Is flying evil? What's wrong with a gap year? Should we buy souvenirs?! Let's get in to it.

Things mentioned:
You Are A Global Citizen: A Guided Journal for the Culturally Curious by ‪@damondominique‬
The Responsible Traveller: A Practical Guide to Reducing Your Environmental and Social Impact, Embracing Sustainable Tourism and Travelling the World With a Conscience by Karen Edwards

“…we will have to carry out 18,000 extra unnecessary flights just to secure our takeoff and landings right.”Chief executive
https://simpleflying.com/whatexactly...

10% of people in England took more than half of all international flights in 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...

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0:00 Intro
1:35 Travel is good for you
6:44 Travel is bad for you
10:30 Flying is morally wrong
13:52 'Travelling' and 'Holiday' are interchangeable words
17:34 You need to travel to be an expansive person
20:58 If you haven't bought souvenirs you won't remember you went
22:17 Final thoughts

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