Greening your events

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Greening your events
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• Events of all sizes can be green gatherings with
  a little extra planning

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Why green events?

• On average, 2.44 pounds of waste is generated per
  visitor, per day.

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• Selecting a site

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• Selecting a site

• accessibility
• waste services
• energy water conservation

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• Food refreshments

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• Food refreshments

• local, seasonal organic
• durable serving-ware
• low waste

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• Decorations gifts

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• Decorations gifts

• reusable
• recyclable/compostable
• skip the cheap party favors
• give experiences vs. more stuff
• low-waste packaging

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• Getting there

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• Getting there

• make it easy
• provide incentives
• promote alternatives first

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• Promoting your event

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• Promoting your event

• use technology
• low-impact printing
• highlight green attributes

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• At the event

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• At the event

• announce green goals
• make it easy for guests to participate
• track efforts

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• Resources

http//www.mngreengatherings.org