The prospect of an international airport in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru has haunted the populations of Chinchero and Urumbamba for 40 years. With construction now underway, local initiatives and civil society organisations fear the destructive consequences...
What we have learned after one year of aviation bailouts
Exactly one year ago, at the beginning of the pandemic, the first airlines sought state bailouts. Stay Grounded, together with 350 organisations worldwide, demanded to #SavePeopleNotPlanes: if bailouts are granted, they need strong environmental and social conditions....
Release: Just Transition of Aviation Discussion Paper
London/Vienna – 8th of February 2021: Today, the UK trade union PCS and the global network Stay Grounded published together a paper entitled “A Rapid and Just Transition of Aviation – Shifting towards Climate-Just Mobility”. Tahir Latif, PCS Aviation Group...
Just Transition in the Aviation Sector
Ways for shifting towards a climate-just transport system. The role of aviation workers and the state On August 4th, the Stay Grounded network held a webinar on the question how a just transition of aviation could be organized. Inputs by a pilot, a trade unionist, and...
13 Grounded Holiday Destinations to Put on Your Bucket List
The original version of this article was written in Dutch by our Let’s Stay Grounded campaign partner Natuur en Milieu. If you’re based in Europe, you don’t need to spend hours on an airplane to see the world’s most spectacular places. We provide you with...
