The options, whether you like them or not:
- Do not travel.
You might even get things done with a video or phone call. - Bike
- Train. Pro-tip: book early and the pricing will be lower.
- Bus. (Flixbus also has low rates for early birds)
- Car share , even via https://www.blablacar.nl/ or https://www.snappcar.nl/
- Taxi, Uber has an option to get electric cars only 🙂
- Hybrid ( a combination )
- Take the plane / cruise-ship anyway, but compensate the footprint
Also: when taking planes: (based on European trip-distances) the most pollution comes from takeoff. Avoid flights with plane-transfers as you will pollute twice (or more) to get up in the air. Fly non-stop if you can, see screenshot from google flights
Why?
Planes are a nightmare, and compensation of the footprint may sound nice, but how sure are we that the forests that will be planted won’t be planted anyway or that they will exist for a lifetime?
Many people will just not know how great the international trains network is and take a plane from Amsterdam to , say Berlin or Paris, while the high speed train saves you headaches and runs on pure electricity.
Example routes
** Working on those, preview (frontend does not show the route options yet)
Online planners
https://www.nsinternational.com/ All destinations by train : https://www.nsinternational.com/en/all-destinations
https://www.raileurope.com/en Buy European train & bus tickets, the safe and simple way
Train map / How far can you go by train in 5h?
https://chronotrains-eu.vercel.app/
Other websites
https://routezero.world/ Calculate the amount of CO2 for bus/coach, train, car (EV and petrol), plane
also https://travelandclimate.org/
UK only -> https://maps.dft.gov.uk/journey-emission-comparisons-interactive-dashboard/index.html
Nightjet trains https://back-on-track.eu/night-train-map/
See also: https://co2.myclimate.org/en/flight_calculators and https://ecotree.green/en/calculate-flight-co2
https://www.flysas.com/en/sustainability/ SAS explaining their environmental story (including biofuel and onboard sustainable packaging)