15 years ago I stopped doing fly-in, fly-out visits for exactly this reason. When I travel I stay for at least a week and collaborate with local researchers. I was invited to Australia for 4 days. Because of this exact concern, I managed to extend that trip to 3 weeks, largely at my own expense.
Australia is literally my favorite place on the planet. I lived there for a couple of years as a kids, and I haven't been back for over a decade. I'm acutely aware of the carbon cost of visiting, but I don't know that shaming individuals is the right path, as opposed to reforming systems.
Climate-conscious individual choices are good – but not nearly enough to save the planet. More than personal virtue, we need collective action
Ok appreciate that you’re trying and didn’t attack me. I have friends in the US but cannot go there any more. We cannot keep this planet healthy if we fly for pleasure (my opinion) so I don’t. It’s good that you’re cutting it down.
Healesville Sanctuary just outside of Melbourne puts on a very good bird show including some big raptors. Corvids are bloody everywhere but Artamidae are cuter :-)