

Two observations:
- WiFi is notably slower over the German border
- Cloud storage and working in the cloud is a pain.
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116877971902635778
Ruth_Mottram - It's summer holiday time and we're back on the train, this time in 5 changes from Copenhagen to Amsterdam via Hamburg - so far (🤞) mostly on time. I'm astonished too. So let's try not to curse it.

I had planned board games, reading books, having a picnic and photo sorting for this trip. But work is unfinished and since leaving at 6am I've managed to finish two reports, clear some emails and now it's time to look at budgets.

Annoying to work on holiday but everyone else is on a screen too and at least this way I can catch up.  

#LifeOfAscientist #FlyingLess

Two observations:
- WiFi is notably slower over the German border
- Cloud storage and working in the cloud is a pain.
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116877971902635778
Ruth_Mottram - It's summer holiday time and we're back on the train, this time in 5 changes from Copenhagen to Amsterdam via Hamburg - so far (🤞) mostly on time. I'm astonished too. So let's try not to curse it.

I had planned board games, reading books, having a picnic and photo sorting for this trip. But work is unfinished and since leaving at 6am I've managed to finish two reports, clear some emails and now it's time to look at budgets.

Annoying to work on holiday but everyone else is on a screen too and at least this way I can catch up.  

#LifeOfAscientist #FlyingLess

It's summer holiday time and we're back on the train, this time in 5 changes from Copenhagen to Amsterdam via Hamburg - so far (🤞) mostly on time. I'm astonished too. So let's try not to curse it.

I had planned board games, reading books, having a picnic and photo sorting for this trip. But work is unfinished and since leaving at 6am I've managed to finish two reports, clear some emails and now it's time to look at budgets.

Annoying to work on holiday but everyone else is on a screen too and at least this way I can catch up.

#LifeOfAscientist #FlyingLess

It's summer holiday time and we're back on the train, this time in 5 changes from Copenhagen to Amsterdam via Hamburg - so far (🤞) mostly on time. I'm astonished too. So let's try not to curse it.

I had planned board games, reading books, having a picnic and photo sorting for this trip. But work is unfinished and since leaving at 6am I've managed to finish two reports, clear some emails and now it's time to look at budgets.

Annoying to work on holiday but everyone else is on a screen too and at least this way I can catch up.

#LifeOfAscientist #FlyingLess

RE: https://mastodon.social/@infrastory/116794195891922879

In which we learn* why the International Air Travel Association** loves to muddy the water around the industry's emissions, by blending human and non-human cargo in their carbon footprint stats.

The atmosphere/oceans neither know nor care how many people, fish or iPhones were on a plane. How much fuel the aviation industry burns is the stat that matters.

* kind of, if you join the dots

**edited to correct IATA (had said ICAO)

#FlyingLess

Hello again the European Sleeper train, this time from Rotterdam to Dresden.
I love these trains, it's no frills travel in the good sense. The byproduct is that strangers are allowed to talk to one another.
#EuropeanRail
#FlyingLess
#WalesToSweden

Hello Danmark.
Hello Europe's (imho) least pleasant station, Copenhagen Airport.
The stink of jet fuel greets you even before you leave your incoming train.
A breeze picks up as you wait on the platform and you assume the air will freshen. But of course that air is also filthy with jet pollution, so the only relief is when you stop noticing the noxious fog.
Never mind the climate emergency, why do we allow local air pollution like this?
#FlyingLess
#EuropeanRail
#SweatChildOfThine

Hurrah! Another subsidy (approx £40m) to airlines just because the finite resource they're addicted to burning has become a bit pricey for their customers.

Customers whom Sweden's economically illiterate* right wing government wants to vote for them in the autumn election.
(Ah, now it makes perfect sense.)

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/regeringen-500-miljoner-till-flyget

* Subsidising wealthy people's use of a limited resource is a sure way to increase risk of actual supply shortages

#FlyingLess

Hurrah! Another subsidy (approx £40m) to airlines just because the finite resource they're addicted to burning has become a bit pricey for their customers.

Customers whom Sweden's economically illiterate* right wing government wants to vote for them in the autumn election.
(Ah, now it makes perfect sense.)

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/regeringen-500-miljoner-till-flyget

* Subsidising wealthy people's use of a limited resource is a sure way to increase risk of actual supply shortages

#FlyingLess

@infrastory
Hate to break it to you, but (a) the #JevonsParadox has been a thing for about two centuries, and (b) the atmosphere and oceans neither know nor care how many people are on the plane.

#FlyingLess

Hello Scandinavian Airlines, #SAS.

Regarding - https://www.sasgroup.net/newsroom/press-releases/2026/sas-lack-of-sustainable-fuel-could-push-aviation-into-new-energy-crisis/

Your fuel cost is your problem.
I can think of at least one other way for you to meet this requirement.

And interestingly, it seems Lufthansa can too - https://newsroom.lufthansagroup.com/en/lufthansa-group-optimises-flight-offering-in-summer-across-all-six-hubs/#

#FlyingLess

@tml Sounds worthwhile in the day too, given @seatsixtyone recommendation,
"If I had to name Europe's most spectacular train ride, it'd probably be the journey from Belgrade to Podgorica and Bar in Montenegro"
One for the 🚄⛴️ list!

Have any #StayGrounded or #FlyingLess folk here tried it?

@tml Sounds worthwhile in the day too, given @seatsixtyone recommendation,
"If I had to name Europe's most spectacular train ride, it'd probably be the journey from Belgrade to Podgorica and Bar in Montenegro"
One for the 🚄⛴️ list!

Have any #StayGrounded or #FlyingLess folk here tried it?

Mornin' #circadian research folk, I believe I see a new way to get to #Padua for the next #EBRS meeting! 👀🚄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹
OK looks like this service is also waiting to escape vintage carriages...

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vth6nor3jyocbspcnp7ckmcp/post/3mg57oulzi22r

#StayGrounded #FlyingLess

Turned around and now travelling towards #Lubeck en route to EBRS2025, just a basin of Baltic and half Sweden to go 🛳️ 🚄 ⛴️

Over 50 trainees up for #circadian entrainment tutorial on Sunday, it seems 🤓 ⏰ #PRCparty

https://ebrs-online.org/index.php/events/ebrs2025/program.html

#staygrounded #flyingless #EBRS2025

In spite of having read several of Iain Banks' non-Sci Fi oeuvre I had never been remotely tempted by the culture novels, though I have friends who raves about them at Uni. Then I spotted this on a summer reading table at the library, which I suppose shows the value of a good librarian...
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114880501538335915
Ruth_Mottram - Long trip back to Copenhagen starts with EV to Lyon + a packed but slowly emptying train to Geneva, during which I have been completely captured by an #IainMBanks #Culture novel. Actually, surprisingly my first. That's the gift of both train travel and a good book. #bookstodon #booksky #FlyingLess

In spite of having read several of Iain Banks' non-Sci Fi oeuvre I had never been remotely tempted by the culture novels, though I have friends who raves about them at Uni. Then I spotted this on a summer reading table at the library, which I suppose shows the value of a good librarian...
https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/114880501538335915
Ruth_Mottram - Long trip back to Copenhagen starts with EV to Lyon + a packed but slowly emptying train to Geneva, during which I have been completely captured by an #IainMBanks #Culture novel. Actually, surprisingly my first. That's the gift of both train travel and a good book. #bookstodon #booksky #FlyingLess

Long trip back to Copenhagen starts with EV to Lyon + a packed but slowly emptying train to Geneva, during which I have been completely captured by an #IainMBanks #Culture novel. Actually, surprisingly my first. That's the gift of both train travel and a good book. #bookstodon #booksky #FlyingLess

Long trip back to Copenhagen starts with EV to Lyon + a packed but slowly emptying train to Geneva, during which I have been completely captured by an #IainMBanks #Culture novel. Actually, surprisingly my first. That's the gift of both train travel and a good book. #bookstodon #booksky #FlyingLess

Long trip back to Copenhagen starts with EV to Lyon + a packed but slowly emptying train to Geneva, during which I have been completely captured by an #IainMBanks #Culture novel. Actually, surprisingly my first. That's the gift of both train travel and a good book. #bookstodon #booksky #FlyingLess

Long trip back to Copenhagen starts with EV to Lyon + a packed but slowly emptying train to Geneva, during which I have been completely captured by an #IainMBanks #Culture novel. Actually, surprisingly my first. That's the gift of both train travel and a good book. #bookstodon #booksky #FlyingLess

@Ruth_Mottram Hope you had a good trip - I'm currently in Finland, got here with train to Stockholm, 11h ferry (but with fantastic skærgård views) to Åbo, then train journeys in #Finland. When planning I had hoped to avoid planes, but I either had to reverse my whole route, or include the three baltic countries and get another ferry from Kleipeda - it became too much so ended up with plane ticket Helsinki-Copenhagen. But otherwise nice feeling getting so far away without flying. Other than environmental benefits it feels more real to travel this way, last evening I saw a 'distance to cities signpost' with Esbjerg 1880 km, that's a long way...
#FlyingLess

Tip for #FlyingLess as a family: prepare for long train rides with board + card games. The #privacy friendly app games by @SECUSO_Research are absolutely brilliant, easy to use, stable + not stealing your data (or trying to sell your kids stuff).

(Edited to give right masto account: top work, thanks Secuso🙏 for the hours of fun your sudoku app has provided already).

https://secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/105.php

Tip for #FlyingLess as a family: prepare for long train rides with board + card games. The #privacy friendly app games by @SECUSO_Research are absolutely brilliant, easy to use, stable + not stealing your data (or trying to sell your kids stuff).

(Edited to give right masto account: top work, thanks Secuso🙏 for the hours of fun your sudoku app has provided already).

https://secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/105.php

#Introduction to a new series of threads about sustainable travelling *for academics*!

CCying everyone interested in #SustainableTravel #SustainableAcademia #Flyingless #SlowTravel #ClimateChange #CarbonFootprint #Environment and #ActOnClimate

Technical note: I’ll be using #GreenMSCA and #GreenAcadeMiles tags for all my posts related to this topic. If you are not much into my other stuff (#visual #anthropology #music), I suggest you follow these hashtags only.

Let’s jump into it!

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#Introduction to a new series of threads about sustainable travelling *for academics*!

CCying everyone interested in #SustainableTravel #SustainableAcademia #Flyingless #SlowTravel #ClimateChange #CarbonFootprint #Environment and #ActOnClimate

Technical note: I’ll be using #GreenMSCA and #GreenAcadeMiles tags for all my posts related to this topic. If you are not much into my other stuff (#visual #anthropology #music), I suggest you follow these hashtags only.

Let’s jump into it!

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Man, Sweden is a big country...
Finally approaching Copenhagen 25 hours after leaving Abisko..
My ride today was a little less productive workwise than I'd hoped but enlivened by this inspiring book, bought at #Abisko national park centre. Lots of adventures to be planned in Sweden over coming months and years.... #FlyingLess #CrossborderRail.

Man, Sweden is a big country...
Finally approaching Copenhagen 25 hours after leaving Abisko..
My ride today was a little less productive workwise than I'd hoped but enlivened by this inspiring book, bought at #Abisko national park centre. Lots of adventures to be planned in Sweden over coming months and years.... #FlyingLess #CrossborderRail.

(But there are certainly other sinners around) #CrossborderRail #FlyingLess

(But there are certainly other sinners around) #CrossborderRail #FlyingLess

On to train number 4, the sleeper...
Looking forward to an easy 14 hours and some good grub in the #DiningCar hopefully
#FlyingLess #CrossborderRail

On to train number 4, the sleeper...
Looking forward to an easy 14 hours and some good grub in the #DiningCar hopefully
#FlyingLess #CrossborderRail

The first of 4 #CrossborderRail trains today - I'm off to Abisko in Northern Sweden for a week of field training for #iQ2300..
The first is the regional train from my local regional station to København H, where I have a 10 minute transfer to Malmø #FlyIngLess

The first of 4 #CrossborderRail trains today - I'm off to Abisko in Northern Sweden for a week of field training for #iQ2300..
The first is the regional train from my local regional station to København H, where I have a 10 minute transfer to Malmø #FlyIngLess

@Broadfork The one key issue that was missing from the programme is the highly skewed distribution of flying - small numbers fly enormously more than the majority. #flyingless

@Broadfork The one key issue that was missing from the programme is the highly skewed distribution of flying - small numbers fly enormously more than the majority. #flyingless

Rather good BBC1 programme on the impact of flying, cheap flights in the UK, and the illusion of SAFs, offsets and so on. Justin Rowlatt and Fran Scott present. Dieter Helm lays down the truth about offsets and markets. And a series of liars spin yarns. Some look remarkably unconvinced by their own bullshit. #flyingless https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001zq7n/what-they-really-mean-for-you-cheap-flights

Rather good BBC1 programme on the impact of flying, cheap flights in the UK, and the illusion of SAFs, offsets and so on. Justin Rowlatt and Fran Scott present. Dieter Helm lays down the truth about offsets and markets. And a series of liars spin yarns. Some look remarkably unconvinced by their own bullshit. #flyingless https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001zq7n/what-they-really-mean-for-you-cheap-flights

Am Montag gibt es eine Abschlussveranstaltung eines großen #FlyingLess-Projektes, bei dem es um die Reduktion des Flugverkehrs im akademischen Bereich geht. Braucht Ihr nicht hinzufliegen, gibt's auch online:

https://www.ifeu.de/anmeldung-flyingless-abschlussveranstaltung

#stayGrounded #amBodenBleiben

Am Montag gibt es eine Abschlussveranstaltung eines großen #FlyingLess-Projektes, bei dem es um die Reduktion des Flugverkehrs im akademischen Bereich geht. Braucht Ihr nicht hinzufliegen, gibt's auch online:

https://www.ifeu.de/anmeldung-flyingless-abschlussveranstaltung

#stayGrounded #amBodenBleiben

. @bortzmeyer @sintzoff @ripencc plus … the ease/speed of flying vs #train travel is incomparable when the true cost is considered… here’s listed more material about (academic) conferences & #flyingless https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/local-hubs-for-events-diversity-sustainability-and-decentralisation/ :: https://easst.net/easst-review/41-2/fieldnotes-on-flyingless-conferencing/ & https://www.epfl.ch/campus/mobility/mobility-and-travel/academic-travel/epfl-travel-policy/ & https://hiltner.english.ucsb.edu/index.php/ncnc-guide/

. @bortzmeyer @sintzoff @ripencc plus … the ease/speed of flying vs #train travel is incomparable when the true cost is considered… here’s listed more material about (academic) conferences & #flyingless https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/local-hubs-for-events-diversity-sustainability-and-decentralisation/ :: https://easst.net/easst-review/41-2/fieldnotes-on-flyingless-conferencing/ & https://www.epfl.ch/campus/mobility/mobility-and-travel/academic-travel/epfl-travel-policy/ & https://hiltner.english.ucsb.edu/index.php/ncnc-guide/

To #Potsdam for last project meeting of meeting season (aka Autumn). 5 day combined @PolarRES #Polar #CORDEX at AWI. Will be great to catch up with old friends but first a 5 hour direct train to #Hamburg. *Cannot wait* for the #ehmarn #Femern belt to be done.
#FlyingLess #CrossborderRail

To #Potsdam for last project meeting of meeting season (aka Autumn). 5 day combined @PolarRES #Polar #CORDEX at AWI. Will be great to catch up with old friends but first a 5 hour direct train to #Hamburg. *Cannot wait* for the #ehmarn #Femern belt to be done.
#FlyingLess #CrossborderRail

@petergleick @Phil_Mountford In a slightly different vein, may I add this to your mix, from Private Eye today. #climatechange #flyingless

@petergleick @Phil_Mountford In a slightly different vein, may I add this to your mix, from Private Eye today. #climatechange #flyingless

@feuerstein
My best #travel experience so far (and possibly ever): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Zephyr
Definitely not fast - but 2400+mi of travelling in style with a 2bed roomette, onboard restaurant inc. room service, a panorama car (landscape!) and meeting people crazy enough to spend 50+h on a train :-) was great!

#AmTrak #StayGrounded #Flyingless #TrainTravel

Honestly, flying across the country to see a bird out of its range is anti-bird. I hope the person who did that spent more time here that made such a flight worth it. #FlyingLess

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/rare-bird-sighting-san-francisco-california-19621732.php

We have tried to cut back on flying. This was our last trip to see the in laws before they permanently move closer to us next year and I really hope we can stick to our every other year plans for getting on a plane barring family emergencies.

WestJet wanted to know if I would recommend them for travel and this is my response.

#FlyingLess

Flying gets more dangerous now with #ClimateBreakdown

Airlines can compensate you but I bet the people who lost their ability to walk would rather still be able to walk.

We should all be #FlyingLess

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/6/11/singapore-airlines-offers-compensation-to-passengers-hurt-by-turbulence?traffic_source=rss&utm_source=press.coop

@CarbonBubble On BBCWS Weekend, this question was discussed briefly opening with a scientist pointing to the clear link. The rest fo the discussion degeneratee into the question of "would more turbulence and wearing a seatbelt put you off flying" to which the answer was a very firm "No". The disconnect was breathtaking.
For context, one of the commentators was in South Africa. London-Jo'burg return is 2 tonnes CO2e. Average per capita emissions for the UK 6 tCO2e…#flyingless

#SETACSeville here we come! Off on a sustainable train journey from Lancaster to Seville, courtesy of a great value Interrail pass.

The journey is about 31 hours door to door, and including a hotel in Paris, cost ~£400 door-to-door. Perhaps not as cheap as a budget airline, but when you add in transit costs and baggage, it's not too far off. And honestly, it's much more comfortable.

#SETACbyTrain #FlyingLess #TrainsNotPlanes #SustainableTravel

Farvel og tak for denne gang Norge....
#Norge #akershus #Oslo #EasterSunday #SilentSunday #FlyingLess #OsloBådet