Should an airport be allowed to "go green"?
Should we scream "greenwash!" every time an airport attempts to do something environmental?
"Greenwash!" was the first thing to come to my mind when I read this story in the Guardian, Edinburgh Airport signs up to 'Green Champions' scheme.
You could argue the case that the Airport itself is a completely different entity from the airlines that fly in and out of it. After all, it's the planes which cause the most pollution, not the building.
But it's a spurious argument - the airport touts for business from those airlines and encourages them to fly more often. Well, actually, it encourages them to take off and land more often!
But should that automatically stop them from getting involved with a scheme which would see their staff go on country walks and the airport take responsibility for some local green spaces?
No, it shouldn't.
What it should do is give the charity involved pause for thought. If you don't want your "green" credentials challenged or ridiculed, then don't do business with an airport.
The counter argument, of course, is one that I've used myself in the past - getting them to do one little thing could lead, in time, to them doing a lot.
The problem being, "in time" they're still an airport.
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