Parents For Future Jul 25, 2023

Enjoy your vacation! #DontLookUp

Metaphor. 📺 Columbia River, Washington, July 2023

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"As the #ClimateCrisis intensifies, the moral aspect of travel becomes even harder to defend."

"Tourism is responsible for 8-10% of annual global CO2 emissions. The rise of cheap flights […] is surely no longer sustainable." - Moya Lothian-McLean in @guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/30/tourists-rhodes-maui-burned-travel

Why did tourists keep coming as Rhodes and Maui burned? It’s about far more than denial

As the world heats up, we need to confront what our urge to travel is really rooted in, says Moya Lothian-McLean, a contributing editor at Novara Media

The Guardian
Aug 30, 2023 at 3:09pmWeb
Show threadElise HuardAug 30, 2023
@parents4future @guardian @christineburns let’s address private jets first
Show threadmarcoloAug 30, 2023
@elisehuard @parents4future @guardian @christineburns let's address the "rayanairs" of the masstourism too, as the mass cruise ships (not only the superyachts). With long tail statistical distributions, both ends matter.
Show threadElise HuardAug 30, 2023
@marcolo @parents4future @guardian @christineburns sure, but to be fair we should all stop flying, instead of allowing it as a privilege to the well off and the rich.
Show threadElise HuardAug 30, 2023
@marcolo @parents4future @guardian @christineburns (potential exception made for a limited amount of inter continental family visits)