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The Ultimate Online Guide to Sustainable Event Tools

Featuredby Shawna McKinley 1 Comment

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 […]

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Carbon, Food & Beverage, Measurement, Reporting, Standards, Technology, Waste Management

Short Film Friday: Imperfectly Delicious Event Food

September 4, 2014by Shawna McKinley 1 Comment

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 […]

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Food & Beverage, Waste Management

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

Mary Poppins meets event sustainability

April 23, 2014by Shawna McKinley 1 Comment

“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 […]

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Health and wellness, Technology, Waste Management

Meeting Mythbusters: Vinyl vice?

Featuredby Shawna McKinley 3 Comments

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 […]

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Branding, Exhibits, Myths, Procurement, Risk Management, Waste Management

Meeting Mythbusters: Bioplastic fantastic?

Featuredby Shawna McKinley 3 Comments

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 […]

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Food & Beverage, Myths, Procurement, Registration, Waste Management

Sometimes all you need to do is ask

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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

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

Behind-the-scenes: “Don’t Get Wasted” Site Visit

June 15, 2013by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

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.  […]

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Case studies, Destinations, Waste Management

Seven steps to a zero-waste event

May 26, 2013by Shawna McKinley Leave a comment

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 […]

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Case studies, Waste Management

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