Green Wings and TikTok partner for the largest beach cleanup to date!
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Earth Day this year was April 22nd. For the second year, we held our annual Green Wings Clean-up Challenge, which encourages our members to get together and clean up their favorite local area, hang out with friends and give back to our beautiful planet. Our winner of the prizes this year was Marinna Martens from LA. Congratulations Marinna!
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Join us for the virtual event for aerospace professionals from August 11-13. Now, more than ever, aerospace professionals need comprehensive, up-to-date information to navigate what's next in the industry. Green Wings: Elevating environmental standards, along with dozens of other informative sessions will be available during this fantastic virtual event. Don't miss your chance to move FORWARD. Register today at https://obap.org/annual-conference/).
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Green Wings is proud to announce an official partnership with Carbonfund.org. We truly believe in Carbonfund’s mission: reduce what you can, then offset the rest!
We reduced 36 tonnes of CO2 , so now our operations run with a clean carbon-free conscious.
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Our Earth Day challenge was a huge success, with crews cleaning up across the US from Chicago to LA and even as far as Hawaii and Puerto Rico! Shout out to the winner and true eco-warrior, Kinj, who went above and beyond and totaled 3 cleanups for the month (and already completed one in May). Thanks to everyone for getting involved and making this challenge so amazing. See you all next time!
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To help celebrate Earth Day this month, we are hosting an awesome giveaway. A few fantastic brands have donated some great sustainable prizes for one lucky winner. They include a Luggage Works cooler bag, Stojo collapsible cup, Green Wings water bottle, and LastObject reusable swabs/ cotton pads. It’s easy to enter; details can be found at www.instagram.com/projectgreenwings
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Here at Green Wings, we understand how challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic have made all of us rethink our daily behaviors at the airport and onboard the aircraft. Safety is paramount in our work and that includes making sure we are all taking steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in our public workspace. As a result, we may feel less inclined to stick to our eco-friendly strategies of reusability in favor of single-use items in the hopes that it may be more sterile and sanitary for everyone aboard.
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San Francisco Airport continues to lead the way in the US by moving away from the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. So, what does that mean for you? The best option is to bring your own reusable water bottle and fill it up. Like many modern airports now, hydration stations are being placed around the terminals for your convenience. (Note: Water will still be available from vendors in recyclable and reusable aluminum and glass containers). Go SFO!
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Priestman Goode currently has an exhibition at London's Design Museum. The exhibit aims to raise awareness on the amount of waste generated by travel. The focus is on how to rethink personal behavior patterns, and the infrastructure that makes up our journeys, with sustainability at the forefront. If you are in London, check it out through February 2020!
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Air New Zealand has recently trialed replacing single use coffee cups with edible cups. The edible cups are vanilla flavored and leak proof, so what’s not to love here? AirNz currently serves an estimated 8 million coffees per year, so this would make a huge difference if implemented fleet wide. The airline is helping pave the way for sustainability in the airlines and has already swapped out single use plastic cups for plant based cups for all its beverages (not just coffee). This substitute has saved a around 15 million cups per year from going to landfills, but why not take it one step further? Go AirNZ!
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We’re a little late on this, but it’s never too late for good news, right? Back on world environment day (June 5th), United operated the “most Eco friendly commercial flight”- from Chicago to LAX, the Boeing 737-900ER used sustainable aviation bio-fuel, produced zero cabin waste and utilized carbon offsets to operate at max efficiency and sustainability. Flights like these prove it can be done, and we at Green Wings want to see this become the norm, sooner rather than later. Go United!
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On May 8, 2019, Qantas Airlines had it’s inaugural zero-waste flight from Sydney to Adelaide. The airline has begun a commitment to cutting 100 million tons of single-use plastics by 2021 and reducing it’s annual waste by 75% by 2022. Working with the environmentally friendly packaging company Biopak, all in flight commissary is biodegradable and all trash will be recycled and composted appropriately. Go Qantas!
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In the effort to replace and update the aging A320, Airbus is considering what would be the world’s first hybrid-electric airliner to the market over the next 15 years. The company predicts that this revolutionary new form of airline propulsion could be ready by 2035 , pushing the Airbus towards it’s commitment to reduce 75% of its CO2 emissions by 2050.
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