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Sustainable Meeting Strategies to Reduce Environmental Impact

Discover essential strategies for organizing eco-friendly meetings and events. This guide emphasizes minimizing paper use with alternatives like dry-erase boards and digital presentations while promoting recycled content and double-sided printing. Learn about sustainable food and beverage options, such as reusable tableware and local sourcing, alongside effective recycling practices for materials like paper and plastics. Explore transportation solutions, green hotel choices, and attendee engagement methods that uphold sustainability. Join the movement towards greener, more responsible meetings.

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Sustainable Meeting Strategies to Reduce Environmental Impact

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  1. Greening Your Meeting Michael Patton recyclemichael@yahoo.com MetRecycle.com

  2. Printed Materials • Avoid paper if possible • Try dry erase boards, Powerpoints, flash drives, Old fashioned projectors

  3. Printed Materials Cont’d • Recycled content paper • Double-sided • Water based adhesives • Clean up mailing lists

  4. Food and Beverage Functions • China service if possible • Cloth napkins • Reusable coffee mugs • Styrofoam is the devil

  5. Food and Beverages Cont’d • Water pitchers • Bulk dispensers • Coffee urn • Ice tea dispenser • Soda machine

  6. Recycling • Paper • Plastic • Aluminum • Glass

  7. Local Foods • Defining local is difficult • Grown and/or processed where? • Vegetarian/organic • Keg beverages • Prevent food waste • Commit to meal by sign up

  8. Transportation • Site selection • Local transit • Carpooling options • Attendee and speaker travel • Carbon offsets

  9. Hotels • Green practices • Recycling • Walkable distance • Linens/towels/toiletries

  10. Attendees • Name badges • Scanable with bar codes • Reusable • Badge holders • Giveaways • Notepads • Agendas • Meeting packets

  11. Outside Attendees • Webcast • Conference calls • Freeconferencecall.com • Minutes/proceedings

  12. Follow-up • Surveys • Surveymonkey.com • Attendee input

  13. More Resources www.greenmeetings.info www.convenegreen.com www.greenhotels.com www.sustainabletravel.org www.greenseal.org

  14. www.MetRecycle.com recyclemichael@yahoo.com Michael Patton Executive Director The Metropolitan Environmental Trust 918-584-0584

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