Tag: trains
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To make good sustainable travel choices, we need to be aware of the options we have. Our choices in travelling make up around 25% of our carbon footprint. The Energy Saving Trust has developed a Sustainable Travel Hierarchy, starting with the lowest carbon emission options at the top and to the most carbon emitting travel…
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Our travel choices make up 27% of our carbon footprint. On average, we emit 3.4 tonnes of carbon annually from our transport choices. If we gave up having a car, we would save 2.4 tonnes of carbon emissions and if we replaced a car with an electric car, we save 0.8 tonnes of carbon emissions.…
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Lonely Planet has written a brilliant book ‘Flight-free Europe’ about how to explore Europe using low carbon routes. They suggest 80 itineraries where you can visit numerous countries within a week or two using mainly train, but also boat, cycling and walking routes. They recommend that to make this type of trip successful, you should…
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To halve emissions by 2030, no one would do more than one return flight per year. But the number of flights taken across society is very unequal. In Britain, half of the public never take a flight whilst 15% take more than one flight a year. The temptation to go to exotic places is high,…