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To ask you to swerve vacations abroad on airplanes

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Happyone99 · 03/02/2026 12:13

Inspired by https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5433252-to-ask-you-to-swerve-shein-temu?page=24

As mentioned above, I personally don’t use Shein or Temu because they ARE terrible. However, why only change bad things lower income people happen to be involved with, rather than starting with things higher income people are involved with

Slave labour and poor working conditions are indeed terrible. So is the climate crisis, exacerbated by rich people flying on airplanes for vacations, and poor people in low-lying countries like Bangladesh suffer worst environmental consequences

Who are responsible for the most emissions and who are suffering the most?

Page 24 | To ask you to swerve Shein & Temu | Mumsnet

This Christmas? I know it’s mainly a cost thing but if it’s achievable, can people possibly manage with less stuff?

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5433252-to-ask-you-to-swerve-shein-temu?page=24

OP posts:
Badbadbunny · 10/02/2026 13:02

BiddyPopthe2nd · 10/02/2026 10:33

Apart from getting to holidays by plane, it is also possible to use trains which are much less problematic for emissions. From the UK, there is the Eurostar to the EU continent, and a lovely network of trains there.

There are also ferries to get off the island of Great Britain, to link with the train network as a foot passenger, or to drive.

Which is fine for those living in the South, but for those in Northern England or Scotland, it's one hell of a drive to get to the terminals which takes a lot of fuel and time.

BiddyPopthe2nd · 10/02/2026 13:34

There are ferries from Humber. And it’s a lot better connected even from the North than Ireland is - where we can only go by ferry which is almost 24 hours at sea…or 2 ferries and drive through UK.

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