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FLIGHT-SHAMING MOVEMENT [1 record]

Record 1 2019-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Climate Change
OBS

This Sweden-born movement, which encourages people to stop travelling by airplane completely or as much as possible, is based on the shame of using one of the most polluting means of transportation to travel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Changements climatiques
OBS

Ce mouvement d'origine suédoise, qui encourage les gens à cesser complètement ou autant que possible de prendre l'avion, se fonde sur la honte d'utiliser l'un des moyens de transport les plus polluants pour se déplacer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Cambio climático
DEF

Movimiento medioambiental que […] llama a replantearse la necesidad de viajar en avión, dados los altos niveles de dióxido de carbono que este tipo de transporte emite en cada desplazamiento.

OBS

vergüenza a volar: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, no recomienda la expresión "vergüenza a volar" ya que la colocación habitual en español es "tener vergüenza de algo o por algo", y no "vergüenza a algo".

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