You're (Not) Welcome Here

In episode five, sit down with Jaclyn and Kelly as they with Ashlei Laing how Rē : The Regenerative School is catalyzing transformative learning to build a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world. p.s. – despite the name of the podcast, remember that you are always welcome here.  Episode Resources: Website: https://regenerativeschool.org/

In episode four, join Jaclyn and Kelly as they sit down with Jeanpaul Morselli from Classic Boats Venice to discuss what unsustainable tourism looks like, particularly in Venice, as well as his incredible work with Classic Boats Venice, and the solutions the tour company has created to address mass tourism. p.s. – despite the name of the podcast, remember that you are always welcome here.  For more information, follow along our journey: ⁠⁠https://www.ecomadic.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.yourenotwelcomeherepodcast.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ecomadic/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@ecomadictravel⁠⁠   Episode Resources: Website: https://www.classicboatsvenice.com/ (15% coupon code: ecomadic)

In episode three, join Jaclyn and Kelly as they sit down with Lebawit ‘Lily’ Girma to discuss Lily’s career in travel journalism and how her experiences have led her to focus on impact storytelling, spotlighting travel as a force for good. p.s. – despite the name of the podcast, remember that you are always welcome here.  For more information, follow along our journey: ⁠⁠https://www.ecomadic.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.yourenotwelcomeherepodcast.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ecomadic/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@ecomadictravel⁠⁠ Speaker Bio: Lebawit “Lily" Girma is an Ethiopian American freelance travel journalist with more than 10 years’ experience in sustainable tourism reporting and storytelling for consumer and trade outlets. Lily currently contributes full-time to Bloomberg Pursuits, the luxury lifestyle arm of Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Businessweek. Prior to that, she was editor-at-large and global tourism reporter at Skift, where she covered the post-pandemic evolution and future of tourism with a focus on equity and sustainability.  Lily’s writing and photography have been published over the years in BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller UK, CNN,, Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, and Sierra Magazine, among others.  She appears regularly in the media and at events as a speaker or moderator on global tourism topics — including CNN with Richard Quest, Bloomberg CityLab, Skift Global Forum, ITB Berlin, WTM Africa, and Women in Travel Summit.  A former corporate attorney, Lily ditched her Washington DC law office for the road in 2008 to follow her passion for storytelling and social impact through travel. She currently splits her time between Maryland and the Dominican Republic, where she has family on both ends.   Episode Resources: To learn more about Lily’s work, visit her sustainable tourism news and storytelling website at https://tourismlens.com  Listen to the first episodes of her newly launched Tourism Lens Podcast. Read and follow her reported travel stories for Bloomberg at https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AV_B1amvDss/lebawit-lily-girma  Follow Lily on your favorite social media network! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lebawit YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tourismlens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunandstilettos/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tourismlens_ Travel Guidebooks: Moon Belize and Moon Dominican Republic

In episode two, Jaclyn and Kelly sit down with Marinel de Jesus, founder of Brown Gal Trekker and The Porter Voice Collective. Tune in to hear about Marinel’s new documentary – KM 82: THE PORTER VOICES OF PERU’S CAMINO INCA – and how she advocates for fair and equitable working conditions for porters in Peru, Nepal, and Tanzania – the three most popular mountain trekking tourism destinations in the world. p.s. – despite the name of the podcast, remember that you are always welcome here.  For more information, follow along our journey: ⁠⁠https://www.ecomadic.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.yourenotwelcomeherepodcast.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ecomadic/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@ecomadictravel⁠⁠ Speaker Bio: Marinel de Jesus is a former human rights lawyer turned social entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and advocate. She is the founder of Brown Gal Trekker / Equity Global Treks which is an award-winning social enterprise that promotes trekking to solo travelers worldwide with a focus on women's leadership and workforce equity while making a long-lasting impact on local mountain communities. Most recently, she founded the nonprofit human rights organization, The Porter Voice Collective, which aims to advocate for the labor and indigenous rights of porters or mountain expedition workers in Peru, Nepal and Tanzania. Through The Porter Voice Collective, Marinel has also spearheaded the recently released documentary film, KM 82: The Porter Voices of Peru's Camino Inca, which aims to shed light on the workforce inequities that the porters face on the Inca Trail and their struggle to create a more equitable mountain trekking industry.  Episode Resources: The Porter Voice Collective: https://theportervoicecollective.org/ KM 82: THE PORTER VOICES OF PERU’S CAMINO INCA (subscribe to view the documentary : https://theportervoicecollective.org/km%2082%20film/ 8 WAYS TOURISTS CAN ADVOCATE FOR WORKFORCE EQUITY FOR PORTERS IN PERU, NEPAL AND TANZANIA: https://theportervoicecollective.org/8-ways-tourists-can-advocate-for-workforce-equity-for-porters-in-peru-nepal-and-tanzania/ Matador Network Viewing (May 25th - June 8th, 2023): https://matadornetwork.com/read/km-82-film-inca-trail/

Welcome back to season two of the ‘You're (Not) Welcome Here’ podcast by ecomadic, co-hosted by Jaclyn Yost and Dr. Kelly Cerialo! After a successful first season exploring many different aspects of sustainable travel, season two will be diving deep into the world of unsustainable travel. In episode one, join Jaclyn and Kelly as they share their own unsustainable travel tales from over the years – shedding light on the negative impacts of tourism and offering practical solutions for a more conscious approach to travel. p.s. – despite the name of the podcast, remember that you are always welcome here.  For more information, follow along our journey: ⁠⁠https://www.ecomadic.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.yourenotwelcomeherepodcast.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/ecomadic/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@ecomadictravel⁠⁠