Ayako Ezaki
@ayakoezaki.bsky.social
Sustainable travel and thoughts on making tourism more positive for people, places and the future of our planet.
💡"While national negotiators debate long-term targets, many of the most effective actions are happening closer to home ... local action in our cities and communities can help build the positive tipping points our planet needs."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-w... (Katharine Hayhoe, Talking Climate)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-w... (Katharine Hayhoe, Talking Climate)
What the world has gained (and lost) since the Paris Agreement
This week, countries and climate advocates are gathering at COP30 in Belem, Brazil for the latest round of climate negotiations. While the U.
www.linkedin.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
💡"While national negotiators debate long-term targets, many of the most effective actions are happening closer to home ... local action in our cities and communities can help build the positive tipping points our planet needs."
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-w... (Katharine Hayhoe, Talking Climate)
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-w... (Katharine Hayhoe, Talking Climate)
Open Letter From The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru - A call for an ethical, fair, and action-oriented COP 30
www.interfaithrainforest.org/wp-content/u...
www.interfaithrainforest.org/wp-content/u...
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Open Letter From The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru - A call for an ethical, fair, and action-oriented COP 30
www.interfaithrainforest.org/wp-content/u...
www.interfaithrainforest.org/wp-content/u...
We are the majority 💪
Most of the world’s population (#89percent) wants stronger climate action.
👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most of the world’s population (#89percent) wants stronger climate action.
👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most of the world’s population wants stronger climate action. They just don’t realize that they are a majority
The Guardian is joining forces with dozens of newsrooms around the world to launch a year-long exploration of the ‘silent majority’ of people who want to fight climate change
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
We are the majority 💪
Most of the world’s population (#89percent) wants stronger climate action.
👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most of the world’s population (#89percent) wants stronger climate action.
👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Land defenders, labor right campaigners, community leaders, tradition keepers ... Photos by female photographers from Nepal, Cambodia, Brazil and Nigeria show "Visions of resistance: women fighting to save their homeland" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Visions of resistance: women fighting to save their homeland – in pictures
This year’s Women By Women exhibition, Rooted in Resistance, showcases images of women defending their land and communities from destruction
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Land defenders, labor right campaigners, community leaders, tradition keepers ... Photos by female photographers from Nepal, Cambodia, Brazil and Nigeria show "Visions of resistance: women fighting to save their homeland" www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
🤩 when you see the president of a school you went to on "Last Week Tonight" being on the right side of history
September 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🤩 when you see the president of a school you went to on "Last Week Tonight" being on the right side of history
As if anyone ever needed another reason to love his music, well now there's another!
earth.org/interview/20...
earth.org/interview/20...
20 Years On: Jon Batiste's New Song Urges Climate Action After Katrina
Global music star Jon Baptiste, whose home town was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, says "people power" can change the world.
earth.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As if anyone ever needed another reason to love his music, well now there's another!
earth.org/interview/20...
earth.org/interview/20...
The EU wants to roll back vital environmental protections. Deadline to stop it: 10 September ⏰
Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
Take Action - Hands Off Nature
handsoffnature.eu
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The EU wants to roll back vital environmental protections. Deadline to stop it: 10 September ⏰
Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
Tell them to keep their #HandsOffNature 👉 handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
Love this tip from Dr. Katharine Hayhoe's Talking Climate newsletter > Offer your support!
Support "local green business accelerators, university sustainability labs, or climate tech ventures" by amplifying them on social media, donating, or networking. www.talkingclimate.ca/p/the-worlds...
Support "local green business accelerators, university sustainability labs, or climate tech ventures" by amplifying them on social media, donating, or networking. www.talkingclimate.ca/p/the-worlds...
The world's top court makes a climate decision
Big global win for climate, heatwave disaster in Kashmir, and supporting innovation for lasting change
www.talkingclimate.ca
August 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Love this tip from Dr. Katharine Hayhoe's Talking Climate newsletter > Offer your support!
Support "local green business accelerators, university sustainability labs, or climate tech ventures" by amplifying them on social media, donating, or networking. www.talkingclimate.ca/p/the-worlds...
Support "local green business accelerators, university sustainability labs, or climate tech ventures" by amplifying them on social media, donating, or networking. www.talkingclimate.ca/p/the-worlds...
🐝 " #bees don’t need acres and acres of monocrops. What they really want is scrubland and hedgerows.”
👉 www.positive.news/society/buzz... (Positive News)
👉 www.positive.news/society/buzz... (Positive News)
The woman who turns doomed bee swarms into thriving hives
Peering into chimneys, scaling rooftops and even dodging sparks at an electricity substation, one woman in Cornwall is rescuing swarms of bees destined for extermination by pest controllers. Her rewar...
www.positive.news
August 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🐝 " #bees don’t need acres and acres of monocrops. What they really want is scrubland and hedgerows.”
👉 www.positive.news/society/buzz... (Positive News)
👉 www.positive.news/society/buzz... (Positive News)
What a mess ..
💬Friday’s announcement left European Parliament members confused about whether the deal was off or not
💬The process eroded further on Monday, when Italy officially pulled its support for the law, killing the majority supporting the deal
www.politico.eu/article/von-...
💬Friday’s announcement left European Parliament members confused about whether the deal was off or not
💬The process eroded further on Monday, when Italy officially pulled its support for the law, killing the majority supporting the deal
www.politico.eu/article/von-...
Von der Leyen didn’t try to kill greenwashing bill, Commission says
The claim comes just days after the EU executive said the opposite, igniting a political firestorm that imperiled EU chief Ursula von der Leyen’s coalition.
www.politico.eu
June 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
What a mess ..
💬Friday’s announcement left European Parliament members confused about whether the deal was off or not
💬The process eroded further on Monday, when Italy officially pulled its support for the law, killing the majority supporting the deal
www.politico.eu/article/von-...
💬Friday’s announcement left European Parliament members confused about whether the deal was off or not
💬The process eroded further on Monday, when Italy officially pulled its support for the law, killing the majority supporting the deal
www.politico.eu/article/von-...
Wow, a big change and a setback.
"Anti-greenwashing law rollback: EU set to axe Green Claims Directive" www.edie.net/anti-greenwa...
Interestingly: "Corporate calls for a delay to the Directive, or its weakening or withdrawal, were loud in the hospitality and leisure industry."
"Anti-greenwashing law rollback: EU set to axe Green Claims Directive" www.edie.net/anti-greenwa...
Interestingly: "Corporate calls for a delay to the Directive, or its weakening or withdrawal, were loud in the hospitality and leisure industry."
Anti-greenwashing law rollback: EU set to axe Green Claims Directive - edie
The European Commission intends to withdraw its Green Claims Directive – a package of legislation designed to prevent businesses from making misleading, vague or false environmental claims.
www.edie.net
June 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Wow, a big change and a setback.
"Anti-greenwashing law rollback: EU set to axe Green Claims Directive" www.edie.net/anti-greenwa...
Interestingly: "Corporate calls for a delay to the Directive, or its weakening or withdrawal, were loud in the hospitality and leisure industry."
"Anti-greenwashing law rollback: EU set to axe Green Claims Directive" www.edie.net/anti-greenwa...
Interestingly: "Corporate calls for a delay to the Directive, or its weakening or withdrawal, were loud in the hospitality and leisure industry."
🙌Starting in a few weeks, with weekly live session times suitable for those in EMEA and AMER time zones (+ some APAC ones) @ 10:30 EDT / 16:30 CEST / 20:00 IST
GSTC Sustainable Tourism Online Course
🌱in-depth insights into sustainability practices
🌱real-life case studies of destinations and organisations turning words into concrete actions
🌱diverse group of professionals from around the world
🌐Upcoming edition (Jun-Jul) www.gstc.org/sustainable-...
🌱in-depth insights into sustainability practices
🌱real-life case studies of destinations and organisations turning words into concrete actions
🌱diverse group of professionals from around the world
🌐Upcoming edition (Jun-Jul) www.gstc.org/sustainable-...
June 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🙌Starting in a few weeks, with weekly live session times suitable for those in EMEA and AMER time zones (+ some APAC ones) @ 10:30 EDT / 16:30 CEST / 20:00 IST
What can we do to break the cycle of "locals for lower paid jobs, and expats for management positions?"
This topic came up in the course I'm doing now, and here is a great example of how it's possible ❤️
cayugacollection.com/my-life-woul...
This topic came up in the course I'm doing now, and here is a great example of how it's possible ❤️
cayugacollection.com/my-life-woul...
My life would be easier if we employed expats. Here is why we don’t! - Cayuga Collection
Every so often, we receive an email from amazing hospitality professionals interested in working with us at the Cayuga Collection. This is the response that I just sent back to a potential General Ma...
cayugacollection.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
What can we do to break the cycle of "locals for lower paid jobs, and expats for management positions?"
This topic came up in the course I'm doing now, and here is a great example of how it's possible ❤️
cayugacollection.com/my-life-woul...
This topic came up in the course I'm doing now, and here is a great example of how it's possible ❤️
cayugacollection.com/my-life-woul...
🌳"mass-scale tree planting alone is nowhere near sufficient to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises"
🌳"poorly planned and managed programmes usually worsen the plight of local communities and does little to mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions."
news.thin-ink.net/p/fifty-shad...
🌳"poorly planned and managed programmes usually worsen the plight of local communities and does little to mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions."
news.thin-ink.net/p/fifty-shad...
Fifty Shades of Green
When a reforestation project go off course
news.thin-ink.net
May 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🌳"mass-scale tree planting alone is nowhere near sufficient to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises"
🌳"poorly planned and managed programmes usually worsen the plight of local communities and does little to mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions."
news.thin-ink.net/p/fifty-shad...
🌳"poorly planned and managed programmes usually worsen the plight of local communities and does little to mitigate rising greenhouse gas emissions."
news.thin-ink.net/p/fifty-shad...
💡We Shouldn’t Always Need a “Business Case” to Do the Right Thing
🌐Alison Taylor via HBR hbr.org/2017/09/we-s...
🌐Alison Taylor via HBR hbr.org/2017/09/we-s...
We Shouldn’t Always Need a “Business Case” to Do the Right Thing
It’s a relief to have finally moved on from the era in which corporate responsibility meant feel-good philanthropic efforts divorced from an enterprise’s main activities. The problem is that our obses...
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May 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
💡We Shouldn’t Always Need a “Business Case” to Do the Right Thing
🌐Alison Taylor via HBR hbr.org/2017/09/we-s...
🌐Alison Taylor via HBR hbr.org/2017/09/we-s...
For #tourism practitioners and #sustainability enthusiasts!
GSTC #SustainableTourism Course
👉in-depth insights into sustainability practices
👉lessons from real-life case studies
👉inspiration for turning words into concrete actions
Starting Apr 24th www.gstcouncil.org/sustainable-...
GSTC #SustainableTourism Course
👉in-depth insights into sustainability practices
👉lessons from real-life case studies
👉inspiration for turning words into concrete actions
Starting Apr 24th www.gstcouncil.org/sustainable-...
April 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
For #tourism practitioners and #sustainability enthusiasts!
GSTC #SustainableTourism Course
👉in-depth insights into sustainability practices
👉lessons from real-life case studies
👉inspiration for turning words into concrete actions
Starting Apr 24th www.gstcouncil.org/sustainable-...
GSTC #SustainableTourism Course
👉in-depth insights into sustainability practices
👉lessons from real-life case studies
👉inspiration for turning words into concrete actions
Starting Apr 24th www.gstcouncil.org/sustainable-...
Exploring different dimensions of what it means to aim for "tourism done well".
Key takeaways and messages from the recent GSTC Sustainable Tourism Online Course discussions
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Key takeaways and messages from the recent GSTC Sustainable Tourism Online Course discussions
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
April 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Exploring different dimensions of what it means to aim for "tourism done well".
Key takeaways and messages from the recent GSTC Sustainable Tourism Online Course discussions
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Key takeaways and messages from the recent GSTC Sustainable Tourism Online Course discussions
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
🌱Young Indigenous leaders encourage younger generations "to use their voices, and realize that they, too, have an obligation to take care of this place for future generations."
👉https://www.hcn.org/issues/how-alaska-native-youth-are-protecting-the-land-for-their-future-ancestors/
👉https://www.hcn.org/issues/how-alaska-native-youth-are-protecting-the-land-for-their-future-ancestors/
April 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🌱Young Indigenous leaders encourage younger generations "to use their voices, and realize that they, too, have an obligation to take care of this place for future generations."
👉https://www.hcn.org/issues/how-alaska-native-youth-are-protecting-the-land-for-their-future-ancestors/
👉https://www.hcn.org/issues/how-alaska-native-youth-are-protecting-the-land-for-their-future-ancestors/
Reposted by Ayako Ezaki
Key Skills in Sustainable Destination Management
A public webinar series in Apr-May, open to anyone interested in learning about sustainable tourism, destination management!
Learn more & sign up: wenatour.eu/project-upda...
A public webinar series in Apr-May, open to anyone interested in learning about sustainable tourism, destination management!
Learn more & sign up: wenatour.eu/project-upda...
March 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Key Skills in Sustainable Destination Management
A public webinar series in Apr-May, open to anyone interested in learning about sustainable tourism, destination management!
Learn more & sign up: wenatour.eu/project-upda...
A public webinar series in Apr-May, open to anyone interested in learning about sustainable tourism, destination management!
Learn more & sign up: wenatour.eu/project-upda...
"The temperature rise is in our hands."
Telekom and Miniatur Wunderland has created interactive films to visualize consequences of climate inaction
green-magenta.com/en/together/
Telekom and Miniatur Wunderland has created interactive films to visualize consequences of climate inaction
green-magenta.com/en/together/
Together - Green Magenta
Only together, we can save tomorrow. The consequences of global warming – on a 1:87 scale. Global warming is vast, abstract, complex – and often overlooked in favour of more immediate crises. So, Tele...
green-magenta.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"The temperature rise is in our hands."
Telekom and Miniatur Wunderland has created interactive films to visualize consequences of climate inaction
green-magenta.com/en/together/
Telekom and Miniatur Wunderland has created interactive films to visualize consequences of climate inaction
green-magenta.com/en/together/
💬When does it genuinely pay off to challenge and change our own behaviour? Where can consumers really make a difference?
👉 Research shows key areas of action that are most relevant from an environmental perspective www.oeko.de/en/ecowork-m... (Oeko-Institut e.V.)
👉 Research shows key areas of action that are most relevant from an environmental perspective www.oeko.de/en/ecowork-m... (Oeko-Institut e.V.)
March 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
💬When does it genuinely pay off to challenge and change our own behaviour? Where can consumers really make a difference?
👉 Research shows key areas of action that are most relevant from an environmental perspective www.oeko.de/en/ecowork-m... (Oeko-Institut e.V.)
👉 Research shows key areas of action that are most relevant from an environmental perspective www.oeko.de/en/ecowork-m... (Oeko-Institut e.V.)
An "eco-thriller" book review, and thoughts on dealing with conflicted and confusing feelings when it's so hard to shake off the question, "does any of this even matter?"
(Yes, it does)
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7305700103321739264/
(Yes, it does)
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7305700103321739264/
March 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
An "eco-thriller" book review, and thoughts on dealing with conflicted and confusing feelings when it's so hard to shake off the question, "does any of this even matter?"
(Yes, it does)
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7305700103321739264/
(Yes, it does)
👉https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7305700103321739264/
💙"To understand the Ocean is to understand how humanity can redeem and restore itself."
Palau, An Ocean Inheritance filmfreeway.com/PalauAnOcean...
Seastoria www.seastoria.com/palau
Palau, An Ocean Inheritance filmfreeway.com/PalauAnOcean...
Seastoria www.seastoria.com/palau
Palau, An Ocean Inheritance
"To understand the Ocean is to understand how humanity can redeem and restore itself."
"Palau, An Ocean Inheritance" transports viewers to the incredible ...
filmfreeway.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
💙"To understand the Ocean is to understand how humanity can redeem and restore itself."
Palau, An Ocean Inheritance filmfreeway.com/PalauAnOcean...
Seastoria www.seastoria.com/palau
Palau, An Ocean Inheritance filmfreeway.com/PalauAnOcean...
Seastoria www.seastoria.com/palau
💬"We need to be worried ... [but] fear is not enough. Hope for me is not an emotion, but rather something you practice"
💬"every additional tenth of a degree of warming matters. Every decision matters."
- Katharine Hayhoe
🌐http://bit.ly/4ilsfop
💬"every additional tenth of a degree of warming matters. Every decision matters."
- Katharine Hayhoe
🌐http://bit.ly/4ilsfop
March 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
💬"We need to be worried ... [but] fear is not enough. Hope for me is not an emotion, but rather something you practice"
💬"every additional tenth of a degree of warming matters. Every decision matters."
- Katharine Hayhoe
🌐http://bit.ly/4ilsfop
💬"every additional tenth of a degree of warming matters. Every decision matters."
- Katharine Hayhoe
🌐http://bit.ly/4ilsfop