Sustainable travel with Jasmin Utter! Watch the episode now! #podcast #aviation #sustainability

17 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this podcast excerpt, the speaker reflects on how the COVID‑19 pandemic halted global travel, and once restrictions lifted, travelers prioritized immediate movement over sustainability concerns. The speaker argues that despite the environmental costs, travel serves a vital philosophical and cultural role by fostering cross‑cultural interaction and mutual understanding among nations. However, they stress that this enthusiasm must be redirected toward more sustainable travel practices to balance the benefits of human connection with environmental responsibility.

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But then the pandemic hit and everyone was locked down for I don't know how long. And then once we got out of it, you know, people didn't care one iota about this, about sustainability. They just wanted to go somewhere else because they've been locked in for what is it, 2 years, whatever. So, and it's not really bounced back since. People are still, you know, really dying to travel. So I don't think that that's going to change. And I think also if you look at it from a, you know, more philosophical point of view, I think it's probably good for mankind that we do travel, that we meet each other, that we interact with people from different cultures and backgrounds. And yes, probably help with the whole, you know, understanding between different groups of people, different nations and all that. So I think, you know, it does a lot of good. Right. But it has to be done in a different way.