Omega Green agrofuel (biofuel) refinery in Paraguay is one of largest agrofuel refineries in the world and the first one in South America Low demand for aviation agrofuels in Paraguay means that fuel will be produced for other people’s planes while local populations...
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A Ferry-Tale & Railway Story
I didn’t think it was possible to get to the Canary Islands so quickly. The Canaries are basically next to West Sahara and 4.000 kilometres from the Stay Grounded office in Vienna, Austria. It only took us four and a half days to get there. Of course compared to a...
The Zapatistas’ grounded travel & anti-airport struggles
After sailing across the Atlantic for more than one month, on the 10th of June, a delegation of Zapatistas reached the shores of the European continent at the Azores archipelago, Portugal. In their baggage they carry stories of years of struggles and visions to be...
Staying on the Ground in India: “Slow travel is the way forward”
In this grounded story by Vivek Gilani we learn about his motivation to reduce flying and about train travel in India. Vivek is Managing Director of cBalance, a new Stay Grounded member, which creates climate action tools for industry, institutions and consumers. The...
Grounded Academics: Christoph Küffer, ETH Zürich
Christoph Küffer is a senior researcher at the Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, and professor for urban ecology at the University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil. He is now into his fifth year of (almost) not flying. In our testimonial, he tells us his...
Sail to the COP – a grounded sailing story
“We woke up with dolphins and flying fish around the ship. But far more importantly, it was the most unique opportunity to form a community, unlike anything else I have experienced.” Rosa Hofgärtner from ExPlane shares the adventurous journey she, together with...
Island Hopping for the Advanced Traveller
original blogpost by Zomer Zonder Vliegen From Malta to Texel without a plane! The Dutch Suzanne Maas has been living in Malta for several years, far away in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, 100 kilometers south of Sicily. Quite a challenge, if you want to get to...
13 Grounded Holiday Destinations to Put on Your Bucket List
The original version of this article was written in Dutch by our Let’s Stay Grounded campaign partner Natuur en Milieu. If you’re based in Europe, you don't need to spend hours on an airplane to see the world's most spectacular places. We provide you with some...
Traveling by cargo ship: climate-friendly alternative or not?
How useful is it to consider piggybacking on a ship as an alternative to an intercontinental flight? Is a journey with a container ship part of a summer without flying? The Belgian campaign Summer Without Flying inspires people to rediscover alternatives for air...