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How going flight-free can save the planet - and change how you see the world. In recent decades, quick and easy flights have bought far-flung destinations within the reach of almost everyone. But at what cost to the environment? Around the world, flying emits about 860 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year, and until the outbreak of Covid-19, the aviation industry was one of the planet's fastest-growing polluters. Now is the perfect time to pause and take stock of our toxic relationship with flying. Part climate-change investigation, part travel memoir, Zero Altitude follows Helen Coffey as she journeys as far as she can in the course of her job as a top travel journalist – all without getting on a single flight. On trips by train, car, boat and bike, she meets climate experts and activists at the forefront of the burgeoning flight-free movement. Over the course of her travels, she discovers that keeping both feet on the ground is not only possible but that it can also an exhilarating opportunity for adventure. Her book is brimming with tips and ideas for swapping the middle seat for the open road. AUTHOR: Helen Coffey is deputy travel editor of the INDEPENDENT, following stints as a travel reporter at the DAILY EXPRESS and online editor of the TELEGRAPH's ski and snowboard section.

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Helen Coffey's book is an inspiration to share the joys of terrestrial travel - whether on high-speed rail, a slow boat to Africa or, as a pilgrim, on two feet. Be transported to a gentler, more analogue world - with simple pleasures such as the splash of the Adriatic less than 24 hours after leaving London -- Simon Calder, author of <i>No Frills: The Truth Behind the Low-Cost Revolution in the Skies</i> Zero Altitude is passionate, entertaining and compelling, yet light-hearted. Helen puts forward a strong case for travelling without flying that will have you yearning to follow in her grounded footsteps -- Anna Hughes, director of Flight Free UK

Helen Coffey’s book is an inspiration to share the joys of terrestrial travel – whether on high-speed rail, a slow boat to Africa or, as a pilgrim, on two feet. Be transported to a gentler, more analogue world – with simple pleasures such as the splash of the Adriatic less than 24 hours after leaving London -- Simon Calder, author of <i>No Frills: The Truth Behind the Low-Cost Revolution in the Skies</i> Zero Altitude is passionate, entertaining and compelling, yet light-hearted. Helen puts forward a strong case for travelling without flying that will have you yearning to follow in her grounded footsteps -- Anna Hughes, director of Flight Free UK

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HELEN COFFEY is the travel editor of the Independent, having previously worked at national titles including the Daily Telegraph, Evening Standard and Daily Express. She regularly appears as an expert contributor on travel-related stories for the BBC News channel, BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 4 and LBC, among others.

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