Plane Truth

• Global Anti-Aerotropolis Movement (GAAM) antiaero.org/ antiaero.org/ Aerotropolis projects (airport-centric developments) are being pursued worldwide, facilitating aviation growth and increasing environmental and social damage, including acquisition of farmland. GAAM was formed in March 2015 and works to support communities worldwide affected by aerotropolis projects, and to build an international campaign community.

• International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation (ICSA) icsa-aviation.org/ icsa-aviation.org/ Established in 1998 by a group of national and international environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) the International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation (ICSA) works with the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to develop a coordinated response that effectively tackles the aviation sector's international greenhouse gas emissions. ICSA contributes to ICAO's work on technical means to reduce emissions and noise, market-based measures to reduce emissions, economic and environmental analysis, modeling and forecasting.

• Airport Watch www.airportwatch.org.uk/ www.airportwatch.org.uk/ UK umbrella group opposing aviation expansion. Website includes details of local campaign groups throughout the UK and a very useful monthly newsletter.

• Aviation Environment Federation www.aef.org.uk/ www.aef.org.uk/ Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) is a UK based NGO working for a sustainable future for aviation, addressing the full range of environmental impacts. An informative monthly newsletter is available on the website.

• Aviation Justice aviationjustice.org/ aviationjustice.org/ US campaign against aviation expansion and impacts. Website has state-by-state listing of local groups

• Plane Stupid www.planestupid.com/ www.planestupid.com/ UK direct action group, very informative website

• Plane Stupid Germany planestupid-germany.de/ planestupid-germany.de/ Campaigning for an end to short haul flights and airport expansion, and for a transition to sustainable transport

• UFCNA www.ufcna.eu/ www.ufcna.eu/ Union Francaise Contre les Nuisances des Aeronefs

• Asociacion Nacional de Afectados por el Impacto del Trafico Areo - ANAITA afectadosimpactoaereo.org/ afectadosimpactoaereo.org/ Spain, national association of people affected by the impacts of air traffic. The website has links to several local groups around the country.

• Airport Watch Europe www.airportwatcheurope.com/ www.airportwatcheurope.com/ A European network of aviation and airport activists campaigning to bring the aviation industry under control, opposing expansion at many European airports and supporting people living under flightpaths.

• Transport & Environment - Aviation www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/aviation www.transportenvironment.org/what-we-do/aviation Transport & Environment (T&E) campaigns for reductions in greenhouse emissions from aviation. The website has extensive information on tax breaks for aviation in the EU and the Emissions Trading System (ETS)

• UECNA - European Union Against Aircraft Nuisances www.uecna.eu/ www.uecna.eu/ An umbrella organisation of local groups throughout Europe, fighting against aircraft noise and other envirommental impacts of aviation

Just a few links for groups opposing aviation expansion around the world. For listing of groups in the UK check out Airport Watch. For listing of many groups in Europe see UECNA. For the US there is a state by state listing at Aviation Justice.

• HACAN (Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise) www.hacan.org.uk/index.php www.hacan.org.uk/index.php HACAN has organised an amazing campaign against expansion of Heathrow Airport, the largest in the UK.

• Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport stopmanchesterairport.blogspot.com/ stopmanchesterairport.blogspot.com/ Manchester Airport, in northwest England, is the biggest airport in my region and expanding onto green space, I contribute to the blog

• Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign www.gacc.org.uk/ www.gacc.org.uk/ Founded in 1968, Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign's membership includes about 100 District and Parish Councils and community groups and an increasing number of individual members and supporters. All are united in seeking to improve the environment around Gatwick Airport and reduce noise and air pollution.

• PAULA - Poynton Against Unnecessary Link Roads to the Airport www.a6bypass.org.uk/home www.a6bypass.org.uk/home A group of residents working to stop construction of a so-called 'relief road', a stretch of dual carriageway, to facilitate growth at Manchester Airport. The road would destroy green space including ancient woodlands.

• Stop City Airport Masterplan stopcityairportmasterplan.tumblr.com/ stopcityairportmasterplan.tumblr.com/ City Airport is located in a densely populated area of central London, blighting local communities with high levels of aircraft noise and pollution. Residents opposing expansion wade through reams of complex technical documents to expose the extent of negative impacts and also have fun, for example submitting a petition at Christmas dressed up as Santa and elves and singing 'Silent Night'

• Against The Gateway www.againstthegateway.org www.againstthegateway.org Campaign against the planned Coventry and Warwickshire Gateway, a gigantic logistics park on green belt land around Coventry Airport. The development would destroy wildlife including newts and owls, and blight several villages with noise and air pollution from traffic.

• Edinburgh Airport Watch www.edinburghairportwatch.com/ www.edinburghairportwatch.com/ A community led campaign group concerned over increasing levels of aircraft noise from Edinburgh Airport. The groups is calling for a return to previous flight path arrangements that caused few plane noise problems, improved communications between the airport and overflown communities and a fair deal for residents affected by airport operations.

• Fair Flight Paths Campaign for Birmingham Airport www.fairflightpaths.uk/ www.fairflightpaths.uk/ Campaginign for take-off and arrival of aircraft at Birmingham Airport to minimise the impact of aircraft noise on communities. People in Hampton in Arden, Barston, Balsall Common and Berkswell are experiencing an unacceptable increase in aircraft noise disturbance due to flight paths that are closer to their villages.

• Shannon Watch www.shannonwatch.org/ www.shannonwatch.org/ A group of peace and human rights activists monitor and campaign against use of Shannon Airport, near the west coast of Ireland, by the US military, for rendition flights and equipment

• Zone A Defendre zad.nadir.org/ zad.nadir.org/ Protest camp near Notre-Dame de Landes, campaign to prevent construction of a second airport for the city of Nantes. The site is mainly farmland

• ADERA Association adera-association.com/new/ adera-association.com/new/ Community group struggling against Beauvais-Tille Airport, a heavily subsidised low cost airport in the Picardy region of France.

• BBI Klein Flughafensau Nachtflugverbit www.flughafen-bi.de/index.html www.flughafen-bi.de/index.html Campaigners meet in the terminal of Frankfurt Airport every Monday to protest over recent expansion with fourth runway and plans for a third terminal.

• Dritte Startbahn Stoppen www.dritte-startbahn-stoppen.de/ www.dritte-startbahn-stoppen.de/ Campaign to prevent third runway at Munich Airport. Citizens voted against the runway in 2012 but the project is still being pursued.

• Schonefeld So Mit Uns Nicht www.bvbb-ev.de/ www.bvbb-ev.de/ Campaign against expansion of Schonefeld Airport in Berlin, into new Berlin Brandenburg Airport

• New Florence Airport? No Thanks! www.pianasana.org/airport-no-thanks/ www.pianasana.org/airport-no-thanks/ Campaign to stop planned new airport only 5.5 kilometres from the centre of the historical centre of Florence. Planes would fly low over densely populated areas. Part of Piana Sana which campaigns for the health and protection of the wider area.

• no-airport.bz www.no-airport.bz/ www.no-airport.bz/ Campaign against expansion of Bolzano (Bozen) Airport, South Tyrol, Southern Italy

• No Dal Molin www.nodalmolin.it/ www.nodalmolin.it/ A new US military installation is planned at Dal Molin Airport, Vicenza, Italy. The aim is to build a base to support the single most powerful combat unit outside North American borders. The vast majority of Vicenza citizens oppose the project and since it was approved by the Italian government, in 2007, there have been hundreds of demonstrations and protests.

• COMITATO AEROPORTO TREVISO www.comitatoaeroportotv.it/ www.comitatoaeroportotv.it/ Committee campaigning against the expansion of Treviso Airport and to reduce its environmentally damaging impacts. Treviso Airport is 31 km to the south of Venice and used mainly low cost airlines.

• Kuzey Ormanlari Savunmasi www.kuzeyormanlari.org/tag/3-havalimani/ www.kuzeyormanlari.org/tag/3-havalimani/ The campaign against a third airport in Istanbul, planned to be the world's largest with six runways handing 150 million passengers per year. The enormous 7,650 hectare site is forested land, and the project entails removing over 2 million trees. Construction began in June 2014.

• Aerotropolis Costs www.aerotropoliscosts.ca/content/ www.aerotropoliscosts.ca/content/ Campaign against 'aerotropolis' development on farmland, Hamilton near Toronto

• NoJetsTO www.nojetsto.ca/ www.nojetsto.ca/ Group campaigning to stop the ruining of Toronto's waterfont by allowing jet aircraft, and extending runways, at the Island Airport.

• Land Over Landings www.landoverlandings.com/ www.landoverlandings.com/ For over 40 years, this group has been campaigning to prevent building a new airport, Toronto's third, on farmland in Pickering

• Gateway? No Way! www.savenorthsaanich.ca/ www.savenorthsaanich.ca/ In Canada , a campaign by residents of North Saanich against construction of Sidney Gateway, a planned shopping mall on land owned by Victoria Airport. Farmland would be lost to the development, and the project would compete with established retail centres.

• VAPOR: No Jet Fuel in the Fraser www.vaporbc.com/ www.vaporbc.com/ This is the campaign group opposing plans for a jet fuel facility in the Fraser River, to supply Vancouver Airport in Canada. 290 metre long tankers in the river, fuel tanks with capacity for 80 million litres of jet fuel and a terminal would have a major impact on globally important wetlands, salmon and birds. An upgrade of the existing pipeline network is feasible and would be safer.

• Oregon Aviation Watch www.oregonaviationwatch.org/ www.oregonaviationwatch.org/ This non-profit organization raises awareness of, and works to eliminate, the many adverse effects of aviation on Oregon residents. Environmental concerns include climate change, noise and the dangers of lead emissions from the use of aviation gasoline (avgas). The group also investigates and campaign to address public funding for airports which benefit an affluent minority.

• CRAAP - Concerned Residents Against Airport Pollution www.jetairpollution.com/ www.jetairpollution.com/ Community service website focussed on campaigning to stop air and noise pollution from Santa Monica Airport, situated in a residential area. The airport was not designed for larger private jets and small propeller planes cause high levels of lead pollution.

• Airport 2 Park airport2park.org/ airport2park.org/ This is a brilliant campaign. Santa Monica Airport, in California, is in the midst of a residential area, and is used for recreational flying and flights schools. Airport 2 Park aims to close the airport down, and turn it into a park.

• GoosewatchNYC www.goosewatchnyc.com/ www.goosewatchnyc.com/ In New York, thousands of Canada geese have been slaughtered in the name of air safety, to prevent bird strikes - collisions with aircraft. Other species including mute swans may be culled. GoosewatchNYC promotes humane alternatives.

• Prospect Park Quiet Skies www.prospectparkquietskies.org/ www.prospectparkquietskies.org/ Resident of Prospect Park and other areas of Brooklyn, New York, are subjected to high levels of relentless aircraft noise, and a cocktail of health damaging air pollutants. Prospect Park Quiet Skies is a brilliant campaign to raise awareness and support community action and the website is highly informative. The group is calling for an independent noise study.

• STOP The Saratoga County Airport Expansion www.stopairport.com/ www.stopairport.com/ Saratoga Airport's plans to extend runways into surrounding communities would displace many households. It would also encroach upon the Albany Pine Bush, home to the endangered Karner Blue butterfly. This campaign group opposes all the expansion proposals and achieved an initial victory in June 2014 when a County committee voted against the plans.

• Stop Paulding County Airport Expansion www.savepauldingco.com/ www.savepauldingco.com/ Paulding County is a minor airport only 35 miles from Atlanta Airport, the biggest airport in the world in terms of passenger numbers. Yet Paulding County Airport is aggressively pursuing plans to expand into a commercial hub, attempting to limit the state and federal government's environmental review by dividing plans into several small projects. A group of residents is vigorously opposing the expansion.

• Stop the Chop NYNJ www.stopthechopnynj.org/blog.html www.stopthechopnynj.org/blog.html Groups campaigning to end tourism helicopter flights over the New York Harbour and Hudson River corridor. Helicopter flights are very noisy. Every year there are tens of thousands of flights, and hundreds of thousands of people living under the flightpaths are adversely affected.

• Los Angeles Area Helicopter Noise Coalition (LAAHNC) lahelicopternoise.org/ lahelicopternoise.org/ A voluntary group working with government agencies, helicopter pilots and operators to reduce helicopter noise throughout Los Angeles County. Chopper noise has a serious negative effect on quality of life in many neighborhoods and LAAHNC is working to implement solutions.

• Stop CTA - The Central Texas Airport's Not Gonna Fly www.stopcta.info/ www.stopcta.info/ A plan to build a privately funded Central Texas airport in western Bastrop County has been in the works for several years. The site is in a river valley rich with birdlife and planes would fly low over homes and a school. The project has been supported by Bastrop County Commissioners with very little public input or assessment of the environmental and financial impacts. Stop CTA unearths documentation in an attempt to restore transparency to the process.

• FAir Allocation in Runways www.fairchicago.org/ www.fairchicago.org/ Changes to landing and take-off patterns at Chicago O'Hare Airport, one of the busiest in the world, led to a dramatic increase in traffic flying low over homes and businesses in northwest Chigaco, causing negative impacts of health and quality of life. This coalition of community organisations works for a fairer allocation of air traffic and for adoption of a Fly Quiet policy.

• ARSAC (Alliance for a Regional Solution to Airport Congestion) www.regionalsolution.org/index.php www.regionalsolution.org/index.php Formed in 1995, ARSAC aims to establish a unified voice of elected officials, business and community leaders to develop a regional solution to the future of commercial aviation in Southern California. ARSAC has achieved a landmark agreement for improving LAX Airport while protecting surrounding communities from noise and pollution impacts.

• QUIET! GLACIER COALITION quietglacier.wixsite.com/coalitioninformation quietglacier.wixsite.com/coalitioninformation Campaign dating back to 1999 to discontinue helicopter sightseeing tours over Glacier National Park (Montana, USA). The flights, taken by just 1% of visitors, have adverse impacts on wildlife and visitors and drown out rare natural sounds. The park is a critical habitat for grizzly bears ad other important species.

• Tipton Against Airport Expansion https://tiptonaaex.wordpress.com/ https://tiptonaaex.wordpress.com/ Campaign group opposing a new runway that would extend far beyond the existing Tipton Airport boundaries (in Maryland, USA). The new runway would require acquisition of land from several small farms that have been cultivating the land for many generations. There would also be noise and light problems for neighbouring communities, and livestock would be frightened by aircraft noise.

• Taos Land, Water and Culture landwaterandculture.org/airport.html landwaterandculture.org/airport.html Campaign against new runway at Taos Airport (New Mexico) that would mainly benefit wealthy private jet owners. The group argues that the real reason for the new runway is to enable larger jets to use the airport and there are safety concerns as operations would be even closer to residential areas to the south and east of the airport. Construction of the runway commenced in February 2015 following 30 years of public hearings and legal challenges.

• Marshfield Citizens Against Airport Pollution www.marshfieldcitizensagainstairportpollution.org/ www.marshfieldcitizensagainstairportpollution.org/ Citizens' group working to protect people from the negative impacts of Marshfield Municipal Airport (Massachusetts, USA) on people's health, the environment and property . Wetlands have been damaged by construction works and the group wants green buffers surrounding the airport, replaced.

• Eagle On Alliance www.eagleonalliance.com/ www.eagleonalliance.com/ This group in Virginia is dedicated to keeping Bald Eagles at Norfolk Botanical Garden safe from harm. The City of Norfolk is permitted to harass the birds, and remove their nests, in order to prevent collisions with aircraft at Norfolk Airport. Eagle on Alliance advocates humane alternatives, in particular deterring birds of all species away from the airport.

• Stop 158: Citizens for Smart Growth www.stop158.org/ www.stop158.org/ Stop 158 works for transportation options which preserve green space and farmland, opposing unnecessary new highway projects. The website has a section about MidAmerica Airport, built in the midst of Illinois farmland and lavished with government funds, but still languishing virtually empty.

• Fight against Anakkara Airport anakkaraairport.blogspot.co.uk/ anakkaraairport.blogspot.co.uk/

• Aranmula.org www.aranmula.org/ www.aranmula.org/ Campaign to save heritage village of Aranmula from construction of an airport, hotels and shopping malls on protected biodiverse wetlands. Farmers are fighting against displacement.

• Save Aranmula savearanmula.blogspot.co.uk/ savearanmula.blogspot.co.uk/ Campaign against airport on wetlands in Aranmula, Kerala, India

• Say No to Mopa Airport saynotomopa.blogspot.co.uk/ saynotomopa.blogspot.co.uk/ Against a second airport for the city of Goa. The site is mainly cultivated land.

• Save People from Chennai Airport chennaiairportexpansionaffectedpeople.blogspot.co.uk/ chennaiairportexpansionaffectedpeople.blogspot.co.uk/ A great success story! Chennai Airport acquired land for a new runway, affecting 5,000 people. The runway was not built and, following a long campaign, the land was returned.

• Guardians of the Bays guardiansofthebays.org.nz/ guardiansofthebays.org.nz/ A broad-based residents group opposed to the proposal to extend the runway at Wellington International Airport (New Zealand). The runway extension would be enormously expensive and have major negative social, cultural and environmental impacts on residents living in Wellington and along the south coast.

• Auckland: The Plane Truth https://sites.google.com/site/aucklandtheplanetruth/home https://sites.google.com/site/aucklandtheplanetruth/home Auckland: The Plane Truth is dedicated to restoring peace and quiet to the many Auckland neighbourhoods affected by noise pollution from jet aircraft.

• No Western Sydney Airport www.birdsnotboeings.com/ www.birdsnotboeings.com/ Residents of the Blue Mountains ??? a world heritage site rich with birds and other wildlife ??? and Western Sydney communities opposing construction of a second Sydney airport at Badgery???s Creek. The airport would bring high levels of noise, air pollution and road traffic congestion.

• Stop Wilton Airport Group www.stopwiltonairport.org/index.htm www.stopwiltonairport.org/index.htm Residents' campaign against second Sydney airport in Wilton

• STOP THE NEW FLIGHTPATH www.flightpathgc.com/ www.flightpathgc.com/ Group opposing the proposed ILS (Instrument Landing System) Flight Path for the Gold Coast (New South Wales). It would mean aircraft flying extremely low over the densely populated coastline. Residents and tourists would be affected.

• Residents for Responsible Development www.residents-for-responsible-development.com/ www.residents-for-responsible-development.com/ A residents' group demanding transparency and equity in proposals for expansion of Sunshine Coast Airport, and other major development and infrastructure projects, in Queensland, Australia. Residents have not been granted access to the airport expansion business plan and are concerned that they will be burdened with the $400 million debt that would be incurred.

• Farmers League Against The Narita Airport www.sanrizuka-doumei.jp/home/ www.sanrizuka-doumei.jp/home/ Farmers League Against The Narita Airport was formed in 1966 and has campaigned against appropriation of farmland for Tokyo's main airport ever since, supported by students and other groups.

• Close The Base closethebase.org/us-military-bases/incidents-involving-us-military-in-okinawa/ closethebase.org/us-military-bases/incidents-involving-us-military-in-okinawa/ Campaign for withdrawal of US air bases from Okinawa, Japan. Plans for a new offshore air base in Henoko threaten to destroy a rare marine habitat for the Okinawa dungong and unique shellfish. Protestors have camped out in Yanbaru forest since 2007 resisting construction of military heliports.

• WWF Hong Kong - Third runway www.wwf.org.hk/en/whatwedo/conservation/watchdog/3rdrunway/ www.wwf.org.hk/en/whatwedo/conservation/watchdog/3rdrunway/ A planned third runway at Hong Kong Airport would cause the irretrievable loss of 650 hectares of marine habitat, with a devastating impact on fisheries and endangered white dolphins. WWF also estimates that, by 2030, the projected increase in air traffic would increase carbon emissions by an amount equivalent to the electricity consumption of all local households.

• Airport Development Concern Network www.no3rdrunway.com/ www.no3rdrunway.com/ Affected residents, green groups and activists raising environmental, economic, technical and safety concerns overproposed third runway at Hong Kong Airport.

• 30 Third Runway Victims 3rwdolphin.weebly.com/ 3rwdolphin.weebly.com/ Land reclamation for the proposed third runway at Hong Kong Airport would premanently destroy the habitat of at least 45 dolphins. The official Environmental Impact Assessment was flawed and downplayed the negative impacts. This websites tells the stories of 30 rare Chinese white dolphins.

• People's Aviation Watch https://peoplesaviationwatch.wordpress.com/ https://peoplesaviationwatch.wordpress.com/ Campaign group opposing a third runway at Hong Kong Airport. The runway would be built on reclaimed land, removing the habitat of the few remaining white dolphins. The financial viability of the planned new runway is dubious, based on high levels of debt.

• Anti Eviction (Taoyuan Aerotropolis) antieviction.blogspot.tw/ antieviction.blogspot.tw/ Campaign resisting eviction for Taoyuan Aerotropolis, in Taiwan. The planned land expropriation is the biggest in the history of Taiwan, affecting 46,000 people. The aerotropolis site is predominantly farmland.

• Phnom Penh Airport - Eviction on the Radar, Land(ing) rights for Locals phnompenhairport.wordpress.com/ phnompenhairport.wordpress.com/ Communities living adjacent to Phnom Penh Airport, Cambodia, are resisting forced eviction from their homes. About 140 families on three villages are affected. The airport's development plan over the next five years could affect 500 families. Eight community members were arrested by Cambodia's notoriously oppressive police for a rooftop protest in 2012 to draw attention to their plight during the ASEAN summit.

• Gestob https://www.rebelmouse.com/Gestob/ https://www.rebelmouse.com/Gestob/ Gestob - solidarity movement supporting rural people's resistance to planned airport in Kulon Progo (Yogyakarta, Indonesia). The proposed site is productive agricultural land and coastline and farmers are struggling against eviction. There have been many protests including roadblocks and a hunger strike. An aerotropolis is planned around the airport.

• NO to Boracay Airport https://www.facebook.com/NO-to-Boracay-Airport-224404414389435/timeline/ https://www.facebook.com/NO-to-Boracay-Airport-224404414389435/timeline/ On a small island in the Philippines - campaign group opposing expansion of the airport to accommodate larger aircraft. People are resisting land expropriation for the expansion, and suffering harassment and oppression by authorities pressuring them to leave their homes. San Miguel Corporation has 25-year build-rehabilitate-operate-transfer concession for expansion of Boracay Airport, and the campaign group argues that this PPP (public private partnership) project is depriving affected neighbouring communities of their rights

• FPDT - El Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra atencofpdt.blogspot.mx/ atencofpdt.blogspot.mx/ People's Front in Defence of the Land was formed by residents of Atenco, when, in 2001, the government attempted to expropriate farmland for a new Mexico City Airport . Their opposition met police brutality, but was victorious when the airport was cancelled in 2002. Thousands of police raided the town in 2006, conducting violent house to house searches. Resistance has been reactivated now, as an even bigger airport, covering the same fertile farmland and a wider area, has been announced.

• Aviation Impact Reform aireform.com/ aireform.com/ aiREFORM aims to empower citizens who see a need to reform the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the agency responsible for overseeing the safety and regulation of civil aviation. The website has very useful articles on air safety and aviation's environmental impacts including climate change, lead pollution and noise.

• Airport Noise Law airportnoiselaw.org/ airportnoiselaw.org/ Information on law relating to airport noise issues - primarily in the US with a focus on California. The website is a great resource helping community organisations navigate the complexity of bureaucracy and regulations relating to airport noise.

• F-35 Bad Deal f35baddeal.com/ f35baddeal.com/ Building a coalition to pressure US legislators to reconsider commitment to the F-35 stealth fighter jet, the most expensive weapons programme in history. In spite of the enormous expenditure the F-35 is almost a decade behind schedule and the plane does not work. Several US allies are ordering F-35s.

• International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation www.icsa-aviation.org/home www.icsa-aviation.org/home

• Reduced Mobility Rights www.reducedmobility.eu/ www.reducedmobility.eu/ Advocacy for access to aviation for people with disabilities. A website for people with reduced mobility, and their carers, to share their stories, find out about their rights, and initiate investigation into cases of discrimination.

• 56 Houses Left 56housesleft.wordpress.com/ 56housesleft.wordpress.com/ Blog by Desy Shoenewies of Carrolton, a community destroyed by expansion of Lambert Airport, St. Louis. The airport is so underutilised that it was used as a setting for the George Clooney film 'Up in the Air'.

• CHBlog chblog.ozarkattitude.com/ chblog.ozarkattitude.com/ Carol Hendrichs' blog has articles about the proposed Peotone Airport, on farmland in Illinois. A wide range of community organizations have been campaigning against the airport for decades.

• Peotone Airport News willcountynewspeotoneairportnews.blogspot.co.uk/ willcountynewspeotoneairportnews.blogspot.co.uk/ Residents of Peotone, Illinois, have resisted the acquisition of prime farmland, for an unecessary third airport for Chicago, for decades.

• Bidborough Environmental Action Group beagblog.wordpress.com/ beagblog.wordpress.com/ Blog focused on environmental issues in the Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells area (to the southeast of London), includes articles about noise and other impacts from Gatwick Airport, and the airport's expansion drive for a second runway

• Swazi Media Commentary swazimedia.blogspot.co.uk swazimedia.blogspot.co.uk This blog has many posts about Sikhuphe Airport in Swaziland, a ruinously expensive vanity project of the only absolute monarch in sub-Saharan Africa.

Re-thinking transport and tourism, plus sources of information about slow travel and alternatives to flying

• ICCT www.theicct.org/ www.theicct.org/ The International Council on Clean Transportation

• Tourism Investigation & Monitoring Team (T.I.M.-TEAM) www.twnside.org.sg/tour.htm www.twnside.org.sg/tour.htm Tourism is widely regarded as a panacea for poor communities, bringing enormous economic benefits. In reality there can be serious negative impacts on host communities and the environment. TIM Team takes a critical look at tourism related development in southeast Asia, and campaigns for social, economic and ecological justice. A highly informative bi-monthly newsletter can be downloaded from the website.

• EQUATIONS - Equitable Tourism Options www.equitabletourism.org/index.php www.equitabletourism.org/index.php A research, campaigning and advocacy organisation focused on the social, cultural, economic and environmental impact of tourism on local communities throughout India. Host communities should have a decisive voice in the access, control and ownership over the effects of tourism on their livelihood and natural resources.

• Loco2 https://loco2.com/ https://loco2.com/ Help with travelling around Europe by train

• The Man in Seat Sixty-One www.seat61.com/ www.seat61.com/ Help with travelling comfortably & affordably by train or ferry

• Flightless Travel www.flightlesstravel.com/ www.flightlesstravel.com/

• 2cycle2gether 2cycle2gether.com/ 2cycle2gether.com/ Sheila and Kai began cycling round the world in 2011 - a low budget pilgrimage that they are sharing online, and writing a book about it. Along the way they are volunteering and meeting inspiring activists. The blog is packed with useful information on environmental and social justice projects.

• Year of No Flying www.yearofnoflying.com/ www.yearofnoflying.com/

• Matt Wootton www.mattwootton.com/ www.mattwootton.com/