Comments on: Now, you can offset the Number One Eco Sin—at the airport. http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/01/now-you-can-offset-the-number-one-eco-sinat-the-airport/ daily blog, videos, e-newsletter & magazine on yoga + organics + green living + non-new agey spirituality + ecofashion + conscious consumerism=it's about the mindful life. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:03:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Farnoosh http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/01/now-you-can-offset-the-number-one-eco-sinat-the-airport/comment-page-1/#comment-32251 Farnoosh Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:29:56 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=5231#comment-32251 I plan to fly around and see the world and enjoy the technology that is airplanes and I refuse to apologize for it or get in a car to do so (crossing oceans would be interesting) so I'm afraid I will be flying around around the 100,000 miles to see the world. I plan to fly around and see the world and enjoy the technology that is airplanes and I refuse to apologize for it or get in a car to do so (crossing oceans would be interesting) so I'm afraid I will be flying around around the 100,000 miles to see the world.

]]> By: admin http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/01/now-you-can-offset-the-number-one-eco-sinat-the-airport/comment-page-1/#comment-11023 admin Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:29:03 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=5231#comment-11023 Don't you get rides with your hottie boyfriend, like, every day? Every other day? Twice a day? Still, you do walk allllll the time, and yeah that's way better than driving, though like you say I don't know how that balances against a few plane trips a year. I was shocked a couple years back when I calculated my carbon footprint and the one flight I take a year, roundtrip, alone made my footprint totally unsustainable. That's why I found the above article inspiring. I think this article is interesting bc it points to a third solution—flying, which I agree with you, Heather, is 'necessary' for many, at least sometimes...but offsetting that flying when you have to do it. Don’t you get rides with your hottie boyfriend, like, every day? Every other day? Twice a day? Still, you do walk allllll the time, and yeah that’s way better than driving, though like you say I don’t know how that balances against a few plane trips a year. I was shocked a couple years back when I calculated my carbon footprint and the one flight I take a year, roundtrip, alone made my footprint totally unsustainable. That’s why I found the above article inspiring.

I think this article is interesting bc it points to a third solution—flying, which I agree with you, Heather, is ‘necessary’ for many, at least sometimes…but offsetting that flying when you have to do it.

]]> By: Heather http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/01/now-you-can-offset-the-number-one-eco-sinat-the-airport/comment-page-1/#comment-11019 Heather Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:20:44 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=5231#comment-11019 I remember a convo we had about driving vs. flying a few months ago. I'd much rather take a plane every few months and go without a car in my everyday life. (I have no idea if the carbon emissions balance out—planes are much, much heavier emitters than cars, I'm sure, even if only used a few times a year.) It seems like plane travel is more "necessary" in a way—like when I go somewhere on a plane, it's because I need to really get away, or see something different, or visit the fam. But shorter car trips seem easier to do without. I can always walk, or bike or public transport if it's farther away, or find an alternative destination. Trains are a great suggestion, I just wish our national train system was faster and more reliable—like those in Europe or Japan. I once took Amtrak from Miami to Orlando and it took 9 hours with constant stops and delays (a drive between the two cities is usually about 3.5 hours.) I remember a convo we had about driving vs. flying a few months ago. I’d much rather take a plane every few months and go without a car in my everyday life. (I have no idea if the carbon emissions balance out—planes are much, much heavier emitters than cars, I’m sure, even if only used a few times a year.)

It seems like plane travel is more “necessary” in a way—like when I go somewhere on a plane, it’s because I need to really get away, or see something different, or visit the fam. But shorter car trips seem easier to do without. I can always walk, or bike or public transport if it’s farther away, or find an alternative destination.

Trains are a great suggestion, I just wish our national train system was faster and more reliable—like those in Europe or Japan. I once took Amtrak from Miami to Orlando and it took 9 hours with constant stops and delays (a drive between the two cities is usually about 3.5 hours.)

]]> By: Todd http://www.elephantjournal.com/2009/01/now-you-can-offset-the-number-one-eco-sinat-the-airport/comment-page-1/#comment-11009 Todd Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:33:27 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=5231#comment-11009 Or why not take the train? Lower eco impact per passenger mile for sure, and realistically, how often is it so crucial to be there asap on short notice? http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/12/traveling-mindfully-no-matter-where-you-go-there-you-are/ Or why not take the train? Lower eco impact per passenger mile for sure, and realistically, how often is it so crucial to be there asap on short notice? http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/12/traveling-mindfully-no-matter-where-you-go-there-you-are/

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