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‘Joy of Slow, Low Carbon Travel’ Ed Gillespie LCC January 2013

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‘Joy of Slow, Low Carbon Travel’ Ed Gillespie !LCC!January 2013!

“The journey is the reward”

WWW.FUTERRA.CO.UK

MISSION  

IF  YOU  WANT  TO  SUBVERT  THE  DOMINANT  PARADIGM  YOU  NEED  TO  HAVE  MORE  FUN  THAN  ‘THEY’  ARE    

(and  let  them  know    while  we’re  doing  it)  

Complexity

"This isnʼt a gentlepersons debate, its a street fight against well-funded, merciless enemies who play by entirely different rules.""

•  Poverty and inequity!•  Epidemics and

health crisis!•  Climate change!•  Biodiversity loss!•  Financial crash!•  Security threats!

•  Sustainable development!

age of problems! age of solutions!

Economic!

Social!

Equitable

Environment! Viable

Bearable

Sustainable

Source: Loup Niboyet!

“We  are  not  blindly  opposed  to  progress…we  are  opposed  to  blind  

progress”  

John  Muir  

“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it”

Mark Twain

IMPA

CT

WILLIN

GN

ESS

No Fly!

Recycling!

No Plastic Bags!

SINGLE ACTION BIAS

UK & International Aviation Growth

•  180M flights in 2000 ⇒ 500M in 2030!•  13% of UK emissions (incl. radiative forcing impacts)!•  Tyndall scenarios by 2050:!

•  Aviation = 50% allowable emissions (optimistic)!•  Aviation = 100% allowable emissions (pessimistic)!

•  Wipe out efficiency/renewables gains!•  Worldwide traffic growth 5% p.a.!•  Worldwide air freight growth 6% p.a.!•  Global fleet to double in size by 2020!

Half the UK population flies at least once a year and a quarter flies twice or more

“The irresponsible face of capitalism?”

Plane Train

Time 1 hour airport transfer

2 hour check-in 1.5 hour flight

30 min disembarking 2 hour transfer

9 hours

Total 7 hours 9 hours

Cost £100 RTN £30 Gatwick Express £60 Snowboard/Skis

(+£10/Kg excess) £120 Airport transfer

£275 RTN

Total £310 £275

Carbon 0.3 Tonnes 0.085 Tonnes

Plane vs Train London: Verbier. Time, Cost & Carbon

Flying versus Shipping

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Mode gCO2/passenger/km*

Short Haul Flight 330-460

Long Haul Flight 210-330

Large Bulk Carrier 0.63

*Includes radiative forcing effects

•  45,000 miles

•  31 countries

•  381 days

•  1.8 tonnes of carbon

•  My UK carbon footprint = 2.58 tonnes

•  UK average = 4.48 tonnes

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SOCIAL  PROOF  

WWW.FUTERRA.CO.UK

WWW.FUTERRA.CO.UK

THE STONE AGE DIDN’T END

BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF

STONES

ed gillespie!@[email protected] !www.futerra.co.uk!

thanks and goodbye