Next Webinars on Social and Environmental Justice: 30th of April and 7th of May
During the past year we had many discussions in our network about our news campaigns and whether they are inclusive and diverse. Also in our last network meeting we agreed to strengthen the Global South perspectives in out network and bring in more diversity in terms...
AUA-Staatshilfen: Keine Millionengeschenke auf Kosten des Klimas
Das Netzwerk Stay Grounded fordert Rettungspakete für die Flugindustrie an klare sozial-ökologische Kriterien und Klimapläne im Einklang mit dem 1,5°C-Limit zu koppeln. Ein entsprechender offener Brief an die Bundesregierung wird von 30 österreichischen Organisationen...
250 Organisations Demand Red Lines for Aviation Bailouts
#SavePeopleNotPlanes: Open letter demands that workers and the climate are put first 6th of April 2020 - Today, more than 250 organisations from 25 countries published an open letter directed to governments, urging them to resist any aviation lobby attempts to rush...
Open letter: COVID-19 Just Recovery Principles
With their measures against the Covid-19 crisis, governments must follow principles that ensure a just recovery. These principles must ensure that a future after Corona will be healthier and greener, more social, democratic and resilient. Together with hundreds of...
Airline bailouts: Save people, not planes
++ Version française ++ Today’s meeting of EU transport ministers must not provide unconditional bailouts for airlines. Stay Grounded Network demands funding for just transition and climate jobs. Vienna, 18th of March 2020: Today, an extraordinary meeting by EU...
Erasmus Student Network’s partnership with Ryanair– outdated in times of climate crisis
Stay Grounded sends open letter urging the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) to end partnership with low-cost carrier Ryanair and instead collaborate with rail companies. Version française voir ci-dessous Ryanair, along with Erasmus Student Network (ESN), has committed to...
Heathrow Third Runway Ruling: Milestone and Hope for other Struggles
The Stay Grounded Network is celebrating today's decision by the UK court of appeal to declare the construction of the planned third runway at Heathrow Airport illegal because the UK’s climate mitigation commitments and the Paris Agreement. The construction of the...
Filipino fishers join global climate strike
Filipino fisherfolk fighting against Bulcan Aerotropolis and wider infrastructure development, which is destroying wetland in Manila Bay, have started a mobilization called 'Fishers Rise Up!' 20/02/2020: Bulakan, Bulacan - The Fishers Rise Up! initiative includes a...
How to Tell Grounded Stories
Aviation is deeply engrained in the lifestyle of many people in the Global North. Decades of advertising and campaigning by the industry lead to a view of flying that is connected to freedom and an open minded society. But with the rapidly escalating climate crisis...
New night train Vienna – Brussels celebrated by climate action groups in both cities
After more than 15 years of absence, the night train connecting Brussels and Vienna returns. Twice a week, travelers can now travel in their sleep between the two capitals. It is only a modest start, but in both cities Stay Grounded members welcomed the new night train as a positive step towards a more climate friendly transport system. The first departing trains were celebrated directly on the platform by activists wearing pyjamas.