Anna Hughes is an author, environmental campaigner and cyclist. She has worked in behaviour change and sustainability for over a decade, and is currently Director of Flight Free UK, a campaign set up to encourage people to fly less. After a brief career as a teacher, Anna began working on behaviour change projects for sustainable transport charity Sustrans in 2009. She has since worked as a bicycle mechanic, cycling instructor and workshop leader. Anna lives on a canal boat near London.

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https://www.annacycles.co.uk/
https://twitter.com/EatSleepCycle
https://flightfree.co.uk/
Lives on a narrowboat on the River Lee
Canal network - https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network
Adventure came to me the same way it comes to many people - you read stories of other people but don't make that step yourself until you get a push.
Always been excited that I can always get on my bike, go anywhere I choose, and make an adventure of it
Sustrans - https://www.sustrans.org.uk/
National Cycle Network - https://www.sustrans.org.uk/national-cycle-network
Cycling round the UK - took 6 months of planning.
4000 miles round the coast of Britain, from Tower Bridge with the sea on your right.
Whitby to Robin Hood's Bay on the old railway track - http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/home.nsf/RoutesLinksCycle/whitby-to-robin-hoods-bay-on-the-cinder-track-cycle-route
The sea has a different feel and different colour in different regions of the UK
Loved the beaches just north of Aberdeen (as well as the to-be-expected favourite areas of the UK). Massive sand dunes
Slow down and find the extraordinary in the ordinary
Cycled round the UK, despite hating camping. "I didn't go on a camping trip, I went on a cycling trip."
Still fits a pillow in her panniers
Being a solo woman, people wanted to help her. You are less threatening as a woman.
You really can just be an ordinary woman with an idea and the wherewithal to make it happen.
Kate Rawles - https://www.outdoorphilosophy.co.uk/
Emily Chappell - http://thatemilychappell.com/about/
Sailing around Britain very different to cycling around Britain. Didn't really enjoy it and found it very hard. It wasn't her own adventure.
Then We Sailed Away - John Ridgway
Not flying does not mean not travelling. There are so many wonderful places accessible by train and boat
It's about seeing what you can do, not what you can't do: getting there without flying can add to your experience. It's a geography lesson and a slow way of feeling your way through landscapes and cultures.
A train that goes on a ferry - https://www.packthesuitcases.com/copenhagen-to-hamburg-train-ferry-adventure/
I don't want to do something if it causes waste.
The age of stupid movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjsJdokC0s
Just doing my own thing isn't enough - I need to influence behaviour change in other people as well
Flightfree2020 - https://flightfree.co.uk
Tom Allen on going flight free - https://tomallen.info/can-flight-free-living-and-adventure-travel-really-co-exist/
Key things we can do to help the climate: stop flying; stop driving; plant-based diet; green energy; fast fashion
Switch energy provider to Bulb. You'll get £50, and I will give £50 to FlightFree2020: www.bulb.me/alastairh3634
Bam clothing - https://bambooclothing.co.uk/
Anna has decided not to have children for climate reasons
Population is an incredibly important subject when we are talking about climate change
Individual action v System change - https://flightfree.co.uk/post/individual-action-vs-system-change/
There is no tax on aviation fuel! Climate crime.
By buying a plane ticket we are saying "I am OK with this - business as usual"
New sleeper train from Prague to Croatia
Sweden is more climate-alert. 9% drop in air travel last year.
We as consumers can demonstrate to government the actions we want to see
Offsetting doesn't lead to climate change behaviour. It gives us a licence to carry on our behaviour.
CheatNeutral.com (archived site) - https://web.archive.org/web/20080517053651/http://cheatneutral.com/
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