Aviation: The Single Biggest Choice you can Make?

Aviation: The Single Biggest Choice you can Make?

In this episode we answer the questions: How significant is aviation for your personal impact, and what practical things can you can do about it?

Season 2, How we Travel...

Welcome to season 2!

Season 1 Summary

A super quick run-down of what we talked about in series 1. None of the fluff and all the important stuff in 3-mins. The efficient human's dream.

The Playbook of a Fossil Fuel Company

Season 1 Episode 5 We've spoken a lot about fossil fuel companies. You could say we've painted them kind of negatively and haven't given evidence for our claims. We'd like to avoid spending most of our episodes criticising, so we're cramming that evidence into this episode. In "The Playbook", we give the down low on many of the most common tactics used by fossil fuel companies - the ones used to gaslight you and keep themselves relevant. This one might make you angry. Ressources: ·       Renewable energy discourses of fossil fuel companies: obstruction and delay of climate action | Energy, Sustainability and Society | Springer Nature Link [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13705-026-00565-z] ·       Banking on Climate Chaos 2025 - Banking on Climate Chaos [https://www.bankingonclimatechaos.org/?bank=JPMorgan%20Chase#fulldata-panel] ·       BankTrack – European banks bonding with oil and gas expansion: an analysis of 2025 and beyond [https://www.banktrack.org/article/european_banks_bonding_with_oil_and_gas_expansion_an_analysis_of_2025_and_beyond] ·       Overview and key findings – World Energy Investment 2024 – Analysis - IEA [https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-investment-2024/overview-and-key-findings] ·       InfluenceMap reveals climate lobbying & greenwashing - Greenhouse Communications [https://greenhouse.agency/blog/influencemap-1-billion-climate-lobbying-greenwashing/] ·       Shell, BP, Exxon: Seized emails reveal 'deceptive' climate tactics and greenwashing | Euronews [https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/23/shell-bp-exxon-seized-emails-reveal-deceptive-climate-tactics-and-greenwashing] ·       Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP undermines critical climate talks [https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/12/global-record-number-of-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-at-cop-undermines-critical-climate-talks/] ·       New Joint Bicameral Staff Report Reveals Big Oil’s Campaign of Climate Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak | The U.S. House Committee on Oversight [https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/new-joint-bicameral-staff-report-reveals-big-oils-campaign-climate-denial]

The Mood on Climate Change

Season 1 Episode 4 Today we explore what the vibe is around climate change, both politically and across the population. We usually avoid politics, but it's important so we've crammed (almost) all of it into this episode. Enjoy! Ressources: 1.      The world’s largest survey on climate change is out – here's what the results show | UNDP Climate Promise [https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/worlds-largest-survey-climate-change-out-heres-what-results-show] 2.      Climate change falls over 20% behind top global concern in 2025 new Ipsos survey reveals | [https://fsc.org/en/newscentre/general-news/climate-change-falls-over-20-behind-top-global-concern-in-2025-new-ipsos]fsc.org [http://fsc.org] 3.      Pakistan: Flood Damages and Economic Losses Over USD 30 billion and Reconstruction Needs Over USD 16 billion - New Assessment [https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/10/28/pakistan-flood-damages-and-economic-losses-over-usd-30-billion-and-reconstruction-needs-over-usd-16-billion-new-assessme] 4.      Spain hit hard by rising price of olive oil as climate change takes its toll on production [https://www.euronews.com/business/2023/10/03/spain-hit-hard-by-rising-price-of-olive-oil-as-climate-change-takes-its-toll-on-production] 5.      Off-grid Solar Could Provide First-time Electricity Access to Almost 400 Million People Globally by 2030 [https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2024/10/08/off-grid-solar-could-provide-first-time-electricity-access-to-almost-400-million-people-globally-by-2030] 6.      Are Companies Actually Scaling Back Their Climate Commitments? [https://hbr.org/2025/09/are-companies-actually-scaling-back-their-climate-commitments] 7.      pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2415324122 [http://pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2415324122] 8.      Peoples' Climate Vote 2024 - World | ReliefWeb [https://reliefweb.int/report/world/peoples-climate-vote-2024] 9.      Low-cost flights up to 26 times cheaper than trains - Greenpeace European Unit [https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/climate-energy/47717/low-cost-flights-up-to-26-times-cheaper-than-trains/] 10. IMF Fossil Fuel Subsidies Data: 2023 Update [https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2023/08/22/imf-fossil-fuel-subsidies-data-2023-update-537281] 11. American Petroleum Institute | API | API Kicks off Summer Driving Season with Ad Series on America's Energy Advantages [https://www.api.org/news-policy-and-issues/news/2024/05/06/api-kicks-off-summer-driving-season-with-ad-series-on-americas-energy-advantages]