The Ultimate Online Guide to Sustainable Event Tools
Need help with your sustainable event plan? Odds are there’s an app for that. Or an online tool. Or maybe even a book to read. Don’t have the time to […]
Category Archives: Waste Management
Short Film Friday: Imperfectly Delicious Event Food
As good, but 30% cheaper. Who doesn’t like a deal like that? When the French supermarket Intermarché launched their Inglorious Fruit and Vegetables campaign recently many of my Twitter and Facebook […]
What happens to your event waste?
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 […]
Mary Poppins meets event sustainability
“Fun theory”. Just saying the two words one after the other sucks any “good times” energy out of the idea, doesn’t it? Contradictory terms, but a gem of an idea […]
Meeting Mythbusters: Vinyl vice?
If every meeting held in the USA used one banner, it would use enough vinyl to cover approximately 760 American football fields. And while some meetings go without vinyl, many […]
Meeting Mythbusters: Bioplastic fantastic?
Photo: Hartmann Studios Odds are you’re likely using them at your event right now. But what do you really know about them, and should you be using them? Today’s Meeting […]
Sometimes all you need to do is ask
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 […]
Of Elephants and M+M’s: Green Event Kids Camp
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 […]
Behind-the-scenes: “Don’t Get Wasted” Site Visit
Every year the Unitarian Universalist Association conference planning team dons hard hats, safety vests and work goggles for an unusual field trip before General Assembly, the Association’s annual business meeting. […]
Seven steps to a zero-waste event
Just what goes into providing a successful waste management program at a conference? If you follow the example of the Unitarian Universalist Association a heck of a lot more than […]
