If you feel guilty about flying because you know that your trip will affect the environment, then stay with us here ,you’re in the right place. Because it is now essential to take care of the consequences of our activities on the planet, we give you here some tips to compensate the carbon footprint of your plane trip, and limit it when travelling.

What is the carbon footprint?

 

 

Before getting into the heart of the matter, you have to define the terms. The carbon footprint is quite simply the amount of CO2 emitted by an activity (a company, a human, an object)

 

 

Compensating for the carbon footprint of your flight

 

Again, let’s define the terms. Offsetting one’s carbon footprint means financing an environmental support project with the aim of reducing greenhouse gases (through renewable energy for example) or removing them from the atmosphere (through reforestation).

Carbon offsetting is a means used to achieve carbon neutrality, which means the balance between carbon emissions and the absorption of carbon from the atmosphere by carbon sinks according to the European Parliament.

You will understand, to know at what level its carbon footprint must be offset, it must already be calculated. Several websites offer this service free of charge for your plane trips, but it is quite complicated to give a 100% reliable result, which is why depending on the site the result may differ. It depends on several variables such as the type of aircraft, year of construction, duration of the trip, stopovers, etc. Among the calculators, you can go to the GoodPlanet Foundation, the ecotree site or the Greentripper organization, which then offer to offset the calculated carbon footprint.

A piece of advice: before you support a project, make sure that it is serious and that there is a real desire to offset carbon. Find out as much as you can about the proposal, make sure that the information is clear and supported by evidence, that the calculation of the carbon footprint is sufficiently detailed and, last but not least, that the project is certified. For example, the Belgian Greentripper site is certified by the Ethibel Forum (an organisation controlled by Gold Standard or the UN).

Offsetting your carbon footprint is good, but it’s best to avoid it. Indeed, the actions we are taking to compensate for it unfortunately do not eliminate all the emissions that have been rejected. Just because your Blooom travel kit is suitable for cabin luggage and super practical for air travel, doesn’t mean you should take advantage of it! The priority is the planet. To help you, we have listed some tips for limiting your carbon footprint while traveling.

 

Blooom tip # 1: Avoid stopover flights

 

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If you have no other choice but to fly, at least try to take a direct flight. It’s in the moments of take-off and landing that consume the most. According to NASA, they represent 25% of emissions for a flight of more than 800km. So certainly a nonstop flight costs more, but on the one hand it is much more practical, we will not lie to each other, and on the one hand, it will be beneficial for the environment, so, no hesitation to have .

 

Blooom tip 2: make the most of your flight

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Once the damage is done and you have arrived at your destination, then take advantage of it, stay as long as possible to make your ticket profitable. Better to take the plane once but take a long  trip, rather than take it several times a year for short stays, otherwise, misstep is guaranteed! Either way, don’t forget your Blooom travel kit.

 

Blooom Tip # 3: Find Alternatives

If you can use any form of transportation other than airplane, then don’t hesitate for a second! For example, for hundreds of km, the train pollutes 10 to 50 times less than the plane and the bus 5 to 10 times less (according to E-RSE in 2017), which greatly contributes to limiting your carbon footprint. Another alternative that has grown strongly is carpooling. With the number of apps dedicated to this practice that have emerged, you won’t have a hard time finding someone to get to your destination, or taking someone with you, on top of that, you can do yourself a favor. new friends, what advantages! So now is the time to grab your Blooom Travel Kit and go on an adventure.

 

 

Blooom tip n ° 4: Participate in ecotourism

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Starting an ecotourism process is a great fun and original way to limit your carbon footprint. For your general culture, ecotourism (or green tourism) is a way of traveling that respects the people and the local culture and that contributes to the preservation of the environment. For more information, we advise you to read our article dedicated to this practice.

How to participate in limiting your carbon footprint through ecotourism? Several things. For example, by traveling by bicycle, or by going to accommodation that is committed to an environmental approach, that uses renewable energies, that favors filtered water to avoid plastic bottles, or even that has a vegetable garden.

Also, you can embark on a zero waste journey. You will find in the Blooom catalog, a selection of zero waste products, in solid format for your tailor-made travel kits that help reduce plastic waste. For a ready-to-use travel kit, opt for our Less is More kit, a concentrate of zero waste products in travel size for your green stays. Come and discover it by clicking just here

 

That’s it, the carbon footprint no longer holds any secrets for you, so if you want to participate in the preservation of the environment, you know what you have to do (and we are not just talking about Blooom travel kit), good luck!

Tiphaine Creste