Life on the small screen: fly less, video chat more by Kirsten Dirksen on February 23, 2010 For more than a century, it’s been the stuff of fantasies: in 1891, Alexander Graham Bell dreamed about “seeing by …
A year without flying: a Skype family album by Kirsten Dirksen on February 1, 2010 “Should it not be possible to see by telegraph…?“- Alexander Graham Bell, April 11, 1891. In 1930, New Yorkers- using …
1 man’s musings on 1 planet living: meat for air travel by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2009 Sustainability: it’s perhaps the most over-used, yet under-analyzed, word in the modern environmental movement. One way to think of it …
Flying: who's prepared for greener skies? by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 Air travel is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions and this hasn’t gone unnoticed: the Institute for Public …
The end of modern air travel, Slow Travel and airships by Kirsten Dirksen on January 24, 2009 When I’m producing a story, I often lose perspective of the humanness of the conversation and the people involved and …
Poor excuse for a real blog by BioDieselHauling on May 24, 2008 I have been failing to fulfill my responsibility to provide my non-nonsensical thoughts to my 4 or so readers and …
Carbon offsets II: where does the money go? by Kirsten Dirksen on May 4, 2007 The Carbon Neutral Fallacy, Part 2: New carbon offset providers are setting up shop by the dozens ready to relieve …
Is airline travel a right or a privilege? by Kirsten Dirksen on April 15, 2007 From health warnings on air travel to a personal annual flight allowance, new UK proposals and a carbon trading in …
