Explore
first UK tour operator to carbon offset all parts of a holiday
John Telfer
Topics:
00:59 Start conversation John Telfer – Explore, adventure travel company
03:18 Carbon offsetting all components of its trips, including flights, accommodation and domestic transport – why, how and with whom?
07:50 Worst case scenario
11:48 Climate Care allocation of funds
12:50 Cool Earth
14:02 Criticism of carbon offsetting
20:34 Carbon tax
23:30 Cost difference trains-flights – British Airways offsetting
28:31 FlygSkam and its effects
33:14 The importance of traveling
35:12 Davos – one in 10 jobs globally dependent on travel
36:30 Brexit – how it will affect travel
37:55 Prince William – Earthshot Prize
41:15 Coronavirus
ARTICLES DISCUSSED
A growing number of operators are offsetting each holiday they sell by funding reforestation and renewable energy schemes.
According to new research by adventure travel company Intrepid, younger travellers are keener to book through a company that offers offsetting than older ones.
The study found that 58% of travellers believe sustainability is an important factor when making travel choices, but when asked what steps they would like companies to take,
only 20% of travellers aged 55+ said they would like the chance to offset, compared with 44% of those born in the late 1990s
You can now offset rail, road and air journeys, your stay in a holiday hotel, your daily commute, your home heating – indeed you could offset the emissions of your whole life.
Offsetting can work, and it allows people who have to travel to do so with a clearer conscience. But the best strategy must be to reduce your own emissions first.
Night trains have returned to the tracks between Brussels and Vienna amid growing interest in alternatives to flying.
The ÖBB, which claims the title of Europe’s largest operator of night trains, said travelling between Vienna and Brussels by train emits 10 times less CO2 than the same journey by air.
The ÖBB, which claims the title of Europe’s largest operator of night trains, said travelling between Vienna and Brussels by train emits 10 times less CO2 than the same journey by air.
Issue is price: Remember EasyJet’s opening slogan? “Making flying as affordable as a pair of jeans.”
Currently banned from roads and sidewalks in the UK, the controversial electric scooters that have taken over the streets of cities in North America and Europe are likely going to be legalized soon in an effort to promote green transportation.
Prince William is using his royal voice to address the threats facing our planet.
He will award five prizes each year between 2020 and 2030 to “individuals, teams, or collaborations — scientists, activists, economists, leaders, governments, banks, businesses, cities, and countries — anyone who is making a substantial development or outstanding contribution to solving our environmental challenges.”
The name “Earthshot” was inspired by former US President John F. Kennedy’s “Moonshot,”
