Google has excluded all climate effects except CO2 from the emissions calculator of its Google Flights platform.
"The company said it made the change following consultations with its 'industry partners'." 🤨
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62664981
If you are in #Venice Sept. 11: Join the #fridays4future #Venezia's #climatemarch starting from #LidoSME at 5pm.
#venedig
Arrived in #Venice! The final leg of the #MuenchenVenezia #bikeroute https://www.muenchen-venezia.info/ from #Conegliano to #Venezia is flat, dry and hot. The usual #Veneto #bicycle route mix: leisurely alleys in the shade along the river, here and there separated communal #bikelanes of varying quality, shared traffic on not too highly frequented roads. The route is marked but often with small signs easy to be missed. We did not follow it strictly but cut off here and there on local bikeroutes.
Unfortunately the fun stops here. On the remaining #bikeroute to #prosecco land signs have been put up less frequently and only on short stretches active mobility is separated from passive. The landscape itself is interesting: the scarse flat shaped by the river #Piave, via industrial zones, along lakes. But don't be mistaken: it's hilly, with only short actually flat stretches. Day ended with good, partially #organic dinner in #Conegliano.
When we had to leave the former train trail through the #Cadore valley cyclists start sharing the downhill road to the bottom of the valley with cars, but no worries: The neverending stream of passive mobilists is using a new strada statale (of which we did not hear much noise), and the old #stradaStataleDiAlemagna 51, nicely paved, was here only for our downhill fun, occasionally shared by a local car and bikers uphill. The contrary wind helped to slow down for the u-turns.
The 4rd leg of the #MuenchenVenezia #bikeroute https://www.muenchen-venezia.info/ starts nicely downhill on a paved separated bikeroute out of #Cortina. At Località Socol the route u-turns to the left into the gravel nuisance of a hiking trail.
It becomes a bicycle route worth the name after you leave the municipality of Cortina d'Ampezzo on the former train bed to St. Vito di Cadore, and further on along the #Cadore valley. Comfortable cycling with great views.
On the pass at the border between #SouthTyrol and #Belluno we decided to continue on the Strada Statale downhill as we wanted to reach Cortina before sunset: Apart from the constant danger of being steamrolled this road lives up to the standard other Italian long-distance #bicycle routes definitely have. Finally traffic congestion into Cortina and no way for cyclists.
While the gravel parts after #Bruneck and along lake Olang would be doable on a Dutch bike, the entire #MunichVenezia #bikeroute from #Toblach to #Cortina with its breathtaking views on the #UNESCO #worldheritage of the #Dolomites is a nuisance: gravel while the motorized traffic runs smoothly on the new-paved road within hearing range.
After a quiet night with a beautifully starry sky we took the nicer road down from #Terenzen to #Kiens. At least we met some e-bikers on the way before we set out on our 3rd leg of the #MünchenVenezia #bikeroute https://www.muenchen-venezia.info/ from Kienz to #Cortina d'Ampezzo. This part of the route through #Pustertal valley is hilly (approx. 1km difference in altitude) and passes through towns and villages. Most of the route is separated from motorized traffic but only partially paved.
The route is all paved and usually guarded with railings, and there are frequent signposts. However, it avoids habitated placed, so for food you have to actively leave it as you certainly do not want to pick of the apples and corn ears along the way.
2nd leg on the #MünchenVenezia #bikeroute https://www.muenchen-venezia.info/: Lazy start on the urban train from #Innsbruck to #Brennero, and from there: let loose and roll on on the track bed of the old train line. Easy. Cycling started around #Sterzing. Lots of cyclists on the way, but there is no minute without the constant noise of fossile fuelled passively moved obese cars on the #autostrada.
Downhill to circumvent #Jenbach at night. Gosh, this was steep! All those cycling in Jenbach must be so fit!
Urban train to #Innsbruck . #bicyclelanes almost all the way to the hostel.
Nice route after the Austrian border, along the beautiful lake of #Achensee, all paved and predominantly on separate or low-traffic ways.
So far the entire route was perfectly signposted.
First leg on the #MünchenVenezia #bikeroute https://www.muenchen-venezia.info/ : Lazy start with a local train to #Lengries in the afternoon to circumvent heavy rain (and as vacation is limited). More pouring rain on the German side, with the bridge over the #Walchen as the only shelter on the route. As usual for Bavarian bikeroutes: straight paved road for cars, much up and down and lots of gravel on the bikeroute. Breathtaking views over the Walchen and the #Sylvensteinspeicher dam.
For both, #nerds and #families the #maritime #city of #Bremerhaven is definitely worth a visit, with lots of things to do for those interested in #science, #ships, #history and more. For #climatefriendly #organic #food and provisions see my new #travelguide
https://www.organictraveller.de/organictraveller-bremerhaven
After a cosy #bicycleride from #Bremen: Here are the 2022 updates to the #organictraveller 's #travelguide to #zerowaste #groceries in #Lilienthal / #LowerSaxony: https://www.organictraveller.de/organictraveller-lilienthal-zero-waste
Die #InformaticaFeminale , das #Sommerstudium für #FraueninderIT in #Bremen wird 25 -- und endlich ist auch mein Workshop am 9.+10. 9. "Klar hab' ich was zu verbergen! #DigitaleSelbstverteidigung und #Datensouveränität für mich und andere" zur Anmeldung freigeschaltet: https://www.informatica-feminale.de/re/de/Anmeldung.php
Gerne weitersagen!
I will spend the first September weekend (+ Monday) in Brussels to attend the #FreedomNotFear barcamp. Let me tell you why I take a day off work for #FnF2022.
It will be my second #FnF on location. At #FnF2019, I attended a session on #sustainableIT, co-hosted a workshop on #Fediverse in general and #Mastodon in particular. Learnt about #SmartCities, #SelfHosting and anti-#censorship technology. @echo_pbreyer informed us about #eprivacy regulation. The schedule is still online: https://calc.digitalcourage.de/fnf-bxl-2019-schedule/view
I met activists, NGO people & politicians. They all listened to each other and bonded.
They all fight for a common cause called #privacy. I think of it as a new wave of the #CivilRights movement that fights for #digitization in the interest of people.
Join us in Brussels! This is an inclusive event. If you live in the EU or UK and visit the EU parliament on Monday, you get your travel cost reimbursed (up to 0,09 €/km car distance), and you get 100€ pocket money if you register today.
#Environmentally concerned #travelling notes, itineraries for those preferring #organic and #climate/ #planet / #human-friendly #food
#fedi22 #train #traintravel #bicycling #criticalmass #zerowaste #bio #ecotourism