Who we are
Your “bumprint” is the total climate impact of sitting in an aeroplane seat, and Bumprints exists to help you shrink it. We are a UK charity with a simple mission: to help travellers understand the climate impact of flying, and to give them the tools to fly better, and to fly less.
Through our website, quiz, checklists and monthly newsletter, we translate the science of aviation and climate into plain, useful, judgement-free guidance, so anyone who loves to travel can make choices that add up.
Our story
Bumprints was founded in 2025 by Katie Thompson, a former pilot and head of flight safety, including at a private jet company. When she saw the industry’s sustainability record up close, she could not unsee it, and she left to do something about it. What began as research became a book, then a website, and now a registered charity, built alongside co-founders Hannah Dick and Amrita Jayakumar, and a small, dedicated team who love to travel and want to do it better.
In her words
“We have an important job to do: helping passengers fly less and fly greener. But the bigger picture is this: every mindful choice a traveller makes sends a demand signal the airlines can’t ignore. Charity status lets us grow our education work, reach far more travellers, and turn up the volume on that signal until the industry has no choice but to follow.”
– Katie Thompson, Founder
A registered UK charity
Bumprints is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales under charity number 1218222. Registered status means we are accountable, transparent, and governed by an independent board of trustees.
Our trustees
Stacy Smith, Chair: a communications consultant and Climatebase fellow with over 15 years’ experience building communications teams and advising CEOs and C-suite leaders across Europe, the Middle East and the US.
Chris Wilke, Trustee: Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Law & Policy in Seattle, working at the critical intersection of climate and water in the Pacific Northwest.
Richard Chris Hyde, Trustee: a retired US Army officer with 28 years’ service in strategic communications, including as Chief of Public Affairs across Europe, Korea and North America.
As featured in
Our work has been featured in BBC Travel and Politico, helping shine a light on the oversized and often overlooked climate impact of flying.
Read more
Learn more about how we became a registered charity in our official press release!