Yes! I think that addressing ways to slow down the developing holocaust caused by our appalling greed and lack of respect for our beautiful planet is the paramount priority for everyone, working at whatever level they can.
I have just returned from studying near the Northern Great Barrier Reef. 12 years ago it was teeming with life. Now 75% of it is destroyed, leaving mile upon mile of grey sludge, due to unprecedented rises in sea temperature. It is heart-breaking personally, a disaster for Australia surely but with total reef damage for the rest of the world as bad or worse, it is joining all the other global imbalances in the acceleration towards tipping point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_bleaching#Indian_Ocean
As Airbnb hosts we are in a prime position to demonstrate good ‘green’ practise, educate, inform and lay down house rules to change attitudes and ignorance. (It can be made interesting and fun!) Your suggestions are an excellent start.
Airbnb as an organisation should certainly be putting in place a CO2 mitigation scheme. It should be also lobbying the UN for us, to put pressure on polluting nations, for self preservation at the least, because when disasters strike it is always the tourist industry that is the first to fail.
Thanks for this rallying call
Barbara [Surname hidden]