Green Aviation

Humans need to fly!

There is no escaping the fact that Humans aspire to fly just like the birds!  Since Icarus’ bold but failed attempt we’ve tried to copy them to soar through the skies. But only recently have we succeeded in actually reaching this incredible dream!

For most of us it now feels natural to fly across a continent or an ocean to conduct our business, take a holiday, or visit family and friends.

Our desire for flight is so strong and deep within us that we have now devised the means to even travel beyond the confines of our planet! It seems that the need to fly is deep within our DNA and perhaps even key to our future survival as a species.

But at what cost to life on Earth?

Unfortunately, the evidence is now very clear that this amazing activity of flying, apparently benign, is creating an unacceptably high risk to humanity and the natural environment by damaging life on Earth through the pollution emitted. It is not just about the large volumes of CO2 produced and the potential impact upon global warming, but also other pollutants such as NOX that risk causing other damage. As aviation grows it also risks becoming a noisy neighbour and requiring large areas of land.

For sure, the Science of Climate Change is not yet settled. There is much research to be done. A small number of scientists even say that there is no strong link between CO2 and Global Warming, although they are in a minority. Well they might be proved to be right, but then other pollutants emitted by aircraft do cause damage to the fragile Ozone Layer that shields life on Earth from harmful cosmic radiation. But right now the majority of the body of scientific evidence points to a strong link between CO2 and Global Warming, and as present guardians of the planet we have a duty to act now.

As aviation grows relentlessly - most long term forecasts expect that the historic 5% per annum will be maintained in the future and probably greatly exceed through the introduction of increasingly popular small light jet aircraft - aviation will risk causing even greater pollution; perhaps irreversible. Green Aviation International is an association that passionately believes that we have no real moral alternatives and must address the real issues now !

Green Aviation International is a new and quite unique organization comprising of both aviation and other professionals. We fully recognize the wonderful and positive impact of aviation on our lives, but we also fully recognize that to continue to enjoy our freedom to fly we must fix the problems quickly and neutralize the impact of aviation upon our unique environment. We only have one Earth and if we mess up our environment, there simply is no “plan B” for life on Earth!

Aviation is not alone in contributing to the problems of Climate Change, far from it.  Other transportation such as roads cause far greater pollution, yet the politicians are hesitant to deal with those problems! We passionately support aviation, we are an integral part of it, but we also passionately believe that aviation must be far more socially responsible and clean up the mess in it’s own backyard. Tough business decisions must be made. This can be done in sensible ways and which can ensure that aviation becomes fully sustainable. We will help them do it !

There are many great ways to help the Environment. Our various partners are working with us to offer a wide range of solutions. If you see a link, please click on it to discover more!