American Astronomical Society - Sustainability Sustainability
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AAS and energy conservation. en Traveling Virtually: How to Work
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property="content:encoded"> <p class="MsoNormal">Maintaining
professional connections, running experiments, and disseminating
results are key parts of the scientific process. Therefore,
astronomers have long required and enjoyed frequent travel for
attending meetings, observing, and giving seminars/colloquia.
However, in the current era of shrinking budgets we are forced
to consider how grant funding is best used, and part of the
solution may be to find alternatives to air travel. It is an
opportunity to assess whether all the travel we do is required.
Improving technology now allows us to do remotely much of the
work that previously required a physical trip