Green Transportation

Join the growing number of people who are switching to green transportation and drastically reducing their carbon footprint.

image of climate change protest

Why is this important?

  • It has never been easier to reduce the climate impact of your travel through the use of cleaner electric vehicles, carpooling apps, and carbon offsets, or by changing your behavior and flying less, taking public transportation, and walking more.
  • Millions of people are switching to cleaner modes of transportation, which improves their journey, the environment, and their health.


Key Actions

Fly less

Reduce your personal carbon footprint by flying less and join the one in seven people worldwide who choose not to fly due to climate change.

Action:

  1. Choose to take a lower-carbon alternative to flying where available such as rail or ship.
  2. Reduce the need to fly for work by using video-sharing platforms for conferences and meetings.
  3. Holiday closer to home rather than flying to far-flung destinations that come with huge carbon costs.
  4. If flying is necessary, use Carbon Footprint’s tool to learn the impact from your flight and consider using Atmosfair to calculate and offset the emissions-caused.

Greener land transport

Contribute to the creation of a climate-safe world by opting for more environmentally friendly modes of transportation. Read and complete at least two of the following steps.

Action:

  1. Take public transport as a first option where available and use Citymapper to help you navigate public transport and get to your destination in many cases faster and cheaper.
  2. Walk or cycle. Learn about electric bikes at TheVerge and consider purchasing one for a faster and easier trip than on a manual bike.
  3. Make sure your car is as efficient as possible. You can find out your car's fuel economy at FuelEconomy.gov and learn about how you can improve your gas mileage at Car Bibles.
  4. Carpool with others to reduce needless emissions and often get to your destination faster by using these useful carpooling apps at TechRepublic or Digital Trends
  5. Make sure your next car is as green as possible. Browse electric cars at CNET and explore the actual carbon emissions of electric and hydrogen cars compared to their fossil fuel counterparts at Carboncounter.
  6. Track your journeys and offset your emissions at Capture.