Heyterra x Tomorrow’s Air Collab
Heyterra founder Samantha Runkel shares findings from her family’s journeys with carbon removal collective Tomorrow’s Air.
Here at Heyterra, we’re constantly on the search for innovative ways to make travel net-positive for the planet and our families.
Understandably so, we’ve become increasingly aware of our collective environmental footprint when taking to the skies, whether to visit family or for many of us, much-needed time together away. We’re all pretty well-versed in air travel’s dent in the atmosphere, but we’re also hip to the fact that travel is one of the biggest wealth distributors out there and economically sustains communities around the world. Ultimately, we all want to do wants best for us all, especially in the face of climate change.
Alongside reducing our own carbon emissions, tech-based innovations in carbon removal such as direct air capture (DAC) are making waves to help restore our climate. A single direct air capture machine can remove as much carbon dioxide as 2000 trees in a year, which can then be stored permanently underground. We’re here for it.
Geirangerfjord Fjord, Norway.
Heyterra founder Samantha Runkel collaborated with Tomorrow’s Air, a global collective of travelers joined forces to support new solutions in carbon removal and climate education, to share some findings of travels with her family— how travel can be net-positive for communities and ecosystems abroad.
A virtual Instagram tour took us through Namibia, Norway, Finland, Kenya’s Lamu Archipelago, and Taiwan, using the Runkels to spotlight not only climate resilience and innovations in each regions, but how a family can travel with climate in mind.
We’re fans of Tomorrow’s Air for springboarding to solutions for our collective future— carbon removal at the forefront. Make sure to check out other incredibly informative stories ranging from the science of glaciers to indigenous-led maps helping climate efforts around the world— everything curious travelers (and future travelers) will be interested in— on their site.
