Positives

• Students will hear what made people decide to stop flying and how the decision has impacted their lives.
• The podcast explains how individuals can make a big impact on their carbon footprint by deciding to stop flying.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• The podcast is long, so teachers may want to choose specific sections to share with students.
• The host is not encouraging people to never fly again, but trying to promote the benefits of vowing off flying for a year.

Differentiation

• After listening to the podcast, students could reflect on a testimonial that resonated with them and discuss it with a small group using the following questions:
  • What made the testimonial impactful?
  • How did the person make you think differently about flying?
  • Would you consider taking the flight free pledge for a year? Why or why not?
• The podcast host notes that many people start to find joy in overland travel because it forces them to slow down. In a language arts class, students could write about a time when slowing down allowed them to have an experience that they would not have otherwise had.
• Other resources on this topic include this video on the growing popularity of high-speed trains, this Vox video on the ethics of air travel, and this fact sheet on the environmental impacts of aviation.