There are multiple conundrums at play, no? If we can’t walk the walk, then we 
devolve into telling others how to behave, but not setting an example of 
ourselves. I agree that this is problematic. On the other hand, like Wil, I 
believe that our social nature requires face-to-face interaction in order for 
us to be most productive. And of course context is everything. I mean, what of 
what we study and teach? I live in Pennsylvania, but study human-nature 
coexistence in places like the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the Gulf of 
Mexico. How effective a teacher and scholar would I be if I never attended 
conferences in either of my study sites? Should we all study only things that 
exist where we live, and pass on experiencing distant subjects directly? On the 
one hand, there’s logic to that—after all, aren’t we trying to promote 
localized social and economic structures that are less carbon-intensive? But 
what then of remote problems and processes? The world already suffers from a 
lack of attention to the people, critters, and habitats that too often go 
unseen. Or is travel for research ok, but not for conferences?

Rich

p.s. FWIW, for the past five years I have only flown to conferences at my study 
sites in the GYE or Gulf, and combined them with research trips. At the same 
time, I have forgone all professional society conferences other than those I 
can attend via Amtrak or a <6 hour drive. Maybe this strategy will buy me a few 
days out of purgatory in the end?


From: "gep-ed@googlegroups.com" <gep-ed@googlegroups.com> on behalf of "Wil 
org>" <w...@feronia.org>
Reply-To: "Wil org>" <w...@feronia.org>
Date: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 11:00 PM
To: "phar...@eduhk.hk" <phar...@eduhk.hk>, "gep-ed@googlegroups.com" 
<gep-ed@googlegroups.com>, "as...@u.washington.edu" <as...@u.washington.edu>
Subject: RE: [gep-ed] fyi

So, the Swiss are pledging to not fly to venues within 240 miles or so. Most of 
us who trek, for example, from Chicago to Peoria probably already fulfill that 
pledge 😊 And, yes, I remain wholly unconvinced that meeting people on Zoom is 
more “connective” than a happenstance discussion in the hallway at a conference 
that leads to new collaborative opportunities.

While I think it’s salutary to avoid wholly frivolous academic travel, I think 
it’s disheartening to encourage everyone to interact with their colleagues 
wholly via their smartphones. It’s a bit soul-draining, actually. Moreover, 
there are some excellent offset programs that can help us justify our (limited) 
travel to convene with our colleagues at meetings. wil

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From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com <gep-ed@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of HARRIS, 
Paul [SSC]
Sent: Monday, July 8, 2019 7:23 PM
To: gep-ed@googlegroups.com; as...@u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [gep-ed] fyi

Dear Aseem,

About a decade ago I tried hard to convince scholars, including many on this 
list, that we needed to stop encouraging air travel to conferences. Even then 
technologies existed to allow collaboration online that was vastly more 
connective than face-to-face collaboration at conferences. I suffered a severe 
backlash, including ad hominem attacks (a few from members of the ISA's ESS 
section). The business model of many academic associations, not least ISA, 
demands big centralized conferences. Things are slowly starting to change, as 
you highlight in your message, but my guess is that most older scholars (over, 
say, about 40?) will continue to dig in their heels and defend their air travel 
(everyone who flies seems to think that their doing so is worth the 
environmental cost). History won't judge this behavior kindly. The future is in 
the younger scholars who are accustomed to collaborating online -- after all, 
nowadays many people collaborate using their smart phones even when those 
people are on the same campus, even in the same building, and sometimes even in 
the same room.

All best,

Paul

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From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com> 
<gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>> on behalf of Aseem 
Prakash <as...@uw.edu<mailto:as...@uw.edu>>
Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 1:18 AM
To: gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>; 
stacy.vandev...@umb.edu<mailto:stacy.vandev...@umb.edu>
Subject: Re: [gep-ed] fyi


Hi Stacey:



Agree; we need to speak up. Universities must be leaders in climate policy and 
as scholars who study climate change, we should become role models.



I think GEP should take the lead in greening the ISA ('i'll be happy to share 
my correspondence with various organizations on this count).



Some of us may have heard of the FlyLess initiative (there is a[etition to 
universities on change.org -- pls consider signing it).



I received an email from them with the following information



(https://click.e.change.org/f/a/m6MI0hVmC7eo6yzuiw1pzQ~~/AANj1QA~/RgRfA48uP0ROaHR0cHM6Ly9hY2FkZW1pY2ZseWluZ2Jsb2cud29yZHByZXNzLmNvbS8yMDE5LzA2LzE4L3VwZGF0ZXMtb24tdmFyaW91cy1mcm9udHMvVwNzcGNCCgAeLgohXYF0JzFSF3ByYWthc2guYXNlZW1AZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAC):





Exciting Initiatives in Academia and Beyond


[Image removed by 
sender.]<https://academicflyingblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/unine.jpg>The 
Université de Neuchâtel in Switzerland is encouraging its academic personnel to 
decrease its 
flying<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.unine.ch%2fdurable%2fdeplacements-avion&c=E,1,I95Vs0xoTHUPee8z0WGgK42FvIo5KPhBzk1v3OPkpbazWsHPXZ72Qk7B--JFg1r13ttZAgJRpZhC1GNqLTfiel9_Z20CYW0_4khygjKrSyK_RfI,&typo=1>
 and has devised a 
chart<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.unine.ch%2ffiles%2flive%2fsites%2fdurable%2ffiles%2fCO2%2fUNINE_Arbre_decision.pdf&c=E,1,Ul_SyA3Opq3K38hOuR6mV275wiAZLZNBumzcmwqVhVZwVr-AaCJtvLcKbe1DoIY6jdovwj9EgTyWFRw3xU2OAOyJvuQmgXwhEci-TsTa&typo=1>
 to help them do so. In response to the efforts of the three PhD students at 
the French-speaking university, the institution is asking researchers, faculty, 
and graduate students to commit themselves to reduced 
flying<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.unine.ch%2ffiles%2flive%2fsites%2fdurable%2ffiles%2fCO2%2fEngagements%252003%2520juin%252007h00.pdf&c=E,1,J3w_CiwAjhhoEichQ6wZJXYjymzdWFb-ZvGixDzb6XwKr2ExPW3VSxKnjGx5LUeeAVP4nh64FVk-GmUaFA011drGLUhzjI3hwJYQj47yxQFpxuKwce5v&typo=1>—renouncing,
 for example, all flights within Switzerland and taking ground transportation 
to all destinations within 450 kilometers of Neuchâtel—by publicly signing a 
document<https://neuchatel.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_efUvxoF0glSUHS5>. As of 
May 29, 166 individuals had signed.




[Image removed by 
sender.]<https://academicflyingblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/european-citizens-initiative.png>Students
 in Europe have launched a European Citizens’ 
Initiative<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.endingaviationfueltaxexemption.eu%2f&c=E,1,-homOFbC69yUptED4r3VPRrrmqXsLcnbbUa8teidyynWoB3wqtTyTq5IH5fYYocG0dUaYenICCnvqnI1IjvB2zSHA3r1K37FTeg8c7QvfA,,&typo=1>
 to get the European Union to end the privileged status of air travel by 
imposing a tax on aviation kerosene or fuel. The hope is that, by making flying 
more expensive, the tax will lead to a reduction in air travel and spur greater 
investment in sustainable modes of transportation. The initiators of the 
petition ask that FlyingLess supporters from EU member-states consider signing. 
You can do so here<https://eci.ec.europa.eu/008/public/#/initiative>.

[Image removed by 
sender.]<https://academicflyingblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/aag.png>In 
April, the Council of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) received a 
petition signed by 234 AAG 
members<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vJk8ICBwB4HO2wz1b_wk1YEXQnv5kZBVeTuS37Nr9Zo/edit>.
 The document called upon the AAG Council to take far-reaching action to reduce 
CO2 emissions related to the Annual Meeting—one which sees about 9,000 
attendees from the United States and abroad, the vast majority of them flying 
to and from the host city and producing thousands of tons of CO2 
emissions<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.academia.edu%2f8422269%2f_Academic_Jet-setting_in_a_Time_of_Climate_Destabilization_Ecological_Privilege_and_Professional_Geographic_Travel_The_Professional_Geographer_Vol._66_No._2_2014_298-310&c=E,1,9Jr6UDWVgtobgKK4onRjPbcx5H91EH1qX6OpXNxdW5DvWROEQj8WH35Du3SpsW1CNGulPf8e0W-qFOqqoad7owviVMkeXPPBHfYwcVxSn-qCKCitqCY40d4R3nw,&typo=1>
 in the process. Responding favorably to the petition, the Council is now in 
the process of setting up a task force charged with redesigning the AAG 
meetings and reducing their associated emissions at a depth and scale suggested 
by climate science and bodies such as the International Panel on Climate 
Change. Given the size and influence of the AAG, this development could have 
impacts well beyond the organization.




[Image removed by 
sender.]<https://academicflyingblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/concordialogo.gif>On
 May 31, 2019, the Department of Geography, Planning & 
Environment<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.concordia.ca%2fartsci%2fgeography-planning-environment.html&c=E,1,_DftU4mG7wwHCb1ntoPUVH2LLx0F6gcCSLATGD-T8zTSVtA0Cn3K8U1XIHxE_NP7f_AZ-WXMvXxPVTu0sQFmSWV7xKjixik8-MKgAOYRANfgghS-ph4,&typo=1>
 at Concordia University in Montreal adopted a “Flying Less 
Policy<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.concordia.ca%2fcontent%2fdam%2fartsci%2fgeography-planning-environment%2fdocs%2fFlying_Less_Policy_GPE_June1_2019.pdf&c=E,1,i3NyFQzVvATJSvPkQXEohCG5J4eOhyJu8o6IaVebOhQBGr4ig2b400sq7NVLx51c1jkNXacOg6mVAGxcK2l8SVVw0YtmE4EXuXa1wKztqGP8zix5&typo=1>”
 that grew out of the work of its Climate Emergency 
Committee<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.concordia.ca%2fartsci%2fgeography-planning-environment%2fclimate-emergency.html&c=E,1,eXpT9icEPFk3DEhgJFqlzEVuS261ur-CTnT9J3mPG0DNSHieO9y9Grrwh27n6udf-mfCI1UiwLiRmJHKTr2tRV61c7AiY8cLR1_xTYWb6sZQMXf5K7HLj-M,&typo=1>.
  The policy requires, among other things, that all faculty members in the 
department disclose their annual flying activity (the results of which have 
already been made public, collectively and anonymously, for 
2018-2019<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.concordia.ca%2fartsci%2fgeography-planning-environment%2fclimate-emergency.html&c=E,1,Q2qAqcZ8kVQLbRq4nErhUadgMw4uOv2fMzTJd_6cN9tPJ34rS0BXAGg0XoFnlAciayTCvCWLHY8c0EHsg4vRaE1xr3SA8A9CS93lMIKShKHVdW8vQg4,&typo=1>).
 The policy also commits faculty to prioritizing travel-free meetings and video 
conferencing over physical travel and, when travel is needed, collective forms 
of ground transportation for destinations within 12 hours of Montreal. 
Moreover, it commits the Department to promoting a Flying Less policy at the 
University as a whole, and within Quebec and Canada as well (by encouraging 
external funders, for example, to work to decrease flying). In addition, the 
new policy requires that the Department encourage students to participate in 
activities that do not involve flying and provide financial support to make 
such participation possible.




[Image removed by 
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 initiatives and strategies to reduce air travel will be the focus of a 
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 network—in conjunction with various civil society groups and the Institute for 
Ecological Sciences and Technology (ICTA) in Barcelona—the “Degrowth in 
Aviation<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fstay-grounded.org%2fconference%2f&c=E,1,mxUyXKkSl2w1OMvlyeW54MMtO1z51Tb7zseqhHgil01Nt9C0LeDao4-ebSxFLzNfKdcox1SNWjocHtuJvUZLuK-HGj5m6Wp-GIu3UU4m&typo=1>”
 conference will bring together social movements, non-governmental 
organizations, and scientists. To register, go 
here<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fannek517312.typeform.com%2fto%2fA5jlKC&c=E,1,kL6P5kJtK1QPBpNuQ7srhV6YUZ0ty3bReMPMfB4gci2oNKSQ7BtyHjRtapaVN0l3Yjbwu5uyqmpspQL7AdBkLR42jDj7U-9WTzo8A-6oag,,&typo=1>.


In the Media



Efforts to reduce flying within the academy and far beyond are receiving 
heightened attention in the media. A May 22 article in The Guardian (“Could you 
give up flying? Meet the no-plane 
pioneers<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2ftravel%2f2019%2fmay%2f22%2fcould-you-give-up-flying-meet-the-no-plane-pioneers%3fCMP%3dshare_btn_tw&c=E,1,vPMLpu2163-L1BHhtDnPXiaxJOCJui_ahmqB7m_2b7wxhS0wz6sqqtStra0cw6p02-BRgh7EGR0qW6ZX8maN-47gD-um2S0INC9GnUzJOyr6owb6Ww,,&typo=1>”),
 for instance, mentioned FlyingLess and linked to our website, leading to a 
huge spike in visits. Meanwhile, TRT World, an international news channel, 
recently broadcast a roundtable discussion addressing the question, “Can we 
stop 
flying?”<https://academicflyingblog.wordpress.com/www.trtworld.com/video/roundtable/no-flight-movement-can-we-stop-flying/5cfe6a82b9fa6764a9a53ccf>
  Among the four participants was Milena 
Büchs<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fenvironment.leeds.ac.uk%2fsee%2fstaff%2f1183%2fdr-milena-buchs&c=E,1,tJlW63h1OkZx1nCIl4jVyhPyOJPvDDksh3UQNRhPlIh6td3bGivazPwZNQYVNHcjnljCEmCg9hl3elUbzhF2-LX_vjbmiS9euquusECYm7fp29dq0aiAbbg,&typo=1>,
 as Associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics and Low-Carbon Transitions 
at the University of Southampton (and a Flyingless petition 
signatory<https://docs.google.com/document/d/14NZh0bZW2jB0qXjt-pl5A2_JfHtErQhxq06ZFd61sN8/edit>
 ).

The coverage manifests the growing movement in Europe critical of flying and 
its impact. As POLITICO Europe 
reports<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.politico.eu%2farticle%2fthe-popular-revolt-against-flying-climate-european-airlines-carbon-emissions%2f&c=E,1,3J2xAcM4_tll9qHsI33uLDZBPaPWAndxbUJ0CR9uYqf0PZ8pP2gzbPooROA7h6yYNuEwQHjpPCbEuSN_K8XmTvlnIDDFIbfjI-aFsS5NbRQA0A,,&typo=1>,
 “If it were a country, aviation would be the sixth-largest carbon polluter in 
the world, eclipsing Germany.” The same article, whose title refers to a 
“popular revolt against flying,” asserts that “campaigns to reduce air travel 
emissions are gaining traction” in Europe.



This is especially evident in Sweden (see “#stayontheground: Swedes turn to 
trains amid climate ‘flight 
shame’<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.theguardian.com%2fworld%2f2019%2fjun%2f04%2fstayontheground-swedes-turn-to-trains-amid-climate-flight-shame%3fCMP%3dShare_iOSApp_Other&c=E,1,dfi-1SpJyE2-7btI4Ij5SlHIvXg87ZJ2yecu3tE3sceSEcbxHQHdvo8B17V2_D6nJx4_5CNRNcHmyHuh2_RTbl-EkQpLoG2xDRv3Nk73FUbYOA,,&typo=1>”),
 where the number of domestic air passengers has dropped eight percent (8%) in 
recent months, after a three percent (3%) decrease the previous year, while 
train travel has increased by similar figures. In response, the Swedish 
government has stated that it would like to reintroduce overnight 
trains<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.weforum.org%2fagenda%2f2019%2f06%2fsweden-has-invented-a-word-to-encourage-people-not-to-fly-and-it-s-working%2f&c=E,1,8DhXhKYtX1II7CDiq-R9HYEi3V7Bp929kCY_bUGZdyvpevT0W01_2or8ankGV-TKidil2tVPHQh5BbB-9gv_-gl74N25sJUUC4bYSPcVP5CGGGOKcA,,&typo=1>
 to cities throughout Europe. (Elsewhere on the continent, there are other 
favorable signs of the resurrection of night 
trains<https://academicflyingblog.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1088&action=edit>.)



In France, the national government is considering a proposed ban on flights 
within the 
country<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fatwonline.com%2feco-aviation%2ffrench-politicians-want-ban-internal-flights-cut-emissions&c=E,1,DcO6YlpG-lTDXOKykIUM0fIG3JUH6MXez7MK3VIY2ITgpcvePAK-IyZn4mpxi_ol8gXldUd-zZbUbu6PlapBXgQ2bzMHINR4L5kwGdVHNP1O3v0,&typo=1>
 on routes traveled by train in less than five hours.  Regardless of what the 
government decides, it will push for an aviation fuel tax at the next meeting 
of the European Commission, according to France’s Environment Minister Francois 
Rugy<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fpointmetotheplane.boardingarea.com%2fenvironment-flying-impact%2f&c=E,1,ra4guLtM2g9lFY5DzWAtVssepzkRP5QpuanVdHUQg8EGyNuXDsueF7oxes1r5n_-XXanVAsx_Puam0vOyLsrzcQT1YgsuaWifYCyEPum&typo=1>.



Such developments have not gone unnoticed within the aviation industry. At the 
meeting in Seoul, South Korea of the International Air Transport Association in 
early June, airline executives expressed worry that anti-flying sentiment will 
“grow and spread” if they don’t win what one executive termed the 
“communications battle.” (See “‘Flight shame’: How climate guilt is the newest 
threat to 
airlines<https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/flight-shame-how-climate-guilt-is-the-newest-threat-to-airlines-20190606-p51v3w.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1559960946>.”)


Recent academic articles

An article by researchers in the Department of Geography the University of 
British Columbia, one based on a sample of 705 academics at their home 
institution, found no relationship between the amount of professional air 
travel and academic productivity. They also found, using a smaller sample size, 
no significant difference in total air travel emissions between researchers 
they characterized as “Green” (those who study topics related to environmental 
sustainability) and “Not-green.” (See Seth Wynes, Simon D. Donner, Steuart 
Tannason, Noni Nabors, “Academic air travel has a limited influence on 
professional success,” Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 226, No. 20, 2019: 
959-967<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652619311862#!>.)



Another just-published article by a team of researchers at the University of 
Adelaide studied academic air travel—also among academics at their home 
institution. The authors were particularly interested between institutional 
pressures for academics to fly and their university’s formal commitment to 
sustainability. Drawing on a one-year qualitative study, they found that, while 
many academics are worried about climate change, only a small number are 
willing to fly less for fear of damaging their careers. The authors conclude 
that institutional and political shifts are needed to bring about individual 
changes in behavior on a large scale. (See Melissa Nursey-Bray, Robert Palmer, 
Bride Meyer-Mclean, Thomas Wanner, & Cris Birzer, “The Fear of Not Flying: 
Achieving Sustainable Academic Plane Travel in Higher Education Based on 
Insights from South Australia,” Sustainability, Vol. 11, No. 9, 2019: 
2694<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mdpi.com%2f2071-1050%2f11%2f9%2f2694&c=E,1,O9cF-U_gIErERA0fwgGDn-CNLiLP6-FCtIn9TcSl0QVSTh_G75ivnlSF0mcgfb8qf4r20iU6ioYZadu9bDcXAYJ0tbJM7--c1I1esmr4W7XSMtu26XU02Q,,&typo=1>.)



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Aseem Prakash
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
University of Washington, Seattle
https://faculty.washington.edu/aseem/

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It looks like AAUP and NEA – large unions to which some of us belong – remain 
silent about the GND idea.  Might be time to do some speaking up.

-sv

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From: Gep-Ed <gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>> on 
behalf of Aseem Prakash <as...@uw.edu<mailto:as...@uw.edu>>
Reply-To: Aseem Prakash <as...@u.washington.edu<mailto:as...@u.washington.edu>>
Date: Monday, July 8, 2019 at 12:56 PM
To: Gep-Ed <gep-ed@googlegroups.com<mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com>>
Subject: [gep-ed] fyi







This commentary might interest some GEP members:



Labor Unions And the Green New Deal: Love, Hate, Or 
Indifference?<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fprakashdolsak%2F2019%2F07%2F06%2Flabor-unions-and-the-green-new-deal-love-hate-or-indifference%2F%23357a86c26b83&data=02%7C01%7Cstacy.vandeveer%40umb.edu%7C2599190248c34f555ef108d703c54390%7Cb97188711ee94425953c1ace1373eb38%7C0%7C0%7C636982018098582292&sdata=Dj3uukmygNWei8AqjT8RQHxHGEuHkyHvJYXrNTNcfeY%3D&reserved=0>



thanks,



Aseem


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Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics
University of Washington, Seattle
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