Want to save the environment? Then don't do long-distance holidays


By AGENCY
Want to experience snow for the first time in a country far, far away? Well, it’s probably a good idea to wait a while longer.

You work hard all year and to make up for it you treat yourself to a holiday far away: sounds pretty logical right?

Not so, says sustainability expert Felix Ekardt, a German professor of law and philosophy who is one of a growing number of people voicing their criticism of long-distance, and air travel.

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