S1 #7 | Grounding B******t Flights | Samie Blasingame (Stay Grounded)

The End of Tourism

On this episode we are joined by Samie Blasingame, the communications campaigner for the Stay Grounded Network.

Stay Grounded is a global network of more than 180 member organisations, among them local airport opposition and climate justice groups, NGOs, trade unions, initiatives fostering alternatives to aviation like night trains, and organisations supporting communities which struggle against offset projects or biofuel plantations. Also individual activists, academics, trade unionists and interested people can contribute to the network.

Stay Grounded aims to exchange experiences, support each other, and campaign together for a reduction of aviation and its negative impacts. They also engage in fighting problematic climate strategies like offsetting emissions and biofuels. Their vision is a form of mobility that rests inside the planetary boundaries and allows a livable future for us and our children.

Samie has an academic and professional background in environmental policy and planning with a focus on urban regeneration, sustainable agriculture and resilient food systems. Currently, she is based in Berlin, Germany where she works for Stay Grounded and is active in various sustainability and climate justice groups across Europe.

We discuss Stay Grounded’s history, actions, and philosophies, aviation industry greenwashing, b******t flights, the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, and finally we dream of a world in which hyper mobility and cheap travel are a thing of the past.

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Stay Grounded Website: https://stay-grounded.org/

Stay Grounded Greenwashing Fact Sheets: https://stay-grounded.org/greenwashing/

Stay Grounded Just Transition Paper: https://stay-grounded.org/just-transition/

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