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Using Data to Decide What Makes Your Event Truly “Sustainable”

September 14, 2020by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

Event professionals have multiple choices to reduce carbon emissions at events. Which decisions are most effective?

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Carbon, Case studies, Destinations, Measurement

Event Experience: Advocacy

October 21, 2014by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

Many moons ago, I worked as a outdoor recreation leader and nature interpreter. Yep, that was me circa 1995: packing up the first aid kit, handing out the whistles and […]

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Case studies, Exhibits, Experience, Moment, Social Responsibility

Lasting Change: Louisville’s Local Food Legacy

October 3, 2014by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

The short-term nature of events can make success (and failure) seem fleeting. Once the curtain goes down, you’re on to another project and rarely glance back following review of the […]

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Case studies, Food & Beverage, Legacy

What happens to your event waste?

June 8, 2014by Shawna McKinley 2 Comments

These days, many planners ask venues to provide a recycling program for their event. But what happens to your event waste when it leaves the building? Every year, the Unitarian […]

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Case studies, Destinations, Venues, Waste Management

Six ideas to jumpstart your event’s carbon weight loss plan

March 30, 2014by Shawna McKinley 3 Comments

500,000 pounds! Pretty dramatic weight loss for an event that in 2011 weighed 1.8 million pounds. In 2011, when Oracle OpenWorld began measuring the carbon footprint of onsite logistics, the […]

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Carbon, Case studies, Destinations, Measurement, Reporting, Transportation

UUA celebrates 10 years of event sustainability progress

October 28, 2013by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

“Perhaps we should realize that our need is not to ‘find something to believe’—but rather to discover that our lives indicate what we believe right now. This is the place […]

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Case studies

Smooth Sailing: America’s Cup Sustainability Photo Essay

September 22, 2013by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

Massively expensive yachts aside, this sailing stuff is pretty exciting. Blessed with a break in San Francisco this weekend, I took a turn by America’s Cup Park for Race 14 […]

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Case studies, Green Sport, Moment

Sometimes all you need to do is ask

Featuredby Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

I come from the “Lock it Up” school of event sustainability: all event sustainability practices shall be signed on the dotted line to ensure seamless, as-promised delivery. No room for […]

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Accommodations, Branding, Case studies, Exhibits, Food & Beverage, Measurement, Moment, Reporting, Venues, Waste Management

Story. It’s what’s for Dinner.

July 22, 2013by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

Have you ever had cilantro honey before? I haven’t, but judging by the popularity of the herb-gone-to-flower with these bees at my CSA (community-supported agriculture) I’m thinking I want to […]

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Case studies, Food & Beverage, Social Responsibility

Of Elephants and M+M’s: Green Event Kids Camp

July 2, 2013by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

There’s nothing like trying to explain something to a room full of eight year olds to wake you up to the fact that sometimes, you make things way more complicated […]

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Case studies, Measurement, Waste Management

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