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2021 podcast series: COP26

Activist Mara de Pater joins us to talk about the upcoming climate conference COP26 and the campaign Rail to the COP.

18 Oct 2021 7 minute read

The trouble with SAF

SAFs, or sustainable aviation fuels, are being heralded by the aviation industry as the answer to carbon emissions. But is that the full story? Finlay Asher and Flight Free UK explain.

12 Oct 2021 4 minute read

2021 podcast series: Climate and the pandemic

What can the global coronavirus health crisis teach us about the climate crisis? We speak to Dr Sweta Chakraborty about how the pandemic and climate change are connected.

10 Aug 2021 7 minute read

New Dawn Traders

Reducing our carbon output means considering where our goods come from as well as where we go on holiday

27 May 2021 2 minute read

Consultation on Air Passenger Duty (APD)

Flight Free UK responds to the government's consultation on APD.

20 May 2021 7 minute read

2021 podcast series: social, racial and climate justice

Horticulturalist Poppy Okotcha and Black Geographers founder Francisca Rockey join team members Armelle and Sunita to talk about how climate justice relates to social and racial justice.

30 Mar 2021 3 minute read

Underwater Runways

Oh, the irony: climate change puts airports at risk.

09 Mar 2021 4 minute read

2021 podcast series: Can we fly carbon neutral?

Ex-aerospace engineer Finlay Asher gives us the lowdown on how green technology may or may not enable us to fly carbon neutral

28 Feb 2021 5 minute read

7 ways to reduce your carbon footprint when travelling

Our friends at Byway Travel give us their top tips for keeping your journeys squeaky carbon-clean.

12 Jan 2021 4 minute read

What's wrong with airport expansion?

In the campaign against Leeds Bradford expansion, GALBA has been getting into the complex legal arguments on what expansion would mean with regards to emissions

12 Nov 2020 3 minute read

#FlightFree2020 podcast episode 9: a 2.3 tonne lifestyle

Science communicator Dr Emily Grossman joins us to discuss what action we need to take to reach a sustainable carbon footprint. 

24 Sep 2020 6 minute read

The Path to Net Zero

The citizens speak! The Climate Assembly UK has published its report, 'The Path to net zero.' We take a look at what's in the report in order to answer your questions.

10 Sep 2020 4 minute read

What makes a frequent flyer?

How many flights per year do you need to take to count as a 'frequent flyer'?

31 Aug 2020 3 minute read

Big ticket action for the climate

Dave Hampton, the Carbon Coach, has been banging the climate drum for decades, and wonders, has the time come when we will finally stop flying?

29 Jun 2020 3 minute read

A story in clouds

David Armstrong from Surrey shares the lockdown skies from his back garden

09 Jun 2020 2 minute read

#FlightFree2020 podcast episode 5: carbon offsets and green technology

We talk to Dr Roger Tyers from the University of Southampton about the viability of carbon offsetting and green technology in reducing emissions from aviation.

07 May 2020 8 minute read

Can technology make air travel sustainable?

We ask if techno-fixes are a viable solution to aviation's harmful emissions.

05 Apr 2020 4 minute read

#FlightFree2020 podcast episode 3: climate science

The third episode in our 2020 podcast series features comedian Dr Matt Winning, who takes us through some climate facts as well as making us laugh

03 Mar 2020 4 minute read

What has aviation got to do with climate change?

We explore what climate change is and how aviation contributes

28 Feb 2020 3 minute read

The Truth about Carbon Offsets

Environmental Sociologist Roger Tyers explains the thinking behind carbon offsets and asks if they can really address our rising emissions

04 Feb 2020 4 minute read

Behind the veil: what the aviation industry really thinks about climate change

Dr Roger Tyers of Southampton University writes about the recent Aviation Carbon conference in this Long Read.

03 Dec 2019 8 minute read

Flying in the face of the climate emergency

Jefim Vogel, researcher at Leeds University, shows how declaring climate emergency is not compatible with airport expansion.

03 Dec 2019 3 minute read

Is the rising social stigma around flying misplaced?

We take a look at the carbon footprint of flying compared to other actions and ask if, by not flying, we miss out on the benefits of travel

26 Nov 2019 4 minute read

From eight flights to one

Christine Bell took eight flights in 2018, down to just one in 2019. Here's how she did it.

26 Nov 2019 4 minute read

"I refused to fly for my university field trip"

MSc student Abi Whitefield refused to go on her University field trip, despite it being a compulsory part of her course

25 Oct 2019 3 minute read

Rebelling against Extinction

Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes comments on the recent XR airport action

15 Oct 2019 2 minute read

How to lead your tribe

Rob Wreglesworth, host of environmental podcast 'The Disruptive Environmentalist’ explains how we can become influences within our own social circles, and how signing the flight free pledge can kick-start those conversations

13 Sep 2019 5 minute read

We need to talk about the climate crisis

Maria Ardley questions why we are so reluctant to face up to the reality of the climate crisis, and highlights the urgent need to take action

24 Aug 2019 6 minute read

Be more Greta

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg gained worldwide recognition through starting the ‘School Strike for climate’, and is now travelling across the Atlantic by yacht for the upcoming UN Climate Summits in North and South America.

16 Aug 2019 3 minute read

Holidays on Mars

In a raw and honest post, Ian Edwards expresses what needs to be done in the face of environmental collapse

07 Aug 2019 4 minute read

Addressing academia's carbon footprint

Milena Buchs, associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics and Low-Carbon Transitions at the University of Leeds, asks how the academic sector can tackle emissions from air travel, and explores the benefits not flying can bring.

07 Aug 2019 4 minute read

Ice & imagination: flight of fancy?

Pondering the looming possibility of an ice free world, Bruce Gulland urges imagination in pursuing greener travel & adventure

01 Aug 2019 2 minute read

A Champion for Earth

Listen to our podcast interview with Etienne Stott, gold medal-winning canoeist and environmental activist

29 Jul 2019 6 minute read

The footprint of flying

Is flying really worse for the planet than eating meat?

18 Jun 2019 2 minute read

Podcast interview: Vipul Patel

In episode four of the Flight Free podcast we talk to Vipul Patel, an active green campaigner in Bath.

01 May 2019 4 minute read

Let's not fly the plane!

Flight Free UK teams up with Disney for some lyrical fun

25 Apr 2019 1 minute read

Why we stopped carbon-offsetting our flying

Eco-designer and doctor Linda Thomas explains why carbon offsetting turned out not to be the answer in the quest for a low-carbon life

02 Apr 2019 4 minute read

Podcast interview: Molly Scott Cato

The Green MEP for South-West England and Gibraltar talks to us about her political past, her anti-airport activism and why she doesn't fly.

07 Mar 2019 6 minute read

'What love requires'

Children's author Sue Hampton explains how not flying is not a sacrifice, but rather is a gift to the children of the future

22 Feb 2019 4 minute read

The best New Year's Resolution ever

Maja Rosén, founder of Swedish campaign Flygfritt2019, tells us what motivates her, and why she is encouraging her fellow countrymen to stop flying.

31 Jan 2019 4 minute read

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