Airlines scramble to overcome polluter stigma as 'flight shame' movement grows

Susanna Elfors, founder of Tagsemester, a fast-growing Facebook group for people who want to travel more by train for climate reasons, poses for a picture at the central train station in Stockholm, Sweden May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Esha Vaish

SEOUL/STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - In Lorna Greenwood's London home, there is a shelf lined with travel guides. But the 32-year-old mother and former government employment lawyer has given up flying.

Greenwood, who grew up enthralled by the possibilities offered by plane travel, is part of a growing group of environmental activists in Northern Europe who are shunning flights as concerns about global climate change increase.