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Climate expert and advisor Eli Mitchell-Larson (due to technical difficulties appearing as Andrew McEvoy) of Oxford University clarifies different types of carbon removal. As helpful for travelers as it is for companies and destinations sorting out their climate strategies, Eli steps us through a single basic chart to help us understand the differences and connection points between carbon removal technologies and natural systems that absorb carbon dioxide.

In July 2021 we invited members of our community to complete a short survey to help us get to know each other better. Many of you responded; and we thought you might enjoy seeing the results as much as we have.

Recently one of our followers asked, “How does Tomorrow’s Air and Climeworks use the money we contribute?”

When asked whether the heat trapping carbon dioxide molecules in our atmosphere could be split apart into harmless carbon and oxygen, Eli Mitchell-Larson of Oxford University took the opportunity to relate carbon removal to the natural process of photosynthesis in plants. Listen for a refresher on photosynthesis and to learn why carbon removal is needed to support natural systems.

Two sustainable travel experts share practical tips for traveling "climate clever" in this engaging presentation.

Especially relevant for travel companies and tourism destinations, Eli Mitchell-Larson of Oxford University elaborates on the "portfolio approach" for climate action, emphasizing carbon removal alongside emissions reductions.

Climate expert Eli Mitchell-Larson from Oxford University and Andrew McEvoy from new tourism destination NEOM discuss the reality of air travel’s contribution to carbon emissions and how to balance forms of transportation when we travel.

On September 13, 2021 we learned that our collective won in the Visionary category of Newsweek’s 2021 Future of Travel Awards!

Thanks to the expertise of Pumla Maswanganyi and Thaksheel Nirvaan Alleck we’ve been busy creating a Foundational Impact Strategy (FIS) that will quantify, track, and evaluate the Tomorrow’s Air collective’s impact on the environment, consumers and other stakeholders. 

Newsweek's Future of Travel Awards is celebrating companies creating a travel industry for a brighter and more resilient future and Tomorrow’s Air is among them, a finalist in the Visionary category!

At a recent conference gathering together accommodations providers from around the world - the Eco Hotel Restart Summit - Tomorrow’s Air co-founder Christina Beckmann shared a short background on Tomorrow’s Air and its mission, and how the carbon removal technology its members support works.

For The Travel Yogi, it was a happy coincidence that one of the company’s most beloved itineraries, its yoga retreat in Iceland, is the perfect way to reinforce their specific intention around environmental wellness and carbon dioxide removal.

Imagine if you could create a completely natural carbon pump, storing and sinking carbon and increasing natural carbon absorption from the oceans. Seems like the future? It’s already here, and if you’re lucky you can see one swimming around one off your nearest coast.

With trillions of tons of legacy carbon dioxide emissions to deal with, we have to remove carbon dioxide fast and also find ways to store it once we have pulled it out of the air. Here’s a helpful summary of common carbon offsetting projects along with information about the carbon dioxide storage that each can offer.

Tomorrow's Air co-founder Christina Beckmann reflects on Chile's Route of Parks and how climate conscious travel businesses are engaging with carbon removal to support the area.

Chris Neidl of the Open Air Collective has recently interviewed Dr. Julio Friedmann, one of the most widely known and authoritative experts in the U.S. on carbon removal, carbon dioxide conversion and use, and carbon capture and storage. Chris and Dr. Friedmann discuss the basics of carbon removal via direct air capture and why it is necessary along with various pathways and challenges to scale. 

You’ve probably encountered carbon offsetting when you book a flight or a tour - as part of the checkout process maybe you elected to “offset your trip” for a small additional fee which then goes to support a project that helps absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, such as a forest.

Cleaning up carbon dioxide stored in the atmosphere is vital; alongside this we also must evolve many aspects of how travel happens today. Sustainable aviation fuel is one of these areas of evolution. Sustainable aviation fuel is produced from resources such as waste oils from a biological origin or non-fossil carbon dioxide. So called ‘feedstocks’ for sustainable aviation fuel range from cooking oil, plant oils, municipal waste, waste gases, and agricultural residues.

Too much carbon dioxide is in the air no matter where you are running, swimming, hiking, or enjoying a sunset, and regardless of where it was originally emitted. Good news: this means it can also be cleaned up from anyplace on earth and also benefit us all, regardless of where we live and travel.

Two pioneers from the Tomorrow’s Air collective - Jorge Perez, founder of Tierra del Volcan in Ecuador, and Andres Molestina, a photographer creating a historic record of the seven tropical glaciers remaining in Ecuador - recently shared how they’re using their work in travel and the arts to help spread the word on carbon removal.

Modern history is rife with examples of technologies that started off expensive and inefficient and improved dramatically over time, delivering benefits we now can’t imagine living without. In this post we reflect on this evolution in computers as an example of how carbon removal technologies can also progress as we provide support for their maturation.

While carbon removal is actually nothing new (plants, the ocean, soils have been absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it throughout time), the emergence of carbon removal technologies as a tool to help restore our climate has put the topic of carbon removal - along with a flood of related terms - in the news with greater frequency these days. Terms like “carbon capture and sequestration” and “carbon removal” and “direct air capture” can be confusing. Here are a few definitions to help.