On a Floating Bridge

In 2006 I stopped using airplanes, a decision I did not take lightly, but one that prompted me to be more conscious of alternative travel methods and how travel behaviour affects the environment. The very existence of alternatives to flying is not widely known, how to go about using them is even more of a mystery to most people. I blogged my journey and attempted to get a reasonably accurate comparison of the CO₂ emissions equivalent between the land transport that I took, and an equivalent commercial flight. The results are quite shocking.

If you are thinking about giving up air travel, or testing the waters of overland options, I hope my rookie traveler diary and later hindsight can help give you an idea of what it’s like to see the world, on the level.

Map, Bristol to Tokyo

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Carbon Footprinting this journey

Wanna know why air travel is so damaging to our environment? This report shows how air travel contributes so much more green house gas emissions than other forms of transportation. Click here to read about the Carbon Footprint of my journey from Bristol to Japan, plane free