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Six Simple Sustainable Event Choices that Make a Difference
If you think one simple step by one event professional doesn’t make a difference: think again. Even everyday decisions can make a big impact. In honour of Earth Day I’d […]
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 […]
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 […]
Six ideas to jumpstart your event’s carbon weight loss plan
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 […]
UUA celebrates 10 years of event sustainability progress
“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 […]
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 […]
Story. It’s what’s for Dinner.
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 […]
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. […]
