Carbon footprint awareness boosts rail travel

A growing awareness of leaving a ‘carbon footprint’ while travelling has boosted rail holidays and business trips.
 
Rail operators in Europe are seeing a huge increase in demand for their inter-rail tickets, as cheap flights fall out of favour with environmentally friendly travellers.
 
Stephanie Draper, spokesperson for Forum for the Future, a sustainable development charity, said: “I [...]

Tom Wood: working in the States and France

1. How old are you?
21
2. Where are you from?
Originally Helsby, Cheshire. (near Chester, Liverpool)
3. Are you a student? If so, what do you study and where do you study?
Yes. Computer Science at the University of Bristol
4. Where did you travel to and how long for?
In 2004 – I worked on a summer camp in upstate [...]