Flying and climate change

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HARRIS, Paul [SSPS]

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Oct 17, 2023, 4:30:01 AM10/17/23
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Dear GEP-Ed colleagues,

If you are having students discuss flying and climate change, particularly as it relates to academia/universities, this freely available essay in the Guardian may be of interest:

"Refusing to fly has lost me my job as a climate researcher. It’s a price worth paying"



Also, you and/or your students may be interested in an update on the Flying Less Initiative from Parke Wilde, which you can find below my email signature.

Kind regards,

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To: flyin...@googlegroups.com <flyin...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: University #flyingless update (October 2023)
 

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Here are recent updates from the university #flyingless initiative (flyingless.org):
  • Tufts University #flyingless video and article. The Tufts University media site Tufts Now has given our #flyingless initiative some energetic coverage, including a video, feature article, interactive map, and chart comparing transportation modes. Consider sharing the link above with your own social media networks. Or you may forward it by email within your own university to ask, "could our university promote the climate action efforts of our own faculty in similar fashion?"
  • Gianluca takes a stand. Our friend and long-time #flyingless supporter, Prof. Gianluca Grimalda is returning home by ship, train, and bus to Germany from his anthropology field research site in the Solomon Islands, at the cost of his faculty position at the Kiel Institute, which is firing him for being late returning to the office this fall. His act of principle received extensive media coverage in the Guardian, New York Times, CNN, and many other outlets. Don't ask whether we each can do likewise (that would be a lot to ask). But we can each reflect on Gianluca's courage as a mark of what is possible, as we take stock of what perhaps more modest collective action is possible within our own university communities.
  • New Years' Eve Eve Party (Dec 30). We usually host an online social event with toasts and reflections on #flyingless themes each December 30, at 4pm eastern (9pm UK, 10pm CET). Please hold the date. If you are tempted to host and log in from a local party in your own community at that time, please contact us by email. We'd love to coordinate.
  • Other social media platforms. Please continue to share our initiative on the platform sometimes known as Twitter (@flyingless). We have a lighter presence on Bluesky (@parkewilde), and Instagram (@notjetset). During these times of chaos in social media platforms, if you find merit in our approach, please take your own actions to share our main website link on your favorite platforms with a post or comment of your own (flyingless.org). We need your help.
  • Email preferences. These occasional email updates through Google Groups, fewer than once monthly, are being sent to people who supported our petition (flyingless.org) and checked a box for receiving occasional emails. If we included you by error, or if you would like to be removed, just email parke...@gmail.com. No explanation needed. We are grateful for your interest and glad to respect your email preferences.
Thanks for all you do!

Best,

Parke

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Parke Wilde
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
150 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02111
339-368-2975 (cell), parke...@tufts.edu

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