Les dessous des programmes de fidélité « grand voyageur » : une histoire d’injustice climatique et d’inégalité économique
A l'heure où les voyages en avion sont devenus un marqueur de statut social et de réussite, les programmes de fidélité "grands voyageurs" occupent une place importante. Ce qui avait démarré comme une tactique marketing que la haute direction d'American Airlines a...
Réinventer le tourisme dans un monde avec moins d’avions : résumé du webinaire
Le tourisme basé sur l’aviation est-il à la hauteur de sa promesse d’assurer la prospérité des populations et de la planète ? Comment aviation et tourisme sont-ils devenus dépendants l’un de l’autre ? Quelles opportunités s’offrent au secteur du tourisme avec une...
Construire l’avenir de l’aérien : l’approche d’employés du secteur – Résumé du webinaire
Dans un monde marqué par la crise climatique, il est essentiel que les travailleurs soient impliqué dans la transition juste de la société qui s'avère nécessaire. Tout récemment, la Fédération européenne des travailleurs des transports a publié le rapport « Landing...
Webinar: Is the industry greenwashing aviation?
For decades we have witnessed massive growth rates in aviation without any meaningful attempt from neither industry nor government to deal with it’s damaging climate impact. The short pause through Covid was directly followed by massive and unconditional bailouts from...
The total climate impact of aviation
For a long time, the aviation industry and governments ignored the fact that aviation's climate impact is not only about CO2: burning kerosene at altitude also generates contrails, induced cloudiness and NOx derivatives that, although short lived, contribute...
Just Transition in the Aviation Sector
Ways for shifting towards a climate-just transport system. The role of aviation workers and the state On August 4th, the Stay Grounded network held a webinar on the question how a just transition of aviation could be organized. Inputs by a pilot, a trade unionist, and...
Airport Conflicts – Struggles for Environmental Justice
All across the globe airport projects involve new land acquisition, the destruction of ecosystems, displacement of people and local pollution and health issues. This webinar presented the results of 300 socio-environmental conflicts related to the expansion or creation of new airports or aerotropolis that were mapped in research in collaboration between Environmental Justice Atlas and Stay Grounded.
How to Tell Grounded Stories
Aviation is deeply engrained in the lifestyle of many people in the Global North. Decades of advertising and campaigning by the industry lead to a view of flying that is connected to freedom and an open minded society. But with the rapidly escalating climate crisis...
Degrowth of Aviation
How to reduce air travel in a just way? On 5th of December, Stay Grounded presented the new report "Degrowth of Aviation. Reducing air travel in a just way" in a webinar. The report had been produced with much input from the conference on Degrowth of Aviation held in...
System Change and/or Behaviour Change?
On Oct. 29th 2019, our second Stay Grounded Webinar took place. We discussed with experts the role of behaviour change approaches regarding the much needed systemic change of our society and new social theories reframing the role of the individual in instigating...
CORSIA – better or worse than nothing?
The next ICAO Assembly on CORSIA will take place in Montreal from the 24th of September until the 4th of October 2019. Stay Grounded offered a webinar on the 29th of August that explained the current status in the CORSIA process and indicated ways to resist the problematic scheme. Find a shortened version of the recorded webinar, and an overview here.