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Sat 11 Nov 2009That idea won't fly
ETHICAL TRAVELLER:Catherine Mack on responsible tourism
OUR ARTICLE a fortnight ago about flying to New York in search of credit-crunch bargains took me on a nostalgia trip. I did exactly that in my youth, which was also back in the last century. But I thought we had all moved on a bit since then. Consumer excess is a personal choice, I guess, but carbon excess in order to feed that frenzy is not on any more. I am not against flying, but there are limits, and chasing a Sex and the Citylifestyle is verging on carbon trashy.
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