Stay on the ground
| Stay on the ground | |
|---|---|
| legal form | activist group |
| founding | 2018 |
| motto | The coolest birds stay on the ground. |
| main emphasis | Reduction of air traffic |
| Action space | Germany |
| Website | https://www.ambodenbleiben.de/ |
Staying on the ground is a German action group for climate justice that has been advocating "drastically reduced air traffic, travel suitable for grandchildren and a future worth living" since 2018.
Demands and Goals
Staying on the ground is part of the global climate justice movement and, in particular, calls for a sharp reduction in air traffic . In their 10 core demands, they call for a socially just transport turnaround , which includes democratic transport planning, the replacement of flight routes by other, climate-friendly modes of transport, as well as the abolition of tax advantages and subsidies for the aviation industry. The group also criticizes the system of climate compensation by drawing attention to the problematic shifting of problems to the Global South and referring to its neo-colonial structures.
Actions and campaigns
Staying on the ground uses different forms of action such as actions of civil disobedience , public relations and educational events. The activists usually appear in penguin costumes, as penguins are birds that don't (or no longer) fly.
The group has carried out the following actions so far:
Prevention of opening of BER 2019
In July 2019, the group published a video with a large campaign in which they satirically admit to having delayed the opening of BER Berlin-Brandenburg Airport for years through targeted sabotage in order to protect the climate. The video was widely circulated and a letter of responsibility was published.
Action at Berlin-Tegel Airport 11/2019
A sit-down with a banner drop at Berlin-Tegel Airport was organized in November 2019 . About 50 activists blocked the shopping street in Terminal 1 for about 2 hours and a banner with the words “ Canceled due to climate crisis ” was unfurled over the display board. The action received a lot of media attention, among other things because of strict police action. The strong police controls led to a lot of traffic jams and the temporary complete blocking of the access to the terminal.
#Safe People not Planes 2020
During the crisis surrounding the coronavirus , Stay Am Boden is participating in the international campaign #Safe People not Planes. It demands that public funds should not be used to unconditionally rescue the aviation industry, but that employees and the climate crisis should come first.
International networking, Stay Grounded
Stay Grounded is a member of Stay Grounded , a global network consisting of more than 150 organizations that are committed to reducing air traffic and creating a fair transport system. These are local airport opponents, climate justice groups, NGOs , trade unions or initiatives that want to promote alternative, climate-friendly means of transport such as night trains . The network organizes and organizes its own actions, campaigns and conferences and publishes thematic publications.
Web links
- Official website
- Web site Stay Grounded (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who we are. In: Stay on the ground. Retrieved April 25, 2020 (German).
- ↑ a b Our demands. In: Stay on the ground. Retrieved April 25, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Anne Kretzschmar, Matthias Schmelzer: No flight: Everyone who flies is one too many. In: The time . May 31, 2019, accessed April 25, 2020 .
- ↑ Magdalena Heuwieser: Green Flying - Does that exist ?, p. 14. Finance and Trade Watch, accessed on April 25, 2020 .
- ^ Erik Peter: Letter of responsibility for BER sabotage: Sugar in BER concrete . In: The daily newspaper: taz . July 29, 2019, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed April 25, 2020]).
- ↑ Erik Peter: Climate protest at Berlin Tegel Airport: The police blocked Tegel . In: The daily newspaper: taz . November 10, 2019, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed April 25, 2020]).
- ^ WORLD: Frustrated passengers: Large-scale police operation due to climate protests at Tegel Airport . In: THE WORLD . November 10, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed April 25, 2020]).
- ↑ Magdalena Heuwieser: Airline bailouts: Save people, not planes. In: Stay Grounded. March 18, 2020, accessed April 25, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Stay on the ground. Retrieved April 25, 2020 (German).
- ↑ About. In: Stay Grounded. Retrieved April 25, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Stay Grounded! Retrieved April 25, 2020 (German).