Before I stopped flying, people would often say to me: ‘How can you want to save the world while you fly all over the place?’ To which my answer would be: “I live a very conscious lifestyle; I am vegan, I recycle, I participate in climate activism.” It felt like it was enough.
But the more I learned about the damaging impact of the aviation industry – through social media, and my research – I realised I had to do something about it.