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Flygskam

Flygskam is the Swedish anty-flying movement. In direct translation flygskam means flight shame.

As you know I started this blog to document my journey to eco lifestyle, which means writing about things that I'm succeeding at but also these that I'm failing. So I'm keeping it real and this post is about my defeat.

Few months back I bought plane tickets with my friends and next week we're going to Paris. I'm really exited because I've never been to France. I'm sure that I will enjoy it very much and I can't wait to see the city of lights. However, in the back of my mind I still have this shame of choosing plane — the most harmful to the environment mode of transportation. Once again I’ve proved myself that this blog name was perfect.

France is not that far away from Poland, so I could probably find a train to goes there but being honest it would be really inconvenient, more expensive and also it wasn't only my decision. I know that I make up excuses and it's not changing anything but it's too late to back out, so as I mentioned earlier I want to enjoy it and At this moment I'm feeling guilt, not really the feeling I was hoping for.

Besides excuses, I was looking for some ways to repay for the carbon footprint of this trip. I found out that there are calculators that you can use to see the impact of your journey, then you can pay your carbon offset to chosen organization, plant a tree or multiple trees. To minimize pollution, you're supposed to take as little stuff as you can and fly economic class. Remember that one bad decision doesn't define you, don't give up on being eco on the contrary embrace it, learn from it and don't repeat the same mistakes.

This topic is really difficult for me, on one hand I feel ashamed but on the other I don't want to sound ungrateful. I'm afraid that even thought the decision was made a long time ago the thought of it will affect my trip in bad way. It was a dilemma for me if I even should write about it, but we're all humans, we make mistakes and I don't want to show you only good side of things and maybe you will learn from my slip.

GH

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New year, new me!

Last week not only we went into new year but also into new decade. I'm sure almost every one of you made some New Year's resolutions. Personally I've made probably too many (as always). There are few that will be my main focus especially those connected with ecology. I have three of those, which are: opt-out of disposables, quitting fast fashion and going vegetarian.

In 2020, I also want to grow here — on my blog. I want to be able to spread green vibes to larger group of people. For that reason I decided to make some changes. I will still write as I do now but the graphic side of my platforms had already slightly changed. I tried to make it more my own style and not just “any” style. Also, I'll try to include more of design content into my posts. I know it's soon for changes because I've started only half year ago but then I wasn't planing on doing this regularly or doing it at all, I didn't think about this serious. Now I know that I really enjoy it and I see it's potential. You can already see new version (as I hope better version) of this blog, with time my page will contain more and more new content so it will all align.

I'm looking forward for the challenges that new decade will bring. I hope the situation on this beautiful planet will improve and not go the other way. I feel optimistic about it, I want to spread my positivity and encourage others to take little actions and make little changes that will eventually transform into something great.

I hope you had the best time on New Year Eve and I wish you all the best in following year!

GH

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